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

Latest from Omkar Godbole


Markets

Bank of Japan Ends Eight-Year Negative Rates Regime; Bitcoin Slides to $62.7K

The BOJ hiked the benchmark borrowing cost by 10 basis points, abandoning the prolonged negative interest rate policy.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

World's Largest Pension Fund Seeks Information on Bitcoin Under Portfolio Diversification Plan

Japan's state pension fund, GPIF, is seeking information about bitcoin as part of a broader strategy initiated in response to significant economic and societal changes and technological advancements.

Japan (Su San Lee/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin No Longer Trading at a Premium on Coinbase, Data Show

CryptoQuant's "Coinbase premium" indicator has flipped negative, signaling a weaker net buying pressure from U.S. investors.

Bitcoin: Coinbase premium index (SMA 7). (CryptoQuant)

Markets

Bitcoin Flash Crashed to $8.9K on BitMEX

Large sell orders worth $55.49 million drove bitcoin’s price down to $8,900 on BitMEX. The overnight crash was short-lived.

(TradingView)

Markets

Reddit Community Token MOON Hits Record High Ahead of Celer's Multidirectional Bridge Launch

From March 20, interoperability protocol Celer will allow MOON holders to move coins to Arbitrum One.

MOON's price hit record highs over the weekend. (CoinDesk)

Markets

SOL, BOME Trend on Social Media as Ether, Bitcoin Lag

Increased crowd chatter may be a sign of an impending retail investor frenzy.

Social media icons juxtaposed on a keyboard. (Anna/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Back Above $67K as Meme Coins Push up SOL and AVAX

Meme coins soared past $55 billion in market cap, up 11% as traders doubled down on SHIB, WIF, BONK, and newcomer CORGIAI.

Bitcoin's price. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Billion-Dollar Volumes and Then a Steep Drop Prompts Allegations of Wash Trading on Aevo

In response, Aevo says customers suddenly traded more on its decentralized exchange to try to get some of its airdrop.

Aevo volume (DefiLlama)

Markets

Bitcoin's Correlation to Nvidia Strongest in Over a Year

The 90-day and 52-week correlation between bitcoin and Nasdaq-listed chip maker Nvidia is well above 0.80.

Chain (analogicus/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles to $67K as Asia Begins Trading Day

Over $100 million in bitcoin long positions have been wiped out as the world's largest digital asset fell from $70K.

BTC Price March 15 (CoinDesk)