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2018 State of the IPv4 Market Report by Avenue4 LLC (Click to Download Full Report)Escalating prices for large IPv4 number blocks, coupled with aggressive buyer acquisition strategies throughout 2018, stimulated considerable additional supply, according to the 2018 State of the IPv4 Market Report released by Avenue4 LLC. After soft global activity in 2017, the inter-RIR market recovered with the largest inter-RIR transaction in the history of the market.
With demand still far exceeding supply, IPv4 numbers once trading for as little as $4 per number sold in 2018 for $20 per number (occasionally higher) notwithstanding the influx of large block inventory into the market. Unit prices across all block sizes also rose steadily in 2018.
Other key takeaways from Avenue4’s 2018 State of the IPv4 Market Report include:
“2018 was a strong bull market for IPv4 trading. While prices increased to their highest levels to date across all market segments, the total volume of numbers sold and transactions closed also exceeded trading volumes in all prior years.,” said Marc Lindsey, president and cofounder of Avenue4. “We expect these exceptionally high volumes point to reduced supply in the first half of 2019. But demand and prices will remain strong, which will drive prices further upward and tease out new supply deep into 2019.”
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