An article on NewsBTC.com reported a poll by CapGemini that gauged the interest of high net worth individuals and their interest in cryptocurrency. No surprise there was greater interest from millionaire's who were 40 and under as compared to those 60 and over. 13% of those over 60 expressed an interest. From the article: The survey, which was based on responses from more than 2,600 HNWIs … [Read more...]
Earn.com acquired
Coinbase is acquiring Earn.com, the company was formerly known as 21 Inc, they once were a maker of bitcoin mining hardware, they shifted gears to focus on using cryptocurrency to power a social network. On top of everything they get a valuable one word generic .com that could be sold down the road if things don't pan out as expected. Axios reported: Coinbase is acquiring Earn.com, a paid … [Read more...]
NamesCon Day Three Explores Crypto and Domaining Intersection
Day’s One and Two are down in the books, and NamesCon Day Three is up to bat. Full steam ahead did the third day lead off with a Domain Name Industry Drivers keynote given by Verisign’s Scott Schnell. Scott discussed and expressed thoughts around a number of items, one being the likely resurgence of .net values amongst a sea of new gTLDS. However, it was the Fireside Chat (moderated by … [Read more...]
NamesCon’s “Domaining to the Future” in Day Two
It’s a new day in Las Vegas as the Tropicana Hotel comes to life for Day Two of NamesCon 2018. NamesCon follows up a highly energized Day One event with yet another fast-paced day of “Domaining to the Future”. … [Read more...]
Josh Metnick just keeps on selling crypto related domains
Josh Metnick continues to sell crypto domains, some of them I would never even think of registering. Names like, 0x.fund. Josh sold it for $5,000. He explained to me in an email, (0x is shorthand for Ethereum -- all Ethereum addresses start with a "0x..." e.g. check out 0xproject.com (symbol: ZRX) or Bounty0x.io (symbol: BNTY). He also sold: CanopyCoin.com - $1,750 token888.com - $6,000 … [Read more...]
100+ Expiring Blockchain Domain Auctions in Next 5 Days
I wanted to deliver this post at the beginning of the week, but it’s better late than never, I guess. 😉 It’s been an interesting week over at GoDaddy for expired domain auctions. There has been an uptick of expiring domain auctions containing the word “blockchain”. … [Read more...]
Verisign’s December top trending keywords are all about crypto
Verisign released their top trending keywords for December. No surprise it was crypto dominated again. Everything in .com was coin/crypto related. .COM .NET coin crypto crypto chain block block chain corp blockchain river wallet press ripple associates crypt currency altcoin mountain appliance parts … [Read more...]
