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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NFT Ticketing Gets Boost With Mobile App From YellowHeart

The New York-based startup is integrating art and collectibility into event ticketing.

(Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)

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FTX Scores Another Sports Sponsorship With Super Bowl Ad

The crypto exchange is buying into one of the biggest sporting events of the year. Of course it is.

FTX ambassador Tom Brady (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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Blockchain Development Platform QuickNode Raises $35M

The Series A follows a $5.3 million seed round earlier this year and includes participation from Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian and entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano.

QuickNode co-founders (left to right) Dmitry Shklovsky, Manuel Kreutz, Auston Bunsen and Alex Nabutovsky pose for a photo in Miami. (QuickNode)

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Red Sox Legend David Ortiz Signs Multiyear FTX Deal

The retired player will serve as an ambassador for the exchange in the latest of its long list of sports-related sponsorship deals.

Retired Red Sox player David Ortiz (Omar Rawlings/Getty Images)

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GameStop Enters the Metaverse With ‘Web3 Gaming’ Job Post

The video game store is hiring an Ethereum specialist after teasing an NFT marketplace in May.

GameStop (John Smith/VIEWpress/Getty Images)

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DISH to Tap Into Blockchain-Based Helium 5G Network

The telecommunications company has back-ordered 3.5 million Helium Network hotspots with plans to onboard DISH customers.

DISH (Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Winklevoss-Led Gemini Behind Bitcoin White Paper Excerpts on NYC Billboard

The crypto exchange inked a three-year deal for digital signage that was previously home to CNN.

Gemini's new billboard displays a snippet of the Bitcoin White Paper. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

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Fintech App Current Taps Coinbase’s Bison Trails to Support Polkadot DeFi Plans

Current is enlisting back-end support in its bid to combine DeFi services with the best of its traditional offerings.

Bison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz.

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DraftKings Founders Back ‘Play-to-Earn’ Soccer Game With $3M Raise

MonkeyBall, a self-described mashup of “FIFA Street” and “Final Fantasy,” will run on the Solana blockchain.

Solana-based MonkeyBall is bringing soccer to the world of GameFi. (MonkeyBall)

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Metaverse Backer Animoca Brands Raises $65M at $2.2B Valuation

The funding round follows the company’s $138.88 million raise announced in July.

The Animoca Brands team in Hong Kong (Animoca)