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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Finance

A Saudi Arabia-Themed NFT Collection Is the Latest Free-to-Mint Hit

The Saudis topped the volume charts in its debut weekend with $7.7 million in sales.

The Saudis saw $7.7M in sales in its opening weekend. (OpenSea)

Finance

What's Your NFT Really Worth? This Man Is Using AI to Find Out

Nikolai Yakovenko has harnessed the power of machine learning for everything from professional baseball to human genomics. Now he’s coming for NFTs.

Nikolai Yakovenko, right, and his trainer after a workout at a Miami Beach boxing gym.

Finance

Bitmark Raises $5.6M, Launches Interoperable NFT Wallet

The wallet, named “Autonomy,” is looking to bridge the gap between mainstream art collectors and the world of NFTs.

A run-of-the-mill NFT collection on the new Bitmark app (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Nansen to Track Solana NFT Data Amid Boom in Minting, Trading Activity

The platform’s data comes from the ecosystem’s two most popular marketplaces, Magic Eden and OpenSea.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Azuro Raises $4M for ‘Decentralized Sportsbook Protocol’

The funding marks the latest injection of capital into the nascent blockchain betting industry.

(Sarah Stierch/flickr)

Tech

‘We’re Poor Again, but We’re Still Here’: Why NFT.NYC Won’t Die

It was fun, it was cringe – in short, the premier NFT conference was again itself.

Attendees gather on the dance floor at the Goblintown party. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Finance

Doodles NFT Project Taps Pharrell Williams as Chief Brand Officer

The leaders of the blue chip collection made the announcement to a packed crowd of Doodle holders at NFT.NYC.

Pharrell Williams. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Finance

Solana NFT Marketplace Magic Eden Raises $130M at $1.6B Valuation

The large raise comes during an otherwise downcast crypto climate.

Magic Eden’s four co-founders (left to right): CEO Jack Lu, CTO Sidney Zhang, Chief Engineer Zhoujie Zhou and COO Zhuoxin Yin. (Magic Eden)

Finance

Ukraine Sells Donated CryptoPunk NFT for $100K to Support War Effort

The NFT was given to the country in March near the start of its crypto fundraising campaign.

A screenshot of CryptoPunk #5364 (OpenSea)

Finance

ParaSwap Launches Peer-to-Peer NFT Trading App

The platform allows buyers and sellers to make transactions using their token of choice, with all non-Ethereum gas fees being refunded.

Paraswap NFT trading app (Danny Nelson for CoinDesk)