By Mark Trang (CMO, D3) Doma’s testnet went live in late-June, bringing the first wave of DomainFi features and users onchain. In the past two months, the ecosystem has seen a dramatic uptick in builders, traders, and investors experimenting with tokenized domains. Community traction has been strong, with countless
By Mark Trang (CMO, D3) The Summer of DomainFi hasn’t just played out at conferences and summits, it’s been thriving online. Over the last month, we’ve hosted a string of Discord AMAs and X Spaces that brought the community together to debate, learn, and shape the future
By Michael Ho (CBO & Co-Founder, D3) Japan Blockchain Week has always been one of the most important gatherings in Asia, and this year was no exception. Over the last week I have been running all over Tokyo attending panels, summits, and private dinners, carrying the flag for DomainFi and
A Q&A with Fred Hsu (CEO & Co-Founder, D3) During a recent conversation for the DomainFi Vanguard series, I sat down with Richard Lau, serial entrepreneur, branding visionary, and a pioneer in the domain industry. Richard has founded and successfully exited multiple ventures, including NamesCon, Resume.com (acquired
In Part 1, we explored the why behind domain fractionalization, specifically, the benefits and motivations. In Part 2 let’s shift our focus from theory to mechanics and show how Doma actually fractionalizes domains. Fractionalization in Doma Doma Fractionalization allows domain NFTs to be split into fungible ERC-20 tokens. The
We’re excited to launch the DomainFi Challenge, Doma’s first-ever hackathon, live now on the Dorahacks platform. This is a global call to developers to build innovative dApps on the Doma Protocol and shape the future of DomainFi - the fusion of domain names as real-world assets with the
Fractionalization is one of the most powerful features of the Doma Protocol. Premium domain names are some of the most valuable digital assets in the world. Traditionally, only whales could afford the top-tier names. With Doma, that’s changing. We’re entering a new era of ownership, one that is
In part 1 of our DomainFi Manifesto, we laid out our core belief - domains can be transformed from static digital assets into programmable ones by bridging Web2 trust with Web3 utility. However, turning that belief into reality meant more than building a bunch of smart contracts or token standards.
Before social media profiles, blockchain wallets, or NFTs, there were domains. For over three decades, domain names have been the fundamental backbone of the internet. They are universal, scarce, and instantly recognizable, the original human-readable layer of the digital world. They gave creators, businesses, and innovators a global identity, a