.crypto

Is .crypto a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?

Crypto
applicants
  • RadixAnnounced
on the record since Aug 27, 2026 · updated Aug 27, 2026
AI score
68/ 100
Strong niche

An exact-match name for a large, well-funded industry; strong demand is likely, but crypto firms still lean on older domain endings.

assessed by claude-fable-5 · Aug 27, 2026
AI score 68 of 100. .com scores 96, .ai scores 84.
who it’s for

crypto exchanges, wallets, DeFi protocols, web3 infrastructure teams, and token projects that want an instantly legible sector identity; secondarily, domain investors targeting the crypto vertical

CryptotechCommerce
applicants
1 on file
RadixAnnounced
Aug 27, 2026

One of 46 ICANN 2026-round applications Radix announced on its own applications page. Radix states it intends to build and operate each TLD it wins.

closest 2012 bets
3 of 1,408

The 2012 applications making the most similar bet. Chosen by AI from every string in that round, without being told what happened to any of them.

.cloudstrong parallel
delegated 2015 · live

Same bet: a mid-hype emergent-technology category noun that an entire wave of new-entrant companies uses as its own self-label, so the string wins only if the sector's operators decide the industry term beats .com as their primary identity.

7 applicants contested it · scored 70* in 2012 · run by ARUBA S.p.A.

.forexstrong parallel
delegated 2015 · live

Same bet in the financial-market half of the target: an insider category term for a speculative asset class whose registrant base is brokers, exchanges, signal-sellers and retail punters, monetized by a land-rush of keyword-hungry operators rather than by blue-chip brands.

uncontested · scored 45* in 2012 · run by IG Group Holdings PLC

.tradingmoderate
delegated 2015 · live

Also a generic activity noun for speculative finance sold to the same operator-plus-retail crowd, but it is a plain English verb-noun open to any sector rather than the name a specific self-identifying industry calls itself, so the identity pull is weaker.

2 applicants contested it · scored 50* in 2012 · run by IG Group Holdings PLC

* A separate 2012-only read, time-locked to what was public that year. Different scale from this page’s score — the two are not comparable.

history
  1. Radix · first recordedAug 27, 2026
    Radix
news & sources
AnnouncementRadix: our ICANN 2026 round applications
Aug 27, 2026
Radix has applied for these TLDs; we do not own or operate them today.
Radix
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