Guestblog by Andriy Khvetkevych, CEO & Co-Founder NicNames and Serg Pokrovskyy, CTO, NicNames A week ago, on September 22, 2025, NicNames.com and D3 announced a partnership to tokenize traditional internet domains on Doma Protocol’s testnet. With the dedicated .tokenized.name zone live for free experimentation, this post goes
By Michael Ho (CBO & Co-Founder, D3) Korea Blockchain Week has always been one of the most exciting stops on the global Web3 circuit. Taking place last week in Seoul, we met builders, investors, regulators, and long-time friends in Korea – we also announced Mizu, our new DeFi launchpad for liquid
By Fred Hsu (CEO & Co-Founder, D3) For decades, premium domain investors have had limited liquidity options for unused domains. You could park a name for ad revenue, or you could wait years (sometimes decades) for the “perfect” buyer. Either way, your asset sat idle. And in today’s markets,
By Michael Ho, CBO & Co-Founder, D3 Today, we are excited to launch Mizu - the world's first DeFi launchpad built for trading domain-backed tokens. Inspired by the Japanese word for “water,” Mizu represents flow, movement, and liquidity, exactly what the domain market has been missing. Available on
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.