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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Over $30M Pours Into ApeCoin Staking in First Day

The native token of the Yuga Labs ecosystem is unavailable to stake in the U.S. because of regulatory concerns by its parent foundation.

ApeCoin’s APE tokens slid early Friday ahead of a token unlock over the weekend. (Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

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Coinbase Disables Mobile NFT Transfers, Citing Apple’s App Store Policies

The exchange said Apple is demanding it pay a 30% tax on gas fees used to transfer NFTs.

A mockup of a Coinbase NFT profile page. (Coinbase)

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NFT Trading Goes Live on Uniswap With $5M Airdrop

The decentralized exchange is giving the funds to past users of Genie, the NFT marketplace aggregator it acquired in June.

Uniswap unicorn balloon (Getty Images)

Finance

MLB Commissioner: It’s a “Pretty Good Bet” FTX Patches Won’t Be on Umpires Next Season

The league’s commissioner Rob Manfred said the MLB has “been really religious about staying away from coins,” calling the FTX deal “a meaningful deal for us.”

FTX ad patches seen on an MLB umpire (Denis Poroy/Getty Images)

Finance

UC Berkeley Suspends Stadium Naming Rights Deal With FTX

The 10-year deal is the latest to fall through in the wake of the crypto exchange’s bankruptcy filing.

California Memorial Stadium (Kilfmuny/Wikipedia)

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Esports Giant TSM Suspends $210M Partnership with FTX

It’s the latest sponsorship deal to fall through since the troubled crypto exchange’s surprise bankruptcy filing last week.

Team TSM line up on stage during the ESL One Stockholm Dota Major at Hovet Arena on May 22, 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Joe Brady/Getty Images)

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FTX Blowup Puts Trove of Prized Bored Apes at Risk of Liquidation

Yuga Labs, the NFT collective behind the majority of tokens held in the crypto empire’s wallet, has previously raised capital from FTX Ventures, although Alameda Research is in control of the wallet.

Bored Apes (OpenSea, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Staked SOL Tokens Falter as Solana Traders, Stakers Rush for Exits

FTX’s surprise implosion has rattled the infrastructure of Solana staking.

Oficinas de Solana en Nueva York, Estados Unidos. (Danny Nelson)

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OpenSea Launches First Royalty Enforcement Tool Amid NFT Marketplace Drama

The on-chain tool will blacklist collections from being resold on marketplaces that don’t enforce royalties and will only apply to new collections listed on the platform.

(Unsplash)

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OpenSea Rolls Out Two New NFT Theft Protection Features

The top NFT marketplace by market share is taking additional efforts to protect its users from phishing attacks and prevent the resale of stolen NFTs on its platform.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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