Eli Tan

Eli is a news reporter for CoinDesk who covers 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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Nfts

Web3 Builders Lose Dozens of High-Value NFTs in Back-to-Back Attacks

Nikhil Gopalani, COO of an NFT project owned by Nike, and CryptoNovo, a prominent NFT collector, lost NFTs estimated to have been worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to scammers.

By Eli Tan

Jan 5, 2023 at 12:09 a.m. UTC

Jan 5, 2023

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Magic eden

Magic Eden Issue Leads to Fake NFT Listings, Will Refund Affected Users

An issue on the popular NFT marketplace allowed imposter NFTs to be added to high-priced collections like Y00ts and ABC.

By Eli Tan Shaurya Malwa

Jan 4, 2023 at 7:06 p.m. UTC

Jan 4, 2023

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Empiredao

Web3 Co-Working Hub EmpireDAO Closes Amid Bear Market Woes

The hopeful “WeWork of Web3” is closing its doors and looking for a new home just months after it opened at 190 Bowery in Manhattan.

By Eli Tan

Jan 3, 2023 at 9:55 p.m. UTC

Jan 3, 2023

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Nfts

Tax-Loss Harvesting Platform Unsellable is Building ‘The World's Largest Collection of Worthless NFTs

The platform has so far purchased over 9,300 no-longer valuable NFTs that previous owners can count as losses to reduce taxable capital gains.

By Eli Tan

Dec 31, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Dec 31, 2022

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Nfts

China to Launch First National ‘Digital Asset’ Marketplace

While trading digital collectibles has been popular among Chinese collectors through heavily regulated marketplaces, this is the country’s first official foray into NFTs.

By Eli Tan

Dec 28, 2022 at 8:56 p.m. UTC

Dec 28, 2022

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Nfts

Solana’s Top NFT Projects DeGods and Y00ts to Migrate Chains

DeGods will go to Ethereum, while its sister project, Y00ts, will move to Polygon with a grant from the layer 2's partnership fund.

By Eli Tan

Dec 26, 2022 at 9:33 p.m. UTC

Dec 26, 2022

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International Chess Federation Checks Into Web3 With Avalanche Integration

The global chess authority is looking to onboard the game’s 500 million players into Web3 with the new partnership.

By Eli Tan

Dec 23, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Dec 23, 2022

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Australian open

Australian Open Adds NounsDAO Collaboration Ahead of Second Web3 Activation

The famed tennis tournament is teaming up with NounsDAO, OnCyber and Vayner Sports Pass ahead of its second ArtBall NFT release.

By Eli Tan

Dec 16, 2022 at 7:34 p.m. UTC

Dec 16, 2022

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Ftx

In the Wake of Collapse, FTX Fortune Cookies Are Still on the Menu

“My fortune was, ‘There’s a price to waiting,’” Chinese restaurant diner Morgan Polikoff told CoinDesk. “Pretty ironic given that in the case of FTX, the price to waiting was losing all your money in crypto.”

By Eli Tan

Dec 12, 2022 at 9:07 p.m. UTC

Dec 12, 2022

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