It’s finally happened. Somebody has announced an application for a new gTLD that will almost certainly fall foul of ICANN’s rules and be rejected. The would-be applicant is Farmsent, a United Arab Emirates startup that is building a blockchain-based marketplace for farmers and buyers of farm produce, and its domains partner is Unstoppable Domains. Unstoppable […]

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Unstoppable Domains has become the second blockchain alt-root naming service to get its ICANN accreditation. The company said today it intends to carry the “the vast majority of generic top-level domains”. It had already been selling .com names, alongside its suite of blockchain extensions, as a reseller. It also said it intends to sell ccTLD […]

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Its communications suggest not that much. Lately, Unstoppable Domains has been making a lot of announcements about partnering with companies to apply for top level domains through ICANN. The company currently peddles alt-root blockchain-based domain names to consumers. It has changed its marketing message for the times, pitching them as a backlash against censoring, then […]

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Attackers are hijacking domains to steal crypto assets. Many web3 companies are reporting that their domains registered at Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) have been hijacked. Earlier today, Unstoppable Domains wrote on X that it is a victim. It is concerned that people are spoofing the company in email and might create a fake website to try […]

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Unstoppable Domains, operator of the blockchain-based alternative naming system, has had its domain hijacked and is warning customers to be wary of further scams and attacks. “Unstoppabledomains.com has been subject to an attack. Do NOT open emails from @unstoppabledomains.com or use the website until further notice,” the company tweeted on Twitter. 🚨 Community and Partners […]

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In the run-up to the 2012 new gTLD application round, we were hard-pressed to find a company willing to announce an application. This time around, announcements are coming out of the blockchain world at the rate of about one a week. Unstoppable Domains has announced that it’s working with Raiinmaker Network to operate .raiin, first […]

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Another two likely new gTLD applications have emerged from the blockchain world. Unstoppable Domains yesterday announced it’s planning to apply for ICANN for .manga and .anime Kintsugi Global, which already operates the two namespaces on a blockchain. The two domains currently sell via Unstoppable for $80.

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Unstoppable Domains has revealed the next partner with which it intends to apply to ICANN for a new gTLD two years from now. It’s linked up with Secret Network Foundation to apply for .secret and in the meantime to flog .secret names that only work on its Polygon blockchain naming system. Secret is a startup […]

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Unstoppable Domains has announced plans to apply for the first gTLD devoted to a metaverse. The company has partnered with Metropolis, a “a 360° curated universe that blends commerce, gaming, and experiences that span both digital & physical worlds” to launch .metropolis names on Unstoppable’s blockchain. “Metropolis plans to explore future ICANN gTLD applications in […]

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Unstoppable Domains and Women in Tech Global have announced that they plan to apply for a new gTLD when ICANN opens the next application round.

They want .witg, which Unstoppable has already launched on its blockchain-based naming system. They cost $10 a pop.

Unstoppable says the names come with some social networking features, as well as the usual ability to address cryptocurrency wallets.

The company has also recently announced gTLD application partnerships with POG Digital for .pog, Clay Nation for .clay and Pudgy Penguin for .pudgy.

Unstoppable is mainly competing here with D3 Global, which is also recruiting blockchain businesses that want to embrace the DNS when the next round opens.

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