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

NFL Taps Mythical Games for First Play-to-Earn Venture

The football league is continuing its crypto push with an NFT game to be released in early 2023.

NFL (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

Finance

Amid Market Downturn, ‘Goblintown’ NFTs Have Their Moment

The goblin-themed PFP collection did over $7 million in sales volume this weekend, fueled by rumors a larger team could be behind the scenes.

Thur be goblins: Some of the Goblintown NFTs. (OpenSea)

Finance

EBay Taps OneOf for Debut Sports-Themed NFT Drop

The release marks the online marketplace giant's first foray into digital collectibles.

ebay new logo

Finance

UnicornDAO Raises $4.5M to Empower Women and LGBTQ NFT Creators

The DAO is led by Nadya Tolokonnikova of the Russian art collective Pussy Riot and involves Beeple, Grimes and Gary Vaynerchuk.

The UnicornDAO panel at SXSW 2022. Left to right: Olive Allen, Charli Cohen, Latashá, Diana Sinclair, Maliha Abidi, Heather Russell, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Rebecca Lamis. (UnicornDAO)

Finance

Magic Eden Tops OpenSea in Daily Trading Volume as Solana NFTs Heat Up

The Solana-based marketplace has seen far more transactions than its Ethereum counterpart in the last 24 hours.

Magic Eden's booth at the Solana Hacker House in Miami, April 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

ApeCoin Migration Draws Interest From Avalanche, Flow

The Bored Ape Yacht Club-linked ApeCoin DAO is in talks with layer 1 suitors as the project considers a post-Ethereum future.

(Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Finance

At Nationals Ballpark, Terra’s Bad Week Never Happened

Terra’s $38 million Nationals sponsorship hasn’t made an impact on “Terra Club” workers and fans.

The Terra logo inside the luxury club at Nationals Park. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Lighthouse Raises $7M to Be the Search Engine of the Metaverse

The platform is looking to bring interoperability to an array of virtual worlds.

The metaverse connectors of Lighthouse pose on some stairs. (Lighthouse)

Finance

‘Animal Crossing Meets Minecraft’: Branch Raises $12.5M for Play-to-Earn Project

Mechanism Play, Dragonfly, Polychain and Coinbase Ventures were all participants in the game’s seed round.

Members of Branch's Seattle-based team (Branch)

Layer 2

Merge Testing on Ethereum: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?

Ethereum’s developers are using new testing infrastructure to assess network mechanics and client readiness ahead of the Merge.

Testing what will happen when Ethereum's PoW meets PoS is crucial. (Daniel Lincoln/Unsplash)