Eth.link registrant released from prison

Virgil Griffith’s incarceration for helping North Korea evade sanctions led to an expired domain dispute. A man whose incarceration sparked a domain name dispute has been released from prison. Virgil Griffith pleaded guilty to a charge of violating international sanctions after teaching North Korea how to evade sanctions by using cryptocurrency. North Korea has become [...]

Verisign stock jumps on dividend, upgraded forecast

.Com and .net registry changes return-of-capital strategy and upgrades its outlook. Shares of Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) are up over 9% in trading so far today while the NASDAQ is mostly flat. The jump comes after the company released earnings yesterday. In addition to a return to growth in the domain base, the company announced its [...]

Global Domain Registrations Passed the 368 Million Mark at the End of 1Q-2025 – New Verisign Brief Breaks Down What Went Up and What Went Down

VeriSign, (the administrator of the .com and .net TLDs) has released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB) covering the the 1st quarter of 2025. This update showed that the total number of domain registrations across all TLDs worldwide ended the most recent quarter at 368.4 million. That is up 6.1 million registrations year [...]

Deel files countersuit against Rippling as rivalry escalates

In the latest development of an increasingly public dispute between HR and payroll services rivals, Deel has filed a countersuit against Rippling. To recap: Rippling publicly announced on March 17 that it was suing Deel over alleged corporate espionage, with accusations ranging from violation of the RICO racketeering act (typically used to prosecute organized crime) [...]

Faraday Future founder named co-CEO three years after being sidelined by internal probe

Troubled electric vehicle startup Faraday Future’s board of directors has appointed founder Jia Yueting as the company’s co-CEO, three years after he was sidelined following an internal probe into allegations of fraud — a probe that led to an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission that remains ongoing. Jia will serve alongside current CEO [...]