Among the top 20 public transactions this week, .com continued its strong performance, firmly occupying the top three spots. However, the real surprise was the performance of .ai. Of the top 20, .ai domains occupied 11 spots, a record high.
Recently, ICANN announced that the first three applicants have passed the initial review of the Applicant Support Program and obtained "conditionally qualified" status.
The high-quality AI-related domain name Law.ai was sold for US$350,000, surpassing Rush.ai ($300,000) to become the third highest transaction record in the history of .ai domain names.
Recently, Art.ai, an industry top-level domain name that combines the dual concepts of "art" and "artificial intelligence", was successfully traded through the professional domain name trading platform DN.com.
The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has published its ruling on the LONZS.com domain name dispute, in which Swiss life sciences giant Lonza Ltd filed a complaint alleging a cybersquatting operation targeting its registration.
Pre-registrations for the new .med top-level domain (TLD), operated by Medistry LLC and targeting global medical institutions, healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, have surpassed 42,000 in its initial launch.
According to DomainNameWire, Spok Holdings Inc. revealed in its latest SEC filing that it sold a domain last quarter, earning \$701,000. Though unnamed in the filing, the domain has been confirmed as Arch.com.
Verisign continues to lose its registration backend service customers recently, with two well-known brands' generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) transferred from Verisign to GoDaddy registrar.
Recently, the premium crypto-related domain UCoin.com was sold on the renowned global trading platform DN.com for $88,888. The seller, veteran domain investor James Kim, chose to complete the transaction through the DN.com platform.
Recently, WIPO announced the results of a UDRP case regarding the domain name JBMG.com. Ultimately, the complainant lost the case, and the domain name remained in the hands of the original owner.