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Like A Dollar And A Dream, 4-Letter Domain “NFTS.com” Sells for Cool $15 Million Dollars

August 9, 2022 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NFTS.com

PALM BEACH, FL - A four-letter “.com” domain name has been purchased for the staggering price of $15 million dollars. NFTS.com was first registered approximately 18 years ago, likely for $10.00 or $20.00. Who knew that the letters “NFTS” would become a four-letter acronym for “non-fungible tokens,” - unique cryptographic tokens? Four letter domains, often referred to as "LLLL" domains, are relatively scarce. There are roughly 457,000 possible four-letter combinations and … [Read more...]

Highly Coordinated Attack Impacts Twitter Accounts of World’s Most Famous People

July 17, 2020 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

tWITTER HACK

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - On July 15, 2020, several verified Twitter accounts of famous people and companies were taken over in a security breach, including Apple, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama and others. Hackers then published tweets from these accounts soliciting donations via Bitcoin. For example, one tweet read: “We are giving back to our community. We support Bitcoin and we believe you should too. All Bitcoin sent to our address below will be sent … [Read more...]

Follow the Money: IRS Takes Down Largest Child Exploit Domain by Tracing Bitcoin

October 19, 2019 By John Colascione 2 Comments

PALM BEACH, FL – The largest child exploitation website on the Internet “Welcome to Video” which, according to GitHub was using a dark-web address of “mt3plrzdiyqf6jim.onion” was seized and/or shut down last week resulting in over 300 arrests. According to the Department of Justice, the service was the largest child sexual exploitation market by volume of content. Particularly interesting was the way the sites owners were traced as I have been contemplating my first … [Read more...]

Will JP Morgan’s Launch of Cryptocurrency Further Squeeze Domain Name Sales?

February 15, 2019 By John Colascione 9 Comments

NEW YORK, NY – It’s been a very interesting few years recently hasn’t it? As if there weren’t enough reasons for your typical domain name investor to diversify his online bets, here comes another big one. Financial powerhouse JP Morgan Chase has announced it will be launching its own cryptocurrency called "JPM Coin" with a fixed rate value of $1. The move solidifies a [sort of] ‘questionable’ industry with instant validity in my opinion as JP Morgan acts as the first major … [Read more...]

Battle to Take-down Backpage.com Ends in Seizure, Criminal Indictments of Ownership

April 7, 2018 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK – A long-time battle to remove Backpage.com from the Internet has ended with the indictments of ownership and government seizure of its domain Backpage.com, which hosted a popular online classifieds site similar to Craigslist which allegedly was used heavily by escorts and massage providers far-bending the envelope between casual encounters, prostitution and human trafficking, according to investigators. Since 2010, Backpage.com has come under fire for its alleged … [Read more...]

Alphabetical List of Cryptocurrencies, Their Symbols and Current Market Capitalization

January 13, 2018 By John Colascione 1 Comment

NEW YORK, NY – Although new Cryptocurrencies are continually being created, as of this date, January 13, 2018 – below is an alphabetical list of all Cryptocurrencies currently known while there are certainly more being created each day. Some of the most popular cryptocurrencies which you probably have already heard about are BitCoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Litecoin. The rest are all detailed below. Get $25 when you sign-up for … [Read more...]

List of 300+ Cryptocurrency Domain Name Sales and Sale Prices [All Time] (NameBio)

September 25, 2017 By John Colascione 19 Comments

NEW YORK, NY - The other evening I made a list of domain name sales which contained the exact match word of "Bitcoin" in the domains, but that list left lots of domains off the table since there is so many different types of Cryptocurrencies. This list, still not all inclusive, includes more different types of cryptocurrencies and keywords such as Coin, Litecoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, Ripple, Crypto and many other terms. I built the list with several rounds of … [Read more...]

Top 100 Domain Names with Exact Word “Bitcoin” in URL Sold (All Time) [NameBio]

September 24, 2017 By John Colascione 3 Comments

NEW YORK, NY - Bitcoin is an innovative and new worldwide cryptocurrency and digital payment system. As of the time of this writing, according to Google, 1 Bitcoin equals $3,640.00 US dollars. The following list of domain names are recorded at NameBio as having been sold over the last six years which contain the exact full word "Bitcoin" but does not include other popular names in the same space which would include "Crypto" or related "Coin" domain names. According to … [Read more...]

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WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Earlier today, I found myself browsing the MediaOptions website after being referred there by a YouTube video that mentioned the company and spotlighted one of their domain … [Read More...]

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