WTF is .xyz? – TechCrunch

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Anita Ramaswamy
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If you’ve visited a crypto company’s website recently, you’ve probably visited a URL ending in “.xyz” instead of its cheugier counterpart, .com. From fintech Block, formerly known as Square, to venture firm Paradigm, to blockchain startups like Mirror, .xyz has become the go-to URL ending for many we...

If you’ve visited a crypto company’s website recently, you’ve probably visited a URL ending in “.xyz” instead of its cheugier counterpart, .com. From fintech Block, formerly known as Square, to venture firm Paradigm, to blockchain startups like Mirror, .xyz has become the go-to URL ending for many web3 companies. But what does it mean, and […]

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Danny Crichton 1y

This is a great piece by @AnitaRamaswamy on .xyz, crypto, Alphabet, and top-level domains. It still riles me that something as technical as TLDs have become part of modern mainstream pop culture