In the domain name industry, some deals close quickly, while others require a long-term effort. Hubble Network's recent domain upgrade falls into the latter category.
An Italian tile retailer attempted to acquire the domain name Onetile.com through UDRP proceedings but ultimately failed. A WIPO panel ruled that the domain name, which was registered in 2004, had prior rights in time.
In the new generic top-level domain (nTLD) plan launched by ICANN in 2012, .yun was proposed as the pinyin of “云” (cloud), but for various reasons, it has not yet been officially launched.
In 2020, a startup called Luma quietly launched in San Francisco, USA. With limited resources, the team opted for a short and playful domain name: lu.ma.
According to Reuters, digital identity verification platform ID.me announced that it has successfully raised US$340 million in its Series E financing round. After the financing was completed, ID.me's valuation has exceeded US$2 billion.
Freename, a Web3 naming platform, is now an ICANN-accredited registrar, offering both traditional domains and blockchain names that can be used for websites, email, and Web3 functions.
An Italian crane manufacturer attempted to seize the omis.com domain name through a domain name dispute procedure but ultimately failed, despite the domain name holder's request for transfer of the domain name for $120,000.
India's National Internet Exchange (NIXI) recently announced plans to apply to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to launch country-named top-level domains .india and .bharat.
Recently, the domain name investment community received another piece of good news: Scoop.ai successfully sold a domain name for $75,000. The seller was well-known domain name investor Andrew Rosener, and the buyer was Apex Moon.
According to news shared by well-known domain name investor @360, the domain name Shiny.com has been sold. The transaction receipt issued by the platform shows that the domain name itself was transferred for $280,000.