Sophie Kiderlin published an article today at BusinessInsider.com that delves into the red hot NFT space. Sophie writes that,volumes in dollar terms have since fallen to below $28 million on average in the past week from around $78.62 million a month ago, according to data from nonfungible.com. The article mentions Mark Cuban of Shark Tank and NBA owner fame. A piece of NFT art shown in … [Read more...]
SpaceCoin.com sells for 7x the 2015 sale price on Sedo
Back in 2015 Keith Trost of Nas.com fame, sold SpaceCoin.com for $5,000 on Sedo. Monday it was flipped for 7x to $35,000. Virtual Network SA out of Switzerland looks to have been the seller this time around. The domain name was registered way back in 1999. It's what people mean when something like coin gets hot and new investors look to find a hand reg and they are told the good names were … [Read more...]
On the heels of a huge IPO here is how Coinbase chose Coinbase.com
A member of Namepros showed a leaked email about the early days of Coinbase. There is a leaked email from 2012 that shows what the founders were thinking of when it came to naming their company. Founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam they are currently looking to go public. The Coinbase IPO is scheduled to trade on April 14. The Coinbase IPO will be a Direct Listing. Back in … [Read more...]
LiteBit.com sold for $50,000 buyer lost a UDRP in 2019
LiteBit.com sold for $50,000 last month. The seller was Shane Kinsch. You can read more about Shane on his website. The buyer was 2525 Ventures B.V., out of the Netherlands. They own LiteBit.eu and the domain now redirects to LiteBit.eu. What's interesting is that they tried to get the domain name through UDRP in 2019. The Complainant has used the name “LiteBit” to supply cryptocurrency … [Read more...]
PayPal gives some insight on crypto rollout and integration
PayPal has been in the news within the domaining community due to it's banning of Epik and Namebio, reported earnings yesterday. PayPal reported revenues of $5.46 billion and adjusted earnings per share of $1.07 in the third quarter of 2020. Both were ahead of analyst expectations of $5.43 billion and $0.94, respectively. TechCrunch detailed how the company plans to roll out it's … [Read more...]
Sex sells even in Crypto – Sex.Crypto sold for approx $90,000
CoinTelegraph posted that the domain name Sex.crypto sold for 230 ETH or close to $90,000. .crypto is run by Unstoppable Domains. Earlier today, the domain 'sex.crypto' sold for 230 ETH, or approximately $90,000 at press time. The domain extension .crypto is generated by Unstoppable Domains and is censorship-resistant. The transaction, which occurred on OpenSea's token marketplace, was … [Read more...]
Binance.Exchange sells for $12,000 – Seller details how the sale went down
Namepros member @TheBuyerz breaks down the specifics of his sale of Binance.Exchange for $12,000. The name was acquired at NameSilo (an advertiser here) and sold on Afternic. As of January 2018, Binance was the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world in terms of trading volume. Here is a bit of the story: I spotted the domain name on NameSilo Marketplace (BTW I buy all of them … [Read more...]
