By Fred Hsu (CEO & Co-Founder, D3) The past few months, I went from Prague to Vegas to Vietnam, meeting with ICANN veterans, DeFi founders, and domain registrars alike. At every stop, one thing became clear: DomainFi Summer is here. We’re finally seeing alignment between markets, technology, and regulation.
By Inder Singh (VP, Product, D3) From June 30 to July 3, our team hit the ground in Cannes, France to participate in ETHCC 2025– one of Europe’s most anticipated crypto gatherings, now with a stunning Riviera twist. Builders, researchers, founders, and domain economy enthusiasts from all over came
By Fred Hsu (CEO & Co-Founder, D3) Todd Ryan is one of those rare domain investors who treats this business like a long game of strategy and margin. As CEO of American Business Capital Corp/ABC Productions and co-founder of PayNow.com, Todd’s career spans far beyond domaining, but
By Michael Ho (CBO & Co-Founder, D3) I’m thrilled to share some big news that’s set to shake up the $360 billion domain industry. Today, we’re unveiling a $1 million USDC developer fund to supercharge the Doma Protocol’s public testnet and fuel the rise of DomainFi—
Guest post by Tom Barrett (President & Founder, EnCirca) The domain industry is at an interesting stage. The infrastructure that we have relied on for decades is about to converge with decentralized technologies shaping the next generation of the Internet. At EnCirca, we’ve spent the better part of two
By Inder Singh (VP Product & Technology, D3) Last week, D3 hosted “The Future of Solana Record Service (SRS)” track at Solana’s Accelerate conference in New York. The session introduced SRS, purpose-built to evolve naming on Solana. SRS will enable developers like D3 to bring domains on Solana. I
By Fred Hsu (CEO & Co-Founder, D3) Our time in Hanoi was one of the most productive, high-energy weeks I’ve had in a while. Hanoi not only hosted ICANN’s Connected Parties Summit and APAC DNS Forum, it was also the location of our 3rd DomainFi Blueprint of the
By Anand Vora (VP of Business Development & Partner Operations, D3) I got a chance to sit down with Tom Barrett, Founder and President of EnCirca, one of the most technically forward-thinking registrars in our industry and a charter member of the DomainFi Vanguard program. As a developer and advisor
By Fred Hsu (CEO & Co-Founder, D3) 25 years ago, I built my first domain company out of college that managed over 40M domains and watched an industry evolve through skepticism and innovation. Today, I'm seeing the exact same pattern with stablecoins. As Chris Dixon notes, "The
By Fred Hsu (CEO & Co-Founder, D3) I had the pleasure of catching up with one of our DomainFi Vanguard community leaders Braden Pollock at a recent SoCal Domainers Meetup that he hosts. Braden is a long-time friend, industry pioneer, and respected domain investor. Here’s what we discussed over
Anand Vora (VP Business Development & Partner Operations, D3) During Cloudfest in Germany, I caught up with Elias Rendón Benger, CEO of InterNetX. Elias is a friend and a long-time leader in the domain industry, with deep experience running one of the world’s largest domain platforms. As one of
Anand Vora (VP of Business Development & Partnerships, D3) Last week was a big one for the domain industry in Seattle! ICANN82 brought the global internet governance community together for the first meeting this year, tackling some of the biggest questions and opportunities in the space. We also hosted our