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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Apple Seeking Web3-Savvy Content Marketing Directors

The tech giant is looking for “demonstrated interest in Web 3.0” through a pair of job postings.

(Zhiyue Xu/Unsplash)

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Alameda Research Leads $3.25M Seed Round for Trustless Media

The New York-based company lets creators tokenize TV productions with NFTs.

The NFT television landscape is in its infancy. (DPMike/Getty Images)

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Biggie Smalls’ Estate Goes Crypto With Music License NFTs

The collaboration lets NFT holders vote on licensing for one of the late rapper’s famed freestyles.

The NFTs come with limited license and voting rights. (OneOf)

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DeFi Analytics Manager Zapper Adds NFT and DAO Dashboards

The on-chain analytics platform known for its DeFi chops is expanding into the world of NFTs and DAOs.

Zapper adds NFT and DAO dashboards. (Shutterstock)

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Minecraft Bans NFTs, Sending One In-Game Builder’s Token Spiraling

The decision to ban blockchain integrations and NFTs resulted in a mixed response from its community of gamers.

A screen grab of an NFT Worlds video from Dec. 14, 2021 (NFT Worlds/YouTube)

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Another Twitter Hack Hits the NFT Community

An influencer’s Twitter and Discord accounts were compromised on Tuesday in what many fear could be a widening takeover.

(Sara Kurfeß/Unsplash)

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GameStop’s NFT Marketplace Opening Week Sales Eclipse Coinbase Volume

The video-game retailer's marketplace opened to $7.2 million in weekly sales volume, with the MetaBoy collection being the top seller so far.

(John Smith/VIEWpress)

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Kevin Rose’s Proof Acquires Divergence Engineering Team

The entrepreneur's NFT project, which is responsible for the Moonbirds collection, is gearing up for a “social universe” launch later this summer.

(Moonbirds)

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Rare CryptoPunk Sells for $2.6M as Collection Continues Resurgence

The Tuesday sale was tied for the fifth largest in the collection’s history.

A CryptoPunk collage (Sotheby's)

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Tony Hawk Skates Into the Metaverse With ‘Largest Virtual Skatepark Ever Made’

The skateboarder's foray into the metaverse will take place in The Sandbox, an Ethereum-based virtual land game.

Tony Hawk incursiona en el metaverso. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage)