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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DraftKings to Expand NFT Marketplace With NFLPA Partnership

The sports betting site is adding to its NFT offering in a deal with the NFL players union starting next season.

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 05: Benson Mayowa #10, Quandre Diggs #6 and Jordyn Brooks #56 of the Seattle Seahawks line up for play against the San Francisco 49ers during the third quarter at Lumen Field on December 05, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)

Finance

How a Collection of 1M Music NFTs Could Mint the Next Platinum Record

Deadmau5 and Portugal. The Man are debuting NFTs of their new single at Miami’s Art Basel festival.

The artists rolled into Miami with a wrapped bus touting their new NFT project. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Finance

Hashed Raises $200M for Web 3 Investments

The South Korean venture firm has now raised $320 million in the past 12 months.

(Markus Spiske/Unsplash)

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Three Arrows Backs Money-Streaming Mean DAO to Boost DeFi Payments on Solana

The $3.5 million funding round included SoftBank and DeFiance Capital.

Mean DAO co-founders Michel Triana and Eydel Rivero Ruiz (Mean DAO)

Tech

Talis Raises $2.3M to Build NFT Marketplace and More on Terra Blockchain

ParaFi Capital and Arrington Capital led the token sale on a bet that NFTs on Terra will gain steam.

(Getty Images)

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Former Tron Exec Launches Play-to-Earn ‘Mafia’ Game With Twitch Co-Founder’s Backing

The free-to-play “Syn City” is backed by some of the Web 3 gaming industry’s biggest investors.

Young blonde girl with small pistol for self defense

Tech

ConstitutionDAO Outbid for First Printing of America’s Founding Document in Sotheby’s Auction

The group’s $40+ million in ETH wasn’t enough to seal the deal.

Jeff Graber took the subway from Brooklyn to get close to the action at Sotheby's. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Gets in on NFT Craze With Collectible Balloons

The famed parade’s 95th run will feature an NFT collection in partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (Getty Images)

Finance

NFL Dabbles With NFT Ticket Collectibles on Polygon

The league is exploring NFT ticketing through the launch of its “Virtual Commemorative Ticket” collection on the Polygon blockchain.

NFL logo (Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

Finance

Solana-Based Sports Betting Protocol BetDEX Closes $21M Seed Funding Round

Crypto exchange FTX and crypto investment firm Paradigm led the raise, which included a number of prominent venture capital firms.

Sports betting is growing rapidly in the U.S.