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

Christie’s Web3 Expert Leaves Auction House to Run CryptoPunks for Yuga Labs

Noah Davis, a key factor in the storied auction house’s crypto embrace, was involved in Beeple’s $69 million NFT sale in March 2021.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 12: CryptoPunk digital art non-fungible token (NFT) displayed on a digital billboard in Times Square on May 12, 2021 in New York City. The image is part of SaveArtSpace's "Pixelated" public art exhibition which will be displaying 193 of Larva Labs' CryptoPunks on phone booths, bus shelters, and billboards around New York City during the month of May. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced pandemic restrictions to be lifted on May 19.  (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Finance

A Manhattan Landlord Listed His Office Building in ETH as an NFT. Then Its Price Dropped $12M

The owner, Chris Okada, says the building will be relisted in the coming days to adjust for ether’s 40% price drop.

Act now? This building, priced in ETH, may be on sale. (OpenSea)

Finance

OpenSea Migrates to Seaport Protocol in Bid to Lower Transaction Costs

The NFT marketplace says the move to the open source protocol could reduce gas fees by as much as 35%.

(OpenSea/BeFunky, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Neal Stephenson Coined ‘Metaverse’ in 1992. Now He’s Building One

The author is working with a number of crypto veterans on a new metaverse-focused base layer, Lamina1.

Neal Stephenson durante SXSW 2022. (Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSW)

Finance

NBA’s Spencer Dinwiddie Raises $26M for Social Token Platform Calaxy

The platform lets fans connect with high-profile creators through video messages.

Spencer Dinwiddie (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Finance

Yuga Labs Confirms Discord Server Hack; 200 ETH Worth of NFTs Stolen

The company behind the Bored Apes NFTs made the disclosure 11 hours after word of the exploit surfaced on Twitter.

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT image (Yuga Labs, modified by CoinDesk))

Policy

US Charges Ex-OpenSea Exec With NFT Insider Trading

Department of Justice officials say it's the first time they've pursued an "insider trading" charge involving digital assets.

(OpenSea, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Gary Vaynerchuk Files Trademark for ‘Vayner3’ NFT Consulting Arm

The firm could add to Vaynerchuk’s already influential presence in the NFT space.

Gary Vaynerchuk (Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for VaynerSports)

Finance

DeFi’s PoolTogether Crowdfunds Legal Defense With NFT Collection

The DeFi company is using an NFT collection to crowdfund legal defense against a lawsuit brought by a former Elizabeth Warren staffer.

PoolTogether is crowdfunding its legal defense with an NFT sale (PoolTogether)

Tech

Celestia Launches Testnet for First Modular Blockchain Network

The “Mamaki” testnet could bring an end to what the project calls the “monolithic era” of layer 1 blockchains.

The Celestia team poses for a photo. (Celestia)