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

Naomi Osaka Becomes Latest FTX 'Ambassador,' Joining Tom Brady and More

The tennis star gets shares in the global crypto exchange as part of the deal.

Naomi Osaka (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

Finance

Web 3 Gaming Platform on Terra Blockchain Raises $25M in Token Sale

FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto and Animoca Brands were among the purchasers in the sale that values C2X, a Hashed-advised gaming platform, at $500 million.

Captura de Legacy, un título de Gala Games (CoinDesk)

Markets

APE Token Tied to Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Sinks 80% in Opening Hours

The ApeCoin token airdropped to Bored Ape NFT owners is off to a rough start, falling from $39.40 to as low as $6.48.

Artist's rendition of a Bored Ape NFT. (Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

Finance

Rarible Bests OpenSea on Multi-Chain Support With Addition of Polygon NFTs

Polygon becomes Rarible’s fourth supported blockchain. OpenSea only sports three – but does 1,000 times the weekly sales volume.

Rarible is adding Polygon NFTs. (George Pagan III/Unsplash)

Tech

A MetaMask Founding Architect Is Building an Interoperable ‘MetaMetaverse’

The cube-based virtual landscape is aiming to be the most interoperable metaverse to date, featuring its own programming language and parallel dimension mapping.

A MetaMetaverse installation at a recent crypto conference in Dubai. (MetaMetaverse)

Tech

Token Linked to Bored Ape Yacht Club Launches

The NFT staple is getting its own token and DAO just days after BAYC parent company Yuga Labs acquired the IP for CryptoPunks.

(Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Enjin Launches Polkadot Parachain for NFTs and Gaming

In the works since last summer, the Efinity parachain is courting games on existing smart-contract blockchains.

(Nick Night/Unsplash)

Finance

This Mila Kunis-Backed TV Show Lets NFT Holders Choose the Plot

The animated series is Kunis’ latest project at the intersection of Hollywood and blockchain.

Mila Kunis (Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb)

Tech

OnlyFans Donated 500 ETH to DAO Supporting Ukraine

The donation by the online subscription platform is among the many crypto-based efforts to support Ukraine during its war against Russia.

OnlyFans has now donated more than $5 million to help the Ukrainian people. (Getty Images)

Finance

First DOGE, Now ‘Meataverse’: Slim Jim Trademark Filings Reveal Metaverse Plans

The beloved meat stick brand is taking its “Long Boi Gang” deeper into Web 3.

(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)