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

Is $90K Bitcoin's Next Big Test? Trendline Analysis Reveals Insights Amid SOL/BTC Breakout: Godbole

Trendline drawn off BTC's April and November 2021 highs signals resistance at around $90,000.

Nov 8, 2024

A user tracks charts on an tablet with a keyboard and larger monitor in the background.

Markets

Ether, Touted as Internet Bond, May Top $3K on Fed Rate Cut, Outperform Bitcoin: Omkar Godbole

Elevated interest rates in the U.S. have dented ether’s appeal as the internet equivalent of a bond, offering a fixed-income-like return on staking.

Nov 7, 2024

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified that a U.S. CBDC isn't in the near future, and he said the Fed wouldn't design one to spy on Americans (screen capture, Senate Banking Committee video)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds Below $75K Before Expected U.S. Rate Cut

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 7, 2024.

Nov 7, 2024

Markets

Bitcoin Soars as Gold Dips: The Stellar 12% Surge in BTC/XAU Signals a Market Shift

The ratio surged 12% Wednesday as the pro-crypto Republican candidate Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election.

Nov 7, 2024

Bitcoin/Gold ratio chart (Tradingview/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Fed Preview: Powell's Take on 'Trump Tariffs' Could Shake Markets as 25bp Rate Cut is a Foregone Conclusion

A 25-basis point Fed rate cut will likely be a non-event, and markets will be interested in what Powell thinks of President-elect Donald Trump's inflationary policy cocktail of loose fiscal policy and import tariffs.

Nov 7, 2024

Screen grab from Trump's teaser of the new World Liberty Financial crypto company (Rug Radio, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Markets

Trump Wins, Bitcoin Unlikely to See Big 'Sell-The-Fact' Price Drop: Omkar Godbole

While sell-the-fact price slide looks unlikely, traders still need to watch out for the other side of the Trump trade – hardening bond yields and rising dollar index, says CoinDesk analyst Omkar Godbole.

Nov 6, 2024