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

Ether ETF Hopes Drive Futures Open Interest to Record $14B

The notional open interest, or the dollar value locked in the number of active ether futures contracts, surged by 25% in a day.

May 21, 2024

Ether futures open interest. (Coinglass)

Markets

Bitcoin Surges Over $71K as Ether ETF Hopes Lead to $260M in Short Liquidations

Some traders expect ether prices to reach as high as $4,000 in the coming days, with odds of an ether ETF approval raised to 75%.

May 21, 2024

Policy

NYAG Takes Victory Lap as Court Approves Genesis Settlement

NYAG says the settlement will establish a fund for New Yorkers who invested more than $1.1 billion in Genesis through the Gemini Earn program and blocks Genesis from operating in the state.

May 21, 2024

New York Skyline (Lukas Kloeppel/Pexels)

Markets

First Mover Americas: BTC, ETH Little Changed Ahead of Ether ETF Decision

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 20, 2024.

May 20, 2024

Markets

Ether, Bitcoin Open Asia Trading Week Flat as ETH ETF Decision, Nvidia Earnings Loom

The market has priced in a rejection for the first set of Ethereum ETFs, but there are reasons to be optimistic about an approval next year, says one fund manager.

May 20, 2024