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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Tech

Elvis Impersonators Are Trying to Set a Record in the Metaverse

Elvis Presley Enterprises will be airdropping thousands of jumpsuits and wigs in February in an attempt to take down one of the rock star’s longest-standing world records – this time virtually.

(Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Finance

Warner Music Group to Launch ‘Concert Theme Park’ in Sandbox Metaverse

The deal could bring big name stars like Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars and Dua Lipa to the metaverse for the first time.

Coming to a metaverse near you? (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

The Sandbox Looks to Boost Metaverse Startups With $50M Incubator Program

The Animoca Brands subsidiary has committed to invest $250,000 in up to 40 metaverse projects each year over the next three years.

(Elijah Hiett/Unsplash)

Tech

RLY Backer SuperLayer to Bring Social Tokens to Solana

The venture studio is bringing the Ethereum platform to Solana with additional plans for play-to-earn games and token liquidity.

A rally track. (Pedro Henrique Santos/Unsplash)

Finance

YouTube Loses Pair of Executives to Web 3

The long-time Googlers announced their departures on the same day YouTube’s CEO hinted at NFT plans.

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Finance

UFC Joins NBA, NFL in Dapper Labs’ Sports NFT Suite

The marketplace will feature NFTs of iconic moments in the fighting league’s history.

(Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Finance

MLB NFTs on Candy Digital Clock $2.7M in Marketplace Debut

The trading volume rivals that of Dapper Labs' NBA Top Shot.

Jarred Kelenic of the Seattle Mariners hits a two-run bomb. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Learn

What is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?

In 2016, developers Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon proposed a protocol called “the lightning network” that would enable faster and cheaper transactions while not having to change the block size.

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Finance

Opera Releases Web 3 Browser Ahead of Cross-Chain Wallet Launch

The browser includes a slew of new features aimed at onboarding some of Opera’s 350 million users to crypto.

The longstanding Norwegian browser company has been on a recent crypto streak. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

NFT Marketplace OpenSea Acquires DeFi Wallet Firm Dharma Labs

Dharma co-founder Nadav Hollander will serve as OpenSea's chief technology officer.

Dharma Labs team