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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.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Implied Volatility Falls Sharply Ahead of Jerome Powell Speech

Bitcoin’s options market foresees little price turbulence in the short-term, even as markets await a key speech from the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Aug 27, 2020

Implied bitcoin volatility.

Markets

First Mover: Binance's New DeFi Futures Let Crypto Traders Bet on Decentralization

Binance's new "DeFi Index Futures" show the push by centralized crypto exchanges to cash in on this year's frenzy in so-called decentralized finance.

Aug 26, 2020

DeFi is hot and traders are getting a new way of indulging. (Metropolitan Museum of Art modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Drop Squeezes Out Weak Derivatives Positions – And That May Be a Good Thing

Bitcoin’s latest price drop may have a silver lining.

Aug 26, 2020

coindesk-BTC-chart-2020-08-26

Markets

Binance Exchange to List Paxos' Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency

PAX Gold, a gold-backed digital asset created by Paxos, will soon launch for trading on Binance.

Aug 25, 2020

(dario hayashi/Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover: Ether Price Swings Make Bitcoin Look Tame as DeFi Speculation Spreads

The success of DeFi on the Ethereum blockchain has brought traders more than just congestion and high transaction fees: Volatility in ether prices.

Aug 25, 2020

Ether volatility is brewing. ("Approaching Thunder Storm, Martin Johnson Heade/Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Jerome Powell's Coming Inflation Speech May Weigh on Dollar and Boost Bitcoin: Analysts

The Federal Reserve chief is expected to bolster expectations of inflation in a keynote address Thursday. That may be bad for the U.S. dollar but good for bitcoin.

Aug 25, 2020

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

Markets

Ether Volatility Now Highest in Six Months Compared With Bitcoin’s

Investors are pricing more volatility in ether compared to bitcoin. It's yet another consequence of this year's boom in decentralized finance, or DeFi.

Aug 24, 2020

Spread of ether's implied volatility over bitcoin's.

Markets

First Mover: Anything-Goes Token Market Repudiates Rich-Only Venture Capital Club

Venture capital is no longer just for the rich, as crypto markets let traders bet on early-stage digital-asset startups, risks included.

Aug 24, 2020

Cryptocurrency markets could make the clubby world of venture-capital investing more democratic. (Damonrand/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Leveraged Funds Take Record Bearish Positions in Bitcoin Futures

The funds likely boosted short positions to take advantage of attractive "cash and carry" yields.

Aug 24, 2020

CFTC report data on bitcoin futures (chart via Skew)

Markets

0x Price Hits Two-Year High on Hopes Falling Ethereum Fees Will Spur DEX Trading

Markets excited by the prospect of declining ETH fees may have caused a surge in 0x, an Ethereum-based DEX that will benefit from decongestion.

Aug 21, 2020

(CoinDesk)
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