On May 22, 2025, the United Kingdom and Mauritius signed a treaty to formally transfer the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius. This decision has also aroused widespread concern and worry about the future of .io domain names.
Crypto-finance startup Slash announced on the social platform X that it has acquired the core domain name Slash.com for $1 million. The transaction was completed just three days after it completed a $41 million Series B financing on May 20.
James Booth announced that Breeze.ai was sold for $225,000, making it the second most expensive .ai domain in 2025! This is one of the most notable transactions in the .ai domain market so far this year.
The premium domain name Fuse.com was sold for $2,100,000, plus a $29,509 hosting fee, for a total of $2,129,509, making it one of the most notable transactions of the year so far.
The CEO of artificial intelligence financial platform PortfolioPilot announced on Platform X that the company acquired the core keyword domain name Diversification.com for $1 million and simultaneously launched a new platform.
Recently, Intracom Middle East, the main registrar of the .gdn top-level domain, was suspended for violating ICANN compliance requirements, raising concerns about the future stability of the domain name.
According to data released by ICANN, as of early 2025, the total number of .music registrations has exceeded 30,000, far higher than the approximately 7,500 "active domain names" shown by the third-party statistical platform ntldstats.com.
On May 19th, international cryptocurrency exchange Gate announced a major brand upgrade, centered on the adoption of the global top-level domain Gate.com.
Registrar Hexonet announced that it will close its business by the end of June, and customer accounts and domain names will be migrated to the Moniker platform. The migration has now entered the substantive stage.