Eli Tan

Eli is a news reporter for CoinDesk who covers 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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Markets

Congress

House Democrats Form Cryptocurrency Working Group

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

By Eli Tan

Jun 15, 2021 at 6:43 p.m. UTC

Jun 15, 2021

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Tech

Pantera capital

Lending Startup Parallel Finance Raises $2M to Bring More DeFi to Polkadot, Kusama

Pantera and Polychain are backing the project.

By Eli Tan

Jun 14, 2021 at 3:31 p.m. UTC

Jun 14, 2021

Pantera CapitalPolkadotDeFiKusama

Finance

Venture capital

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

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

By Eli Tan

Jun 14, 2021 at 1:01 p.m. UTC

Jun 14, 2021

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Markets

Blockfi

BlockFi Looks to Tap Institutional Market With New Platform

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

By Eli Tan

Jun 10, 2021 at 4:33 p.m. UTC

Jun 10, 2021

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Markets

Wall street

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."

By Eli Tan

Jun 9, 2021 at 4:35 p.m. UTC

Jun 9, 2021

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Learn

What is Bitcoin's Lightning Network?

In 2016, developers Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon proposed a protocol called “the lightning network” that would enable faster and cheaper transactions while not having to cha...

By Noelle Acheson Hoa Nguyen John Biggs Eli Tan

Feb 23, 2018 at 6:42 p.m. UTC

Feb 23, 2018