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.

Omkar Godbole

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Markets

Stablecoin Expansion Continues as Bitcoin Rally Appears to Stall

The unabated expansion of stablecoin supply shows capital continues to flow into the crypto market, one observer noted.

USDT is the largest stablecoin by total supply. (DrawKit Illustrations/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Back Down to $66K as Rising Treasury Yields Catch Investor Interest

Prediction markets and CME's Fed Watch Tool have virtually ruled out a rate cut until later this year

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Finance

DeFi Protocol Cega's New Options Product Marries Gold, Ether to Offer Up to 83% Yield

The Gold Rush product offers a trifecta of attractive return, market exposure and protection from losses.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops to $65K to Start the Month

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 2, 2024.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Deribit's Dubai-Based Unit Wins Conditional VASP License

Obtaining the full VARA spot and derivatives license is an important next step in our efforts to raise the overall quality & governance standards of our platform, exchange's new CEO Luuk Strijers told CoinDesk.

Skyscrapers in Dubai (Kent Tupas/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops Over 5% as Upbeat U.S. Factory Data Powers Dollar Index to Nearly 5-Month High

The U.S. factory activity unexpectedly expanded in March, data released Monday showed, sending the dollar index higher.

BTC's price chart

Markets

Trading Volume on South Korean Crypto Exchange Upbit Crashes 75%

Upbit's 24-hour crypto trading volume stood at $3.79 billion at press time, down 75% from the high of $15 billion on March 5, CoinGecko data show.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Becomes More Volatile Than Ether as Halving Approaches

Bitcoin's annualized 30-day historical or realized volatility rose to nearly 60% late last week, surpassing ether's 30-day realized volatility by nearly 10 percentage points.

The spread between BTC and ETH's 30-day historical volatility indices widened to nearly 10 percentage points late last week. (Kaiko)

Markets

Ethena’s Prelaunch Futures Surge 22% as ENA Token Is Set to Go Live Next Week

The price surge implied that the token could debut with a market cap of over $500 million.

A trading chart on a computer. (Pexels/Pixabay)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Tokenized Treasury Notes Surpass $1B

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 28, 2024.

U.S. Treasury Building (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)