Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor on CoinDesk's Markets team based in Mumbai. Omkar previously worked at FXStreet and Mumbai-based brokerage house as FX analyst and holds a masters degree in Finance. Omkar holds small amounts of bitcoin, ether, BitTorrent, tron and dot.

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Litecoin halving (Litecoinhalving.com)
Litecoin Halving Unlikely to Drive Immediate Price Gains, Past Data Show
Litecoin's blockchain will cut the per-block reward to 6.25 LTC from 12.5 LTC.
Litecoin halving (Litecoinhalving.com)
Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)
Bitcoin Reverts to $29.6K as Dollar Index, Treasury Yields Shrug Off U.S. Rating Downgrade
Fitch downgraded the U.S. credit rating to AA+. A similar downgrade by S&P in early August 2011 had cratered risk assets, including bitcoin.
Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)
Bull and bear (Getty Images)
Ether Options Market Shows Bias for Price Weakness Over Next 6 Months
Ether's price appears overvalued compared to Ethereum's dwindling revenues, one analyst said.
Bull and bear (Getty Images)
Bitcoin price last 24 hours (CoinDesk)
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Starts August in the Red After Losing Ground in July
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 1, 2023.
Bitcoin price last 24 hours (CoinDesk)
Curve's new pool dedicated to Fraxlend's CRV/FRAX market (Curve)
Curve Founder Deploys New Liquidity Pool to Address FRAX Debt Situation
Analysts said it is an attempt to incentivize liquidity to FraxLend's pool from where Egorov has taken a loan of 15.8 million FRAX.
Curve's new pool dedicated to Fraxlend's CRV/FRAX market (Curve)
CRV hit 8-month lows of below $0.50. (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)
Traders Pile Into CRV Shorts Amid Concerns Over Curve Founder's Collateralized Borrowing
Traders pile into short positions in the perpetual futures market as potential liquidation of founder's crypto borrowing may destabilise the broader decentralized finance ecosystem.
CRV hit 8-month lows of below $0.50. (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)
Bitcoin daily price. (CoinDesk Indices)
Bitcoin Falls 1.2% as Curve Chaos Sparks Systemic Crisis Fears in DeFi
CRV has bounced 20% since Justin Sun organized some relief for the token, but remains 23% lower this week.
Bitcoin daily price. (CoinDesk Indices)
First on-chain ether 'Autocallable' settled (analogicus/Pixabay)
Ribbon Finance Settles First On-Chain Ether 'Autocallable' With Marex and MEV Capital
The onchain execution of structured products promises transparency to investors and eliminates counterparty risks.
First on-chain ether 'Autocallable' settled (analogicus/Pixabay)
(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)
First Mover Americas: Curve Finance Exploit Puts More Than $100M of Crypto at Risk
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 31, 2023.
(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)
CRV's price in Korean won terms (TradingView)
Curve Finance's Token Surges 500% on Bithumb After Major Exploit
The CRV/KRW pair listed on South Korea's Bithumb exchange has decoupled from the CRV/USD pairs listed on Western exchanges that exhibit price weakness.
CRV's price in Korean won terms (TradingView)