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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ApeCoin for All? Co:Create Raises $25M to Help NFT Projects Launch Tokens

The funding could lead to big-name NFT projects following in the footsteps of Bored Ape Yacht Club.

(Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

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Dapper Labs Debuts $725M Ecosystem Fund for Flow Blockchain Development

A16z, Coatue and Union Square Ventures are all committing money.

Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Homecoming Weekend)

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Azuki NFT Founder Admits to Abandoning Past Projects

The project’s floor price has dropped dramatically following the news.

Azuki release native token (Azuki)

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Mark Zuckerberg Says Instagram Will Test NFTs Starting This Week

Meta is also working on 3D augmented reality NFTs that will be compatible with Instagram stories.

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and cofounder of Meta (formerly Facebook Inc.), during the announcement of the corporate rebrand on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Just months later, Meta seems to be downplaying the promise of its metaverse ambitions. (Michael Nagel/Getty Images)

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Web 3 IRL: Seattle’s CafeDAO Tests Brick-and-Mortar DAO Model

That said, “We don’t want for someone to spill coffee and have all the DAO members vote for who cleans it up.”

CafeDAO core contributors get ready for a day of work. (CafeDAO)

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Ready Games Raises $3M to Bring Web 2 Gaming to the Web 3 World

The initiative could lead to a sizable increase in the number of NFT games in Apple’s App Store.

(Getty Images)

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Katie Haun’s New Crypto Fund Leads $50M Raise for NFT Protocol Zora

The funding round values the NFT tooling startup at $600 million.

Venture capitalist Katie Haun appears on stage at the 2022 FTX/SALT Crypto Bahamas conference. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Yuga Labs Refunds Gas Fees for Failed ‘Otherdeed’ Transactions

The firm behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection is looking to make amends for its chaotic virtual land sale.

Yuga Labs refunded 90 ETH to over 600 would-be landowners in its pricey metaverse (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Sports NFT Platform Stakes Raises $5.3M for ‘Digital Bragging Rights’

The platform lets users bet against each other’s sports picks, with winners minting their takes as NFTs.

(Wade Austin Ellis/Unsplash)

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Coinbase Opens NFT Marketplace to All

The crypto exchange has opened the floodgates to its Ethereum-based marketplace after testing the beta version with a select group of users in April.

Coinbase share were rallying Friday. (Photo illustration by Leon Neal/Getty Images)