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The ICANN Board discussed a proposed resolution to allocate emergency financial support in the amount of USD $1 million to support the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet’s unique identifier systems. The allocation would …

Google Domains launched in 2015 aiming to be “the easiest place to find, buy, and manage a domain.” Today, Google Domains is out of beta. Customers have the ability to integrate Google Analytics, Search Console, …

Radix shared its bi-annual premium report for the second half of 2021. This report gives a full overview of the premium domain sales across the Radix nTLD portfolio from 1st July 2021 till 31st December …

Epik Holdings Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Kobalt Media. Kobalt was founded in 2000 and is a full-service digital marketing agency with a suite of custom marketing solutions, industry leadership, and digital …

Nominet announced that it is has donated £200k to the DEC Ukraine humanitarian appeal now underway. Nominet has also stopped accepting registrations from registrars in Russia as it is suspending the relevant tags. This is …

Sedo informed its customers that it is suspending the trading and parking for .ru and .by domains and that it is currently unable to serve customers from Russia or Belarus, as well as corresponding bank …

Australia’s newest namespace, .au direct, will launch on 24 March 2022. auDA and the Australian domain name industry are working together closely to prepare for its introduction. Registrants of existing com.au, net.au, org.au, asn.au, id.au, …

Godaddy issued a statement explaining how it is supporting Ukrainian customers that are affected by the unwarranted aggression from the Russian Government: “Over the past week, we have been witnessing the atrocities taking place in …

Deputy Prime-Minister of Ukraine, Mykhailo FEDOROV, sent a letter to Goran Marby, ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer, asking for sanctions targeting the Russian Federation. Here is the letter from Mykhailo FEDOROV to ICANN: “I …

Namecheap has banned all Russian customers from using its services in an email you can see below. This ban includes even domain name registrations. Namecheap also started offering free anonymous hosting and domain name registration …