Eli Tan

Eli Tan

Eli was a news reporter for CoinDesk who covered NFTs, gaming and the metaverse. He graduated from St. Olaf College with a degree in English. He holds ETH, SOL, AVAX and a few NFTs above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1000.

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Auctions for Hip Hop Heads such as these go live on Saturday, June 19.
NFTs of Hip-Hop Icons Hit NEAR Blockchain to Mark Juneteenth
Ed Young’s NFT.HipHop will put hip-hop's most iconic faces on the blockchain.
Auctions for Hip Hop Heads such as these go live on Saturday, June 19.
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Polychain, Pantera Back $14M Funding Round for DeFi Derivatives Platform SynFutures
Bybit, Wintermute, CMS, Kronos and IOSG Ventures also kicked in.
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LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets
If LaMelo Ball Wins NBA Rookie of the Year, This NFT Gets Rarer
Ball’s collaboration with Ether Cards and Chainlink brings “dynamic” NFTs to the forefront of the growing sports collectibles market.
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Rep. Maxine Waters, (D-Calif.) is creating a working group to evaluate cryptocurrencies.
House Democrats Form Cryptocurrency Working Group
The announcement came in a hearing about central bank digital currencies.
Rep. Maxine Waters, (D-Calif.) is creating a working group to evaluate cryptocurrencies.
The polkadot-themed artwork of Yayoi Kusama.
Lending Startup Parallel Finance Raises $2M to Bring More DeFi to Polkadot, Kusama
Pantera and Polychain are backing the project.
The polkadot-themed artwork of Yayoi Kusama.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban
Music-Focused NFT Marketplace Raises $4M From Cuban, Kutcher, Dapper CEO
NFT Genius wants to bring immersive experiences to the NFT sector.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban
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BlockFi Looks to Tap Institutional Market With New Platform
BlockFi launched BlockFi Prime as more institutional investors show an interest in crypto.
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Interactive Brokers to offer crypto trading by end of the summer
Interactive Brokers to Offer Crypto Trading by End of Summer
Interactive Brokers Chairman and CEO Thomas Peterffy announced the company will begin trading cryptocurrencies “by the end of the summer."
Interactive Brokers to offer crypto trading by end of the summer
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Can the Bitcoin Network Scale?
You want to spend bitcoin in your daily purchases. But what would that look like in a world where services like Visa and Mastercard still dominate?
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