Web3 Capabilities Are An Opportunity of a Lifetime for The Web2 Domain Industry
sean3.eth All those esoteric DNS TLDs could soon find a whole new market. In the not so distant past, a longtime domainer said that if it's not .com, then it's basically…
Three Different Ways DNS Domains Can Be Integrated Into Ethereum
Now that DNS domain names like .coms are being integrated into the Ethereum blockchain, let's explore three common but distinct ways that can be done. Pay attention because they're pretty…
NFTsAreReal.com Becomes First DNS Domain to Change Hands On Chain
On October 6, 2023, ownership of NFTsAreReal.com changed hands on Optimism, a layer 2 network for Ethereum. The new owner is 0xec00481D13A4028E0B76B031Cf5C863604cB2D4B, otherwise identified as dnsking.eth in blockchain records. That…
It’s Time to Tokenize Phone Numbers
If you think that tokenizing phone numbers is just another stupid scatterbrained idea cooked up by scamming blockchain people to give pretend meaning to cryptocurrency, consider that phone numbers are…
Quicken Loans Suggest Investing in Domain Names Might Be the Way to Go
"Looking to buy a single-family home or apartment building, but not happy with any of the properties available in your local neighborhoods? Maybe it’s time to look online for a…
The NFT Lending Platform That Made the First ENS Loan
The first platform to ever make a loan against a .eth name no longer exists. RocketNFT, which made the loan against brantly.eth in April 2020, was wound up just a…
First Loan Ever Made Against a .eth Happened in 2020
The first loan ever made against a .eth name happened on April 14, 2020 against brantly.eth. The name was owned by Brantly Millegan who was then serving as Director of…
3DNS to Use Optimism Chain
DNS domain names are about to become tradeable onchain thanks to 3DNS, a web3-ENS integrated registrar. If you've got a regular domain like a .com already, you'll just need to…
All ENS Loans on Teller
We recently started aggregating data on an automated basis and realized we've scooped up info on every .eth backed loan that Teller has made since Mid-June. There's only been 87…
It’s a Sale, Not a Loan?
After watching almost every single .eth backed loan I've made intentionally default, I have come to the initial conclusion these "borrowers" were never really borrowers at all. They were sellers,…