In a comprehensive new report, the Digital Citizens Alliance is calling on regulators and industry leaders to confront a growing crisis in digital secondary markets—one that includes everything from ticket scalping to real estate flipping to domain name speculation. The report finds that a small number of domain investors, known as “domainers,” have turned the internet’s address system into a high-stakes speculative marketplace, leaving small businesses and nonprofits scrambling for access. [Read more…]

 

EnCirca Sets New Milestone With Tokenized Domains and Web3 Identity Integration

EnCirca, an ICANN-accredited domain registrar founded in 2001, has announced its upcoming rollout of tokenized domain names and Web3 digital identity services. This initiative, developed in collaboration with D3’s Doma Protocol and MyPublicWallet, positions EnCirca as the first ICANN-compliant registrar to offer customers an on-chain, Web3 experience without requiring technical expertise or cryptocurrency. [Read more…]

AR.IO Launches Credit Card Payments for Permanent Web3 Domains on Arweave

AR.IO has announced that users can now purchase credits for ArNS, its decentralized domain name and web hosting system, using credit cards. This marks a major shift for the platform, which until now allowed payments only through cryptocurrencies like $AR, $MATIC, $SOL, and $ETH. [Read more…]

 

NameSilo Reports Record-Breaking 2024 as Domain Count and Profits Surge

NameSilo Technologies Corp. wrapped up 2024 with its most profitable year on record. The company reported annual revenues of $55.23 million, marking a 12.8% increase over 2023. This is the seventh straight year of revenue growth for the domain registrar, which now manages more than 5.71 million active domains across 160 countries. [Read more…]

GoDaddy Posts $1.2B in Q1 Revenue, Commits to New $3B Buyback Plan

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) reported solid financial results for the first quarter of 2025, continuing a trend of profitable growth and high-margin performance. The internet services company generated $1.2 billion in revenue for the quarter ending March 31, up 8% from the same period last year. [Read more…]

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will hold the fourth Asia Pacific Domain Name System (DNS) Forum from May 8 to 9, 2025, at the InterContinental Hanoi Landmark 72 in Viet Nam. With the Viet Nam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) serving as the local host, this year’s event promises important conversations about language diversity, Internet accessibility, and the future of domain names across the region. [Read more…]