Domain Names
Identity Digital Review: 216 New gTLD Applications Filed in 2026 Round
Identity Digital submitted 216 new gTLD applications in the 2026 ICANN round. This review examines the scale, categories, and steps ahead.
Domain Names
Identity Digital submitted 216 new gTLD applications in the 2026 ICANN round. This review examines the scale, categories, and steps ahead.
Domains
Identity Digital submitted 216 applications in the 2026 ICANN round, targeting categories from AI to finance and facing heavy contention on strings like .agent.
Domain Marketplace
Future.Domains launched in October 2026 as a marketplace for expressing interest and reserving names in upcoming new gTLDs from the ICANN round.
Domain Reviews
VeriSign's .web entered the DNS root zone in July 2026 after a long delay. Current status shows no general availability, with sunrise set for mid-December.
Domains
Unstoppable Domains gained ICANN accreditation in 2024 and now emphasizes traditional DNS domains with tokenization options through its marketplace.
Domains
EnCirca became the first ICANN registrar to integrate Doma Protocol for domain tokenization in 2025, turning standard DNS names into ERC-721 tokens while keeping full registry functions intact.
Domain Registrar
DotWee launched in February 2026 as an ICANN-accredited registrar offering crypto payments and flat-rate pricing across hundreds of TLDs.
Domains
Verisign's .web gTLD enters the root zone in 2026 with a trademark sunrise in December and limited registration period in early 2027.
Domain Reviews
.new domains from Google Registry enforce strict action-based use with high pricing starting around $400 and mandatory HTTPS for all registrations.