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.

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Markets

Volatility in $25 Trillion U.S. Treasury Market Slides. Here's Why It Matters to Crypto

The MOVE index, an options-based measure of turbulence in Treasury notes, dropped to an 18-month low last week.

line chart of the MOVE index

Tech

Avalanche Developer, Known for Minting Millionaires and Duds, Is Back With ‘WAGMI’ Tokens

Sestagalli’s previous Avalanche projects created a cult-like following in the 2021 bull run under the “frog nation” moniker.

The Avalanche booth at HBC 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Volatility Likely to Stay Depressed After Fed Rate Decision

The Fed will announce its rate decision on Wednesday at 14:00 ET. The way bitcoin options are priced suggests the cryptocurrency may not move more than 3% by Friday.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks Wednesday at a virtual press conference. (Federal Reserve, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Friend.tech Drives Up Coinbase’s Base Blockchain Activity

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 18, 2023.

Base's daily transaction hit record high (IntoTheBlock)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $27K a Week After Death Cross Formation With Fed Likely to Extend Rate Pause

The cryptocurrency is up nearly 8% since the ominous-sounding technical analysis pattern appeared on the daily price chart.

(CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Markets

Crypto Whale Trades $150M in ETH Call Options, Trading Data Tracker Shows

The large flow was concentrated in the so-called out-of-the-money calls, indicating a bullish outlook on the second-largest cryptocurrency by market volume, according to Greeks.Live

(Todd Cravens/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether Trading at 27% Discount to Fair Value, New Research Shows

Research firm RxR's blended Metcalfe law-centric valuation model, incorporating active user adoption of layer 2 scaling networks, suggests ether should trade at a market value of $275 billion.

Ether (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Altcoins Lead Gains and Deutsche Bank to Explore Tokenization

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 15, 2023.

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Markets

A Year After Ethereum Merge, Net Supply Down Nearly 300K Ether

The Merge marked the completion of Ethereum's transition to the proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.

(Denys Nevozhai/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Bounce Puts Altcoin Bears at Risk

Bitcoin's bounce amid fears of FTX creditor liquidation might shake out altcoin bears, leading to a sharp rally in recently shorted tokens like solana.

BTC's price chart (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)