Omkar Godbole

Co-Managing Editor, Markets Team

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.

Latest from Omkar Godbole

Markets

Bitcoin Jumps Above $14.5K, Taking 2020 Gains to Over 100%

Bitcoin's price jumped to a 33-month high of $14,558 soon before press time, taking the year-to-date gains to 101%.

Nov 5, 2020

Markets

First Mover: Just Another Day for Bitcoin as US Election Slides Into Discord, Division

Prediction markets show Trump losing, though bitcoin bulls didn't get Democratic "blue wave" that might have brought speedy stimulus package.

Nov 4, 2020

A waitress at a local bar in Beijing watches as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks via television early Wednesday.

Markets

Binance Recovers $344K From Scam DeFi Project Launched on Its Platform

Having raised the funds at launch on Binance Smart Chain in October, the operator fled with users' cryptocurrency "within an hour," Binance said.

Nov 4, 2020

Markets

Nearly $1B in Bitcoin Moves From Wallet Linked to Silk Road

A wallet possibly belonging to early dark net market Silk Road moved almost $1 billion worth of bitcoin early on Wednesday.

Nov 4, 2020

Convicted Silk Road operator Ross William Ulbricht

Markets

Bitcoin Dips as Trump Threatens to Stop Vote Counting

Bitcoin fell after President Trump alleged "fraud” in the presidential election and pledged to stop vote counting.

Nov 4, 2020

Tech

Ethereum Fees Plummeted 65% in October Following DeFi Volumes Back to Earth

Miners' income from processing transactions on the Ethereum blockchain more than halved in October as the mania for DeFi cooled.

Nov 3, 2020

Markets

First Mover: 11 Election Talking Points on Bitcoin as TRUMP Futures Point to Loss

From a look back to bitcoin's price reaction in November 2016 to the ramifications of a "blue wave" (or red), here's how to play the election.

Nov 3, 2020

Finance

Bitcoin Advocate Jack Dorsey to Stay On as Twitter CEO

Dorsey's leadership position had been under scrutiny after activist investor Elliott Management took a major stake in Twitter in February.

Nov 3, 2020

CEO Jack Dorsey's company is part of a consortium demanding answers.

Markets

Bitcoin's Implied Volatility Rises Ahead of US Election

The bitcoin options market looks to be predicting a pickup in price volatility following the U.S. presidential election.

Nov 3, 2020

Traders now have another tool for betting on bitcoin's notorious volatility.

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Retreats Before US Election After Dominating Crypto in October

Bitcoin had an unusually bullish October, with a 29% gain that led the monthly performance ranking of digital assets in the CoinDesk 20.

Nov 2, 2020

Bitcoin broke away from the competition in October, with a 29% gain.

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