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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Finance

Pudgy Penguins NFT Prices Surge After Creator Unveils IRL Toys

Selected penguins from the long-standing collection are being turned into physical toys, causing the project’s floor to rise and sales to pump.

Pudgy Penguins are a collection of 8,888 NFTs with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain (OpenSea).

Finance

Snapple Created a Bodega in the Metaverse

The virtual installation in Decentraland comes with big savings (as much as $1.39) to visitors who complete its scavenger hunt and register their… PayPal wallets.

A CoinDesk reporter makes it rain in the bodega. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Finance

Table Tennis Goes Crypto With Plans for NFT, Web3 Crossovers

The event arm of the sport’s governing body is partnering with a non-fungible token startup to build the game.

(Ben Sauer/Unsplash)

Juridique

Usuario cripto anónimo molesta a celebridades enviando ETH desde Tornado Cash

Pequeñas cantidades de ether fueron enviadas desde una dirección sancionada a celebridades y figuras cripto prominentes el martes.

El comediante Jimmy Fallon (derecha) recibió una pequeña cantidad de ether de Tornado Cash. (Noam Galai/GC Images/Getty Images)

Juridique

Someone Is Trolling Celebs by Sending ETH From Tornado Cash

An anonymous crypto user transferred small amounts of ether from a sanctioned address to stars and prominent crypto figures on Tuesday.

El comediante Jimmy Fallon (derecha) recibió una pequeña cantidad de ether de Tornado Cash. (Noam Galai/GC Images/Getty Images)

Finance

A DAO That Literally Wants to Party on the Moon Just Sent a Viral YouTuber to Space

MoonDAO purchased two Blue Origin tickets as part of its larger mission “to explore the cosmos” after raising $8 million.

Some of the MoonDAO members in Van Horn, Texas, after the launch. (MoonDAO)

Finance

Solana’s $6M Exploit Likely Tied to Slope Wallet, Developers Say

Affected wallets were all confirmed to be either created or used in Slope mobile wallet apps.

Scenes from Solana's Miami Hacker House in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Susan Miller Was One of the First Astrologers to Embrace the Internet; Now, She's Leaning to NFTs

The astrologer’s zodiac-themed NFT collection and token-gated Discord channel is her first venture into Web3.

Zodiac (Shutterstock)

Marchés

Solana Wallets Targeted in Latest Multimillion-Dollar Hack

Over 8,000 internet-connected "hot" wallets have been compromised so far, but the source of the attack remains unknown.

Solana Hacker House en Miami, abril del 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

NFT Exchange Magic Eden Expands to Ethereum

The leading Solana-based non-fungible token platform is taking another swing at OpenSea and embracing Ethereum’s top-heavy NFT ecosystem.

Magic Eden CEO Jack Lu at Solana's phone launch event, June 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)