HIGHLIGHTS

• Identity Digital is Recognized on the Newsweek Excellence 1000 Index. Read more

• David Warmuz becomes new CEO of Help .com. Read more

• InterNetX & Sedo: Global Domain Report Survey 2025. Read more

• Berkshire Hathaway units bought nearly $30 million of shares of VeriSign. Read more

• Afternic releases keyword and payment plan data. Read more

• DomainTools Warning About “Possible Deprecation of Whois Services”. Read more

• European Commission seeks experts for .EU Domain Advisory Group. Read more

• Bluesky app updates its domain-friendly process. Read more

• Grok .com Acquired by xAI. Read more

LEGAL NEWS

• UDRP: Lianogk .com was denied. Read more

• UDRP: Ocasia .org was denied. Read more

• Glassagram .org: Instagram won this UDRP and here’s why. Read more

• Facebook gets judge to halt 35 .com domain registrar sale. Read more

• Florida county implements domain monitoring after large scam. Read more

• The Case of Ekart .com and UDRP Disputes by Indian Companies. Read more

• Crypto .com sued over domain dispute days before sports launch. Read more

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BLOGS

• 2024 | TLDs that reached General Availability by Simone Catania. Read blog

• Reflections on 2024 and a New Chapter for ICANN by Tripti Sinha. Read blog

• Michael Cyger Shares Domain Investing Priorities for 2025 by Bob Hawkes. Read blog

• My Year-End UDRP Roundup by Ankur Raheja. Read blog

• 5 Letter Domain Price: How Much Do Five Letter Domains Cost? by Lotte Reford. Read blog

• AI, Domains and Sustainable Growth: 2024 Holiday Reading List from Andrey Insarov, CEO of it .com Domains by Andrey Insarov. Read blog

• ICANN CSG and NCSG Make Progress at ICANN81 by Mason Cole. Read blog

PODCAST / INTERVIEW

• The Domain of Music and Identity with Dot Music. Listen

• Snagging great domains – DNW Podcast #514. Listen

• The DomainSherpa 2024 Highlight Reel. Watch

• The Breakfast Club Ep. #6: Season Finale — 2024 Wins, Lessons, and Predictions for Domain Investing in 2025. Listen

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Domainer Mixer Winter 2025 : Jan 15-16, 2025 | Virtual

• ICA Annual Member Meeting : Jan 26-28, 2025 | Las Vegas, USA

• Dominion 2025 : Jan 29-30, 2025 | Las Vegas, USA

• Indian Web Summit : Feb 08, 2025 | New Delhi, India

• APTLD 87 : Feb 10-13, 2025 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• State Of The Net : Feb 11, 2025 | Washington DC, USA

• Web Summit : Feb 23-26, 2025 | Doha, Qatar

• Protection of IP in Digital Environment : Mar 6-7, 2025 | Belgrade, Serbia

• ICANN82 Community Forum : Mar 8 -13, 2025 | Seattle, USA

• SEO Mastery Summit : Mar 10-14, 2025 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• CloudFest : Mar 17-20, 2025 | Europa-Park, Germany

• Web Summit Rio : Apr 27-30, 2025 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Nordic Domain Days : Apr 27-29, 2025 | Stockholm, Sweden

• Middle East DNS Forum : Apr 29-30, 2025 | Manama, Bahrain

• Domain Summit Chicago : May 20-21, 2025 | Chicago, USA

• Web Summit : May 27-30, 2025 | Vancouver, Canada

• Domain Summit London : Sep 02-03, 2025 | London, UK

• NamesCon Global : Nov 5-6, 2025 | Miami, USA

• CloudFest USA : Nov 5-6, 2025 | Miami, USA
  

NEW LAUNCH

• Dynadot add protection against domain impersonation or malicious entities with AbuseShield. Read more

• Afternic Custom Checkout Link Moves to GoDaddy URLs. Read more

• SPACE ID launches 1st TON-based domain name on DuckChain. Read more

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