2017 is wrapping up and it was quite the interesting year in domaining. It was a year when many heard of crypto for the first time and then played the part of crypto expert. It was the year of the emoji, one excellent guide written by Michael Cyger and emoji domains were off to the races. Domaining has become to a certain degree a collection of echo chambers. Those seeking confirmation bias … [Read more...]
Crypto registrations have gone Bat Sh*t Crazy
Unless you have been focusing on other things or living off the grid you know that Crypto is white hot. With all the coverage of Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc... The interest in crypto related domain names has gone through the roof. Verisign released their November top trending keywords and it was dominated by crypto related … [Read more...]
Overstock going after o.com? Probably not as they focus on Crypto
With O.com hitting the auction block I thought Overstock would be interested in finally getting the .com after the whole O.co effort. But then I read an article on Inc.com which touched upon Overstock possibly getting ready to sell off the retail business and become a blockchain company. The company is launching one of the largest ICO's. From the article: Byrne said the funds from the ICO … [Read more...]
The journey to $10,000 Bitcoin
The following infographic from Blockchain Intelligence Group highlights the journey to $10,000 for Bitcoin. This came out two days ago and of course now Bitcoin today touched $11,377.33. … [Read more...]
The next tech bubble?
When you look at the proliferation of alt coins that have come to market, there is always concern about a bubble and also outright scams. BusinessInsider.com published an article that quoted VC Bill Gurley and his opinion of the recent rise in ICO's. The article is a good read whether you are a bull or a bear on crypto. From the article: Smart people like VC Bill Gurley are beginning to … [Read more...]
WordPress sites getting exploited by Crypto miners
Wordfence a popular security plugin for WordPress published an article about crypto mining malware. It's worth a read if you run a bunch of websites using WordPress. The article explains what's going on and what to do if you have a problem with infected websites. From the article: During the last month, the information security media has paid a lot of attention to cryptocurrency mining … [Read more...]
Bitcoin futures a major step forward or playing with fire?
Yesterday news broke that the CME Group — the world’s largest regulated derivatives exchange was going to start trading Bitcoin futures. Quartz.com wrote about the fact that Bitcoin could no longer be ignored. From the article which is well worth the read, CME’s move also suggests that bitcoin has become too big to ignore, since the exchange seemed to rule out crypto futures in the recent … [Read more...]