Hold crypto domain name auction — Sedo to

Auction will show the investor appetite for crypto domains.

Sedo disclosed that it will hold an auction September 13-20 that will exclusively feature cryptocurrency and blockchain-related domain names.

It’s a bit surprising that no other major marketplace has held a similar auction given that this market has driven the domain market over the past year. Since the beginning of 2017, Sedo has recorded $1.7 million in sales of names containing crypto and blockchain terms.

That undercounts the overall impact significantly. Crypto and blockchain firms are also buying generic and short domains that lack these keywords. For example, many are buying three letter domain names that end in “x”, standing for exchange.

Here are Sedo’s top 10 public sales of crypto and blockchain domains:

cryptoworld.com 194,888
cryptonews.com 50,284
payether.com 45,000
blockchain.ventures 42,000
securechain.com 30,000
block-chain.com 30,000
bitcoin.casino 28,000
paybit.de 27,915
cryptogold.com 19,000
blockchainwallet.com 15,750

Sellers can submit domain names for free if they meet the qualifications. Details are here.