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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Tech

RLY Backer SuperLayer to Bring Social Tokens to Solana

The venture studio is bringing the Ethereum platform to Solana with additional plans for play-to-earn games and token liquidity.

A rally track. (Pedro Henrique Santos/Unsplash)

Finance

YouTube Loses Pair of Executives to Web 3

The long-time Googlers announced their departures on the same day YouTube’s CEO hinted at NFT plans.

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Finance

UFC Joins NBA, NFL in Dapper Labs’ Sports NFT Suite

The marketplace will feature NFTs of iconic moments in the fighting league’s history.

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Finance

MLB NFTs on Candy Digital Clock $2.7M in Marketplace Debut

The trading volume rivals that of Dapper Labs' NBA Top Shot.

Jarred Kelenic of the Seattle Mariners hits a two-run bomb. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Learn

What is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?

In 2016, developers Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon proposed a protocol called “the lightning network” that would enable faster and cheaper transactions while not having to change the block size.

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Finance

Opera Releases Web 3 Browser Ahead of Cross-Chain Wallet Launch

The browser includes a slew of new features aimed at onboarding some of Opera’s 350 million users to crypto.

The longstanding Norwegian browser company has been on a recent crypto streak. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

NFT Marketplace OpenSea Acquires DeFi Wallet Firm Dharma Labs

Dharma co-founder Nadav Hollander will serve as OpenSea's chief technology officer.

Dharma Labs team

Finance

Solana NFT Layer Metaplex Raises $46M

The project is ramping up operations after a successful 2021 debut.

A scene from the Metaplex-Audius party on the sidelines of the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon, Portugal. (Metaplex)

Finance

Mechanism Capital Launches $100M ‘Play-to-Earn’ Gaming Fund

The firm is tapping former Apple App Store manager Steve Cho to help lead the fund.

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Finance

Hulu Targets ‘Streamers of Tomorrow’ as It Seeks Candidates With Metaverse, NFT Backgrounds

The streaming platform’s Jan. 14 job listing signaled an interest in crypto tech.

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