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.

Eli Tan

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Finance

NFTs of Hip-Hop Icons Hit NEAR Blockchain to Mark Juneteenth

Ed Young’s NFT.HipHop will put hip-hop's most iconic faces on the blockchain.

Auctions for Hip Hop Heads such as these go live on Saturday, June 19.

Marchés

Polychain, Pantera Back $14M Funding Round for DeFi Derivatives Platform SynFutures

Bybit, Wintermute, CMS, Kronos and IOSG Ventures also kicked in.

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Finance

If LaMelo Ball Wins NBA Rookie of the Year, This NFT Gets Rarer

Ball’s collaboration with Ether Cards and Chainlink brings “dynamic” NFTs to the forefront of the growing sports collectibles market.

LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets

Marchés

House Democrats Form Cryptocurrency Working Group

The announcement came in a hearing about central bank digital currencies.

Rep. Maxine Waters, (D-Calif.) is creating a working group to evaluate cryptocurrencies.

Finance

Music-Focused NFT Marketplace Raises $4M From Cuban, Kutcher, Dapper CEO

NFT Genius wants to bring immersive experiences to the NFT sector.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban

Marchés

BlockFi Looks to Tap Institutional Market With New Platform

BlockFi launched BlockFi Prime as more institutional investors show an interest in crypto.

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Marchés

Interactive Brokers to Offer Crypto Trading by End of Summer

Interactive Brokers Chairman and CEO Thomas Peterffy announced the company will begin trading cryptocurrencies “by the end of the summer."

Interactive Brokers to offer crypto trading by end of the summer

Guides

Can the Bitcoin Network Scale?

You want to spend bitcoin in your daily purchases. But what would that look like in a world where services like Visa and Mastercard still dominate?

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