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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Markets

CEO of DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Hacked for $8M in NXM Tokens

Nexus Mutual's CEO, Hugh Karp, lost the tokens after an attacker gained remote access to his computer.

Laptop user

Markets

Bitcoin Still on Track to Breach $20K in Coming Weeks: Analysts

Bitcoin's revived uptrend could soon lead to a much-anticipated breakout above the $20,000 mark, according to several analysts.

Bitcoin prices for the last week

Finance

MassMutual's Bitcoin Buy May Presage $600B Institutional Flood: JPMorgan

JPMorgan analysts said MassMutual's recent $100 million bitcoin purchases are a sign of growing mainstream acceptance for the cryptocurrency.

JPM, JPMorgan

Markets

First Mover: Stimulus Bet Wins Even as Bitcoin Slips Below $18K

MassMutual's push into bitcoin shows increasing adoption – of the narrative the cryptocurrency can work as a hedge against central-bank money printing.

It's taking bigger numbers to count the dollars and euros outstanding.

Markets

Wallets With Over 1,000 Bitcoin Have Hit Record Number: Chainalysis

The data backs the popular narrative that institutional bitcoin investors have been leading the 2020 price rally.

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Finance

India's Banks Are Once More Serving Crypto Traders and Exchanges

Indian banks have started doing business with select cryptocurrency exchanges and their customers, CoinDesk has confirmed.

Mumbai, India

Markets

Bitcoin's Rising Popularity With Investors Means Gold Will 'Suffer': JPMorgan

"The adoption of bitcoin by institutional investors has only begun, while for gold its adoption by institutional investors is very advanced," a JPMorgan managing director wrote in the report.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon

Markets

First Mover: Why Wells Fargo Won't Recommend Bitcoin to Clients

A Wells Fargo unit doesn't recommend bitcoin to clients because they can't yet hold cryptocurrency in their accounts. What if that changed?   

Wells Fargo clients can't buy cryptocurrencies in their accounts, keeping them from taking part in this year's outsize bitcoin rally.

Markets

Bitcoin's Options Market Skews Bearish as Spot Price Loses Ground

Bitcoin's fall toward $18,000 has revived demand for short-dated put options as a way to hedge downside risk.

Bitcoin price for the last 24 hours

Markets

First Mover: Wells Fargo Bitcoin Briefing Could Signal Bull Run Intact

As banks like Wells Fargo come around to writing about bitcoin, pro crypto analysts are scrutinizing blockchain network activity for clues on market cycle.

Market sentiment has been dampened, as in this 18th century Korean painting of a rainy landscape.