Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor on CoinDesk's Markets team based in Mumbai, holds a masters degree in Finance and a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) member. Omkar previously worked at FXStreet, writing research on currency markets and as fundamental analyst at currency and commodities desk at Mumbai-based brokerage houses. Omkar holds small amounts of bitcoin, ether, BitTorrent, tron and dot.

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Bitcoin Back on the Defensive as Moderna CEO Warns of Reduced Vaccine Efficacy, Exchange Inflows Eyed

Bitcoin slipped 2.5%, hitting lows of under $56,000, while the futures tied to the S&P 500 declined by 1.2%.

coronavirus vaccine (Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Tops $58K With Focus on Omicron and Fed’s Powell Speech

Bitcoin is largely being grouped with other risk assets at the moment, one observer said.

Gráfico por horas de la cotización de bitcoin el 29 de noviembre (TradingView)

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DeFi Protocol Omicron’s Token Jumps 10-Fold After Namesake COVID Variant Emerges

OMIC’s surge is perhaps an evidence of peak irrationality.

OMIC's price rallies on Nov. 29 as WHO names new COVID variant as Omicron (Crypto.com)

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Goldman Says Fed May Accelerate Tapering in January: Report

The new projection means the asset purchase program would end in March.

Federal Reserve building (Paul Brady Photography/Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Slips to $55K as Renewed COVID Concerns Jolt Traditional Markets

The cryptocurrency appeared set for a breakout above $60,000 after Thursday’s rise, but COVID fears played spoilsport.

Bitcoin drops below $58,000 on Nov. 26 amid growing covid fears (CoinDesk, highcharts.com)

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Bearish Sentiment Grips Bitcoin Ahead of $3B Options Expiry

Bitcoin’s put options become pricier amid Fed rate hike fears.

Bitcoin: November expiry options open interest (Deribit)

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Metaverse Platform The Sandbox’s SAND Token Surges 25% After Adidas Teases Partnership

SAND has rallied over 600% since Facebook’s rebrand as Meta.

Sandbox's metaverse

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Stablecoin Tether Crashes on Indian Exchanges, Traders Buy The Dip

A single tether is supposed to be worth $1 or rupees 74.37 as per the current dollar-rupee exchange rate.

Tether crash and recovery on Indian exchanges (WazirX)

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Crypto Options Traders Turn to DeFi for Altcoin Bets as QCP Slings $1B

The Singapore-based firm QCP now trades more than $1B of crypto options per month using decentralized financial applications, including $1 million worth of AAVE options recently with Ribbon Finance.

Traders have never seen anything like the cryptocurrency options trading happening these days in decentralized finance. (Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842/Art Institute of Chicago, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Still Trading in Bullish Channel Despite Price Support Break

Powell’s reappointment as Fed’s chairman has reinforced fears of faster rate hikes to control inflation

Chart showing bitcoin trading in a bullish channel (Stack Funds, TradingView)