{"id":88490,"date":"2023-12-20T14:27:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T12:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=88490"},"modified":"2025-09-13T18:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:25:12","slug":"shiba-inu-to-acquire-its-own-top-level-domain-shib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/shiba-inu-to-acquire-its-own-top-level-domain-shib\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiba Inu to acquire its own top-level domain, .shib"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Developers of the meme token Shiba Inu (SHIB) have forged a partnership with infrastructure provider D3 Global to register the top-level domain &#8220;.shib&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">We&#8217;re partnering with <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shibtoken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@ShibToken<\/a> to apply for and obtain the .shib Top-Level Domain (TLD) ?<\/p>\n<p>Learn more here ? <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBWtO4ubtA\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZBWtO4ubtA<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/zO3rZPavWi\\\">pic.twitter.com\/zO3rZPavWi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 D3 (@D3inc) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/D3inc\/status\/1737187336184553638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>D3 focuses on next-generation network addresses that enable interaction between Web 2.0 and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-web3\">Web3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company&#8217;s website, current Web3 domain names like \\&#8221;.crypto\\&#8221; and \\&#8221;.eth\\&#8221; do not work with traditional tools, including web browsers and email clients, because they do not support DNS protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional domains also do not support the features of the next generation of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>In the near term, D3 will apply to <span data-descr=\\\"Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">ICANN<\/span> \u2014 a nonprofit organization headquartered in the United States that creates and enforces policy for online identifiers.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, SHIB holders will be able to create email addresses ending with \\&#8221;.shib\\&#8221;. According to the company, they will be compatible with ordinary mail apps.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative also implements \\&#8221;named tokens\\&#8221; that replace the classic alphanumeric wallet address with chosen nicknames prefixed accordingly, analogous to <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-ethereum-name-service-ens\">Ethereum Name Service<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\\u201CMoving real domains to SHIB is a big deal, expanding the vision of digital identities in our decentralized ecosystem while also contributing to long-term revenue within it,\\u201D said a Shiba Inu developer under the alias Shytoshi Kusama.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\\\"wp-block-heading\\\"><strong>Shiba Inu momentum<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The price of SHIB hardly moved on the news. According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/shiba-inu\\\">CoinGecko<\/a>, the token rose 18% over the past month to $0.0000102. It still does not reach the February all-time high of $0.000015.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/lh7-eu.googleusercontent.com\/kroRvVI4fmONbHCAjUEtDTU964FoCgLTFJRPmSd55_RX98dNHz6CPkyo823wda8Q_thyxDzMiJCxrau46QAzii7iumKFZNExyg9o6T5L9CT9ANEZUfkLmDz7yhxmw6g5blpqxyacgBhpfSjj6jfMd54\\\" alt=\\\"Shiba Inu to have its own domain name\\\"\/><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Daily SHIB\/USDT chart on Binance. Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/SHIBUSDT\/\\\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>As of writing, its market capitalization stands at $6 billion with a daily trading volume of $183 million.<\/p>\n<p>Compared with other altcoins such as <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/popularity-of-solana-search-queries-hits-a-record-high\">Solana<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/avax-gains-17-in-24-hours-as-analysts-explain-drivers-behind-the-rise\">Avalanche<\/a>, which have gained over 500% and 200% respectively over the year, the meme token shows relatively weak momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, in recent days researchers have noted rising whale interest in SHIB. According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/whale-alert.io\/transaction\/ethereum\/0xf3e1682d0aee25023ccd84c42c665ec67f0a63e7098ccb1f10ce5516c0369485\\\">Whale Alert<\/a>, on December 18 an unknown actor moved 579 billion SHIB worth about $5.88 million.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, Tron co-founder Justin Sun transferred almost 500 billion SHIB (<a href=\\\"https:\/\/whale-alert.io\/transaction\/ethereum\/0x2c84b2d47c07e6a7dee4e55bc4a96690cc08aa8f24701ec71ebfee37fc609fab\\\">~$5.13 billion<\/a> at the time) from the Binance exchange to his own wallet.<\/p>\n<p>The meme token&#8217;s sustainability is also influenced by its <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-coin-burning-and-how-does-it-affect-prices\">burn rate<\/a> to support the deflationary model of the project. Since the initiative began, about <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.shibburn.com\/\\\">410 trillion SHIB<\/a> have been burned (about 41% of the total supply).<\/p>\n<p>Shibarium L2 solution tokens \u2014 BONE and LEASH \u2014 also show underwhelming figures. The first fell 7% year-over-year, and the second rose 3.7%.<\/p>\n<p>Back in August, during the launch of the second-layer network&#8217;s mainnet, a failure occurred, causing transactions to stall. SHIB reacted with a 6% decline.<\/p>\n<p>One and a half weeks after the incident, developers fixed the glitch and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/shibarium-l2-network-relaunched-after-major-outage\">relaunched Shibarium<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developers of the meme token Shiba Inu (SHIB) have formed a partnership with infrastructure provider D3 Global to register the top-level domain &#8220;.shib&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1699,1161,1150,1525],"class_list":["post-88490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-domain","tag-memes","tag-news-plus","tag-shiba-inu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88492,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88490\/revisions\/88492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}