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I miss y'all. Really, I do. (OK, most of you).

And it looks like we might get to see each other this year, at least those in the United States.

Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is hosting a meetup in Las Vegas in September to celebrate its 15th anniversary. It's open to all ICA members (you can join for $25 a month).

ICANN is also considering allowing in-person attendance at its planned meeting in Seattle this October. It is surveying previous attendees to see if they want to meet in person and what restrictions they are willing to put up with to make it happen. It would be the first in-person ICANN meeting since November 2019.

I'm not sure if I'll make it to Vegas, but if ICANN holds its in-person meeting in my backyard, I'll definitely be there.

Just forgive me if I don't want to shake hands just yet. I'll opt for the fist bump or elbow bump instead.

Scroll down to see what made news in the domain business last month, along with links to five recent podcasts.

-Andrew

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Here are the top stories on DNW last month, as ranked by pageviews:

1. Frank Schilling new TLD auction grosses more than $40 million - Schilling's UNR sold 23 top level domains to 10 different buyers.

2. Lawsuit: Bird.com and Fish.com domain buyer failed to pay - Right of the Dot's February domain name auction wasn't nearly as successful as it first appeared. A bidder who appeared to win three domains for $4.85 million didn't pay.

3. China wants to patent a decentralized blockchain DNS - CNNIC applied for a U.S. patent covering what it says is a better domain name system.

4. ICANN to terminate Pheenix domain registrar - After many consumer complaints and late bills, ICANN finally pulled the plug on a domain name registrar that was big in the drop catching game.

5. What's next for .Web - An Independent Review Panel found against ICANN but not really for Afilias, setting up a few different scenarios for what happens to .web.

Podcasts

#340 - Great domain investing insights

#339 - How cryptocurrency drives the domain aftermarket

#338 - Wacky domain acquisition stories

#337 - Buying and selling online businesses

#336 - Brandable domain investor success story

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Thanks for reading,
Andrew