🟡 Own Playground for Telegram “Pavel Durov has submitted an application for the .gram domain zone. If ICANN approves it, one billion Telegram users will be able to get their own second‑level domains”. 🔗https://tech.yahoo.com/ 🟡 $17.000 for why.com The...
🟡 The window of opportunity is closed The 2026 New gTLD application window officially closed on 12 August at 23:59 UTC. ICANN says it received 🔗more than 1,600 primary applications. Two spectacular examples: 🔗Link Freedom Group reportedly submitted 300+ applications....
🟡.RU – Mandatory identification from September 1st. 2026 From September 1, 2026, the management of .ru, .рф, and .su domains will be possible only after completing identification via Gosuslugi. 🔗https://www.nic.ru/en/ 🟡ICANN Updates Community Guidance on the...
🟡 1.5 million malicious domains A new research estimated 1.5 million malicious domains were registered during the first five months of 2026. Such a large-scale industrial production, with domains rapidly activated and clustered within a small group of registrars,...
🟡ICANN accelerates preparation for the 2026 gTLD round ICANN continues to operationalize the next application round, including progress on Registry Service Providers (RSPs) and system readiness ahead of ICANN85. 🔗 https://www.icann.org/ 🟡Verisign reports a plateau in...
🟡Geopolitics and domains In January 2026, reports emerged that a Russian developer had recovered the domains seized by the registrar Namecheap. The domain owner has sent an application to ICANN to open a case with the initiation of Namecheap verification. He filed the...
