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Domain Name Wire
Blockchain and domains: hype vs. reality and what comes next
Previous efforts to mix blockchain with domains have failed. Will new ideas work? I spent a couple of days last week thinking about blockchain technology and how it can impact domains. Blockchain company D3 held its second Dominion conference in Las ...
Discussion
Blockchain and domains: hype vs. reality and what comes next
Previous efforts to mix blockchain with domains have failed. Will new ideas work? I spent a couple of days last week thinking about blockchain technology and how it can impact domains. Blockchain company D3 held its second Dominion conference in Las ...
Discussion
February 3, 2025, 6:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Internet Commerce Association Recap – DNW Podcast #520
Hear from 12 people who attended the ICA meeting in Las Vegas. Last week, Internet Commerce Association held its annual meeting in Las Vegas. On today’s show, you’ll hear from a dozen people who were at the show. You’ll hear from do...
Discussion
Internet Commerce Association Recap – DNW Podcast #520
Hear from 12 people who attended the ICA meeting in Las Vegas. Last week, Internet Commerce Association held its annual meeting in Las Vegas. On today’s show, you’ll hear from a dozen people who were at the show. You’ll hear from do...
Discussion
February 3, 2025, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to £300,000
Company goes big on a .co.uk domain name. Sedo reported a blockbuster sale this week: tryes.co.uk for £300,000. That’s the fifth-highest .co.uk sale recorded by NameBio, and the highest since 2016. Here’s a list of end user domain n...
Discussion
End user domain name sales up to £300,000
Company goes big on a .co.uk domain name. Sedo reported a blockbuster sale this week: tryes.co.uk for £300,000. That’s the fifth-highest .co.uk sale recorded by NameBio, and the highest since 2016. Here’s a list of end user domain n...
Discussion
January 31, 2025, 7:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Leaving Las Vegas
The domain name business convened in Las Vegas this week. I spent the past few days in Las Vegas, first at the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) meeting and then at D3’s Dominion conference. The ICA meeting was a hit once again. Close to 200 ...
Discussion
Leaving Las Vegas
The domain name business convened in Las Vegas this week. I spent the past few days in Las Vegas, first at the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) meeting and then at D3’s Dominion conference. The ICA meeting was a hit once again. Close to 200 ...
Discussion
January 30, 2025, 5:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company tries reverse hijacking domain registered in 2001
Complainant failed on all three elements of UDRP. There are times when you should hire a lawyer. Here’s one. STREXO Safety & Compliance, LLC has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting dispute against lemeille...
Discussion
Company tries reverse hijacking domain registered in 2001
Complainant failed on all three elements of UDRP. There are times when you should hire a lawyer. Here’s one. STREXO Safety & Compliance, LLC has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting dispute against lemeille...
Discussion
January 29, 2025, 7:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
D3 raises $25 million Series A
Domain name company raises funds for its ambitious DomainFi ecosystem. Domain name company D3 Global announced today that it has raised a $25 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Paradigm with investments from Coinbase Ventures, Dharm...
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D3 raises $25 million Series A
Domain name company raises funds for its ambitious DomainFi ecosystem. Domain name company D3 Global announced today that it has raised a $25 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Paradigm with investments from Coinbase Ventures, Dharm...
Discussion
January 29, 2025, 2:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Blockchain companies need to focus on domain investors’ biggest challenge
Sales and liquidity, not payments, are the big challenge to overcome. I don’t spend much time on Twitter/X these days, but I enjoy getting Mike Cyger’s weekly recap of some of his posts there. Last week it included this discussion about p...
Discussion
Blockchain companies need to focus on domain investors’ biggest challenge
Sales and liquidity, not payments, are the big challenge to overcome. I don’t spend much time on Twitter/X these days, but I enjoy getting Mike Cyger’s weekly recap of some of his posts there. Last week it included this discussion about p...
Discussion
January 28, 2025, 9:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
WHOIS is dead
The Whois system has been replaced with RDAP. It’s official. Starting today, Whois is no longer the definitive source of domain name ownership data. It’s now the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP). This won’t mean much to most...
Discussion
WHOIS is dead
The Whois system has been replaced with RDAP. It’s official. Starting today, Whois is no longer the definitive source of domain name ownership data. It’s now the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP). This won’t mean much to most...
Discussion
January 28, 2025, 5:30 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Tyres.co.uk
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Tyres.co.uk led the way at 300,000 GBP, ($373,257) SimpleStudy.com was the top .com at $40,000. 25Bet.com was right behind at 25,000 Euro, ($26,074). 40 .com sales 22 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Doma...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Tyres.co.uk
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Tyres.co.uk led the way at 300,000 GBP, ($373,257) SimpleStudy.com was the top .com at $40,000. 25Bet.com was right behind at 25,000 Euro, ($26,074). 40 .com sales 22 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Doma...
Discussion
January 28, 2025, 3:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Noon.com let a domain expire, failed to win it back in cybersquatting case
Company’s cybersquatting claim fails for domain name it let expire. Noon, a popular ecommerce site in the United Arab Emirates, has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against the domain name noon.ae. (.Ae is the country code domain for the ...
Discussion
Noon.com let a domain expire, failed to win it back in cybersquatting case
Company’s cybersquatting claim fails for domain name it let expire. Noon, a popular ecommerce site in the United Arab Emirates, has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against the domain name noon.ae. (.Ae is the country code domain for the ...
Discussion
January 27, 2025, 6:14 pm
