Fight over Twitter handle leads to death
A harrassment campaign targeted at the owner of a good Twitter handle results in death. We’ve seen someone held at gunpoint for a domain name. Now there’s a case of…
Bitcoin, Dogecoin, NFTs Big Deal At Tokyo 2020: How Crypto-Savvy Olympians Can Feel Right At Home
The XXXII Tokyo Summer Olympics are special not only because they take place under such difficult circumstances but also because they are happening when our understanding of the definition of…
China Trademark 50 provides clues for domain investing
Kassey Lee examines more data about what domains Chinese companies choose. When running a business, we need to know our customers in order to provide the right products to them.…
Polychain, A16z Face Unregistered Security Lawsuit Over Internet Computer Token Sale
Dfinity's highly-anticipated Internet Computer (CRYPTO: ICP) platform found itself amid a major controversy after a class-action lawsuit been filed in California describes it as an unregistered security. What Happened: The complaint was filed on July 15…
Judge temporarily locks down OnlineNIC’s assets
Judge issues temporary restraining order in OnlineNIC dispute. A U.S. judge this afternoon granted (pdf) most of Facebook’s request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against domain name registrar OnlineNIC.…
How STOs Rose From The Ashes Of ICOs (And What They're Doing Differently)
A few years ago, it would have been near-impossible to go a few days without the announcement of one Initial Coin Offering or the other in the cryptocurrency industry. Up…
4 number domains aren’t just for trading between domain investors
Companies use them, too. I read recently that the 4N domain 6475 .com sold for $9,600. In case you didn’t know, 4N domains are actually used by end users in…
Why Parachains Will Deliver The Real Decentralized Web
By Alex Siman, founder of Subsocial - a Polkadot-based decentralized social network platform The imminent Ethereum London upgrade - as well as the launch of Polkadot and Kusama’s parachains - has…
Behind the name: Mailchimp.com vs. Chimpmail.com
The company would have been named differently if the domain was available. I was listening to How I Built This with Guy Raz this week. He recently interviewed Ben Chestnut,…
Crypto-Wills: How To Leave Cryptocurrency In Your Will
The Basics of Cryptocurrency and How to Leave it in Your Will the Right Way Author: Patrick Hicks, Head of Legal with Trust & Will Cryptocurrency is a relatively new phenomenon…