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

Miami Nightclub E11EVEN Rolls Out Crypto Division and 'Captain's Club' NFTs

The downtown Miami club is dancing deeper into crypto, partnering with Horizen Labs for the backend.

A performer dances from the ceiling at Miami's E11EVEN nightclub. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Finance

EmpireDAO Is Building a WeWork for Web 3

EmpireDAO’s organizers will be leasing 36,000 square feet in Manhattan for what they hope will be NYC’s most desired coworking space for crypto builders.

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Finance

Avalanche Commits $290M in AVAX to Attract Gaming, DeFi and NFT ‘Subnets’

The “Multiverse” incentive fund is meant to create a network of application-specific blockchains.

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Finance

UNXD Raises $4M to Bring Luxury Fashion to the Metaverse

The raise included participation from prominent metaverse investors Animoca Brands and Polygon Studios.

Some of the Dolce & Gabbana items in the NFT collection. (UNXD/Dolce & Gabbana/German Larkin)

Finance

Ukrainian Boxer Wladimir Klitschko Releases NFT Collection to Support Relief Effort

All proceeds will be donated to the Ukraine Red Cross and UNICEF as Russia’s invasion continues.

Wladimir Klitschko (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Finance

DraftKings Becomes Polygon Validator After NFT Marketplace Clocks $44M in Sales

Zero Hash is providing the technical chops for the sports betting platform to become one of Polygon’s largest governors.

DraftKings appears to be doubling down on its crypto plans. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images for DraftKings)

Finance

Mickey Mantle Baseball Card NFT Sells for $471K in OpenSea Auction

The NFT iteration of the coveted 1952 baseball card racked up a bidding war in the sale’s final hour, making it one of the priciest sports NFTs ever sold.

Mickey Mantle in 1968, around the time he retired from baseball. (Getty Images)

Finance

CVS Eyes Metaverse With 4 NFT-Related Trademarks

The drugstore chain plans to offer virtual prescription drugs, wellness products and other merchandise authenticated by NFTs.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - NOVEMBER 05:  Pedestrians walk by a CVS store on November 5, 2013 in San Francisco, California.  CVS Caremark reported a 25 percent surge in third-quarter earnings with profits of $1.25 billion, or $1.02 per share, compared to $1.01 billion, or 79 cents a share one year ago.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Policy

OpenSea Bars Iranian Users as US Sanctions Talk Ramps Up

Twitter users complained about their accounts being deactivated without notice.

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Tech

Ukrainian Flag NFT Raises $6.75M for Country’s War Efforts

The UkraineDAO-organized sale is the largest NFT-based crypto contribution to the Ukrainian people to date.

(Alice Kotlyarenko/Unsplash)