A member of Namepros showed a leaked email about the early days of Coinbase. There is a leaked email from 2012 that shows what the founders were thinking of when it came to naming their company. Founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam they are currently looking to go public. The Coinbase IPO is scheduled to trade on April 14. The Coinbase IPO will be a Direct Listing. Back in … [Read more...]
LiteBit.com sold for $50,000 buyer lost a UDRP in 2019
LiteBit.com sold for $50,000 last month. The seller was Shane Kinsch. You can read more about Shane on his website. The buyer was 2525 Ventures B.V., out of the Netherlands. They own LiteBit.eu and the domain now redirects to LiteBit.eu. What's interesting is that they tried to get the domain name through UDRP in 2019. The Complainant has used the name “LiteBit” to supply cryptocurrency … [Read more...]
PayPal gives some insight on crypto rollout and integration
PayPal has been in the news within the domaining community due to it's banning of Epik and Namebio, reported earnings yesterday. PayPal reported revenues of $5.46 billion and adjusted earnings per share of $1.07 in the third quarter of 2020. Both were ahead of analyst expectations of $5.43 billion and $0.94, respectively. TechCrunch detailed how the company plans to roll out it's … [Read more...]
Sex sells even in Crypto – Sex.Crypto sold for approx $90,000
CoinTelegraph posted that the domain name Sex.crypto sold for 230 ETH or close to $90,000. .crypto is run by Unstoppable Domains. Earlier today, the domain 'sex.crypto' sold for 230 ETH, or approximately $90,000 at press time. The domain extension .crypto is generated by Unstoppable Domains and is censorship-resistant. The transaction, which occurred on OpenSea's token marketplace, was … [Read more...]
Binance.Exchange sells for $12,000 – Seller details how the sale went down
Namepros member @TheBuyerz breaks down the specifics of his sale of Binance.Exchange for $12,000. The name was acquired at NameSilo (an advertiser here) and sold on Afternic. As of January 2018, Binance was the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world in terms of trading volume. Here is a bit of the story: I spotted the domain name on NameSilo Marketplace (BTW I buy all of them … [Read more...]
Tron moving to T.network
Tron (TRX) is a Blockchain-based decentralized operating system based on a cryptocurrency native to the system, known as TRX. They operate on Tron.network. But yesterday they put out a release they are moving to T.network. Currently it's redirecting to Tron.Network. On Medium they wrote an article announcing the move and seem to be hoping the name can bring a lot to the table. From the … [Read more...]
Buying and Selling Crypto with PayPal?
It looks like you soon will be able to buy and sell cryptocurrencies through PayPal and Venmo. CoinDesk published an article highlighting the plans that came from sources. PayPal declined comment. “My understanding is that they are going to allow buys and sells of crypto directly from PayPal and Venmo,” a well-placed industry source told CoinDesk. “They are going to have some sort of a … [Read more...]