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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/new_tlds</link>
  <description>CircleID - New TLDs</description>
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  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-09-09T19:55:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN Accountability Without gTLD Remedies Is Just Documentation]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/accountability&#45;without&#45;remedy&#45;is&#45;just&#45;documentation</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Past gTLD disputes show applicants can win ICANN accountability rulings without obtaining the contested string, raising a critical question for 2026 applicants about whether expanded review mechanisms can deliver meaningful remedies.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-09T12:55:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN Taps Analysys Mason for Key 2026 New gTLD Reviews]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;taps&#45;analysys&#45;mason&#45;for&#45;key&#45;2026&#45;new&#45;gtld&#45;reviews</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Analysys Mason will run geographic and reserved-name reviews for ICANN's 2026 new-gTLD round, applying rules that can determine whether proposed strings advance, require government support, qualify for exceptions, or face further evaluation.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-04T09:54:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Radix Announces Radix Deux: 46 Primary Applications in ICANN&#8217;s Next gTLD Round]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/radix&#45;announces&#45;radix&#45;deux&#45;46&#45;primary&#45;applications&#45;in&#45;icanns&#45;next&#45;gtld&#45;round</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Radix is making its biggest strategic bet yet, filing 46 primary applications for ICANN's next gTLD round after whittling 3.2m possibilities into a portfolio spanning AI, technology, health, finance, business, creators and culture.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-27T10:12:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Last gTLD Round Taught Us the Wrong Lessons]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;last&#45;gtld&#45;round&#45;taught&#45;us&#45;the&#45;wrong&#45;lessons</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fourteen years after ICANN's last gTLD expansion, registration figures offer an incomplete verdict. The next round will test whether applicants can build namespaces with enduring relevance, rather than merely generating impressive launch volumes and revenues.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-26T12:40:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[DNS Abuse and Criminal Infrastructure: Beyond Definitions and Blocklists]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dns&#45;abuse&#45;and&#45;criminal&#45;infrastructure&#45;beyond&#45;definitions&#45;and&#45;blocklists</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Research suggests criminals may control a striking share of newly registered gTLD domains, raising questions about whether ICANN's definitions, contractual safeguards and enforcement mechanisms are keeping pace with the industrial scale of technology-facilitated harm.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T08:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[1,600 Applications Later: What&#8217;s Next for the New gTLD Round?]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/1600&#45;applications&#45;later&#45;whats&#45;next&#45;for&#45;the&#45;new&#45;gtld&#45;round</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's latest new gTLD round drew more than 1,600 applications, many targeting generic strings. With payments being finalised and potential clashes emerging, October's Reveal Day will show how dramatically the domain-name landscape could expand.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T08:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After the Close: What the 2026 gTLD Round Has Already Revealed]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/after&#45;the&#45;close&#45;what&#45;the&#45;2026&#45;gtld&#45;round&#45;has&#45;already&#45;revealed</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's 2026 gTLD round drew more than 1,600 applications, led by ambitious portfolio investors. But scant brand disclosures and new rules banning private settlements could make contention costlier and reshape the economics of domain ownership.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-19T09:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Regional Domain Registration Habits Are Changing Global Portfolio Strategy]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/how&#45;regional&#45;domain&#45;registration&#45;habits&#45;are&#45;changing&#45;global&#45;portfolio&#45;strategy</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Regional domain habits are reshaping global portfolio strategies, as European companies favor country codes, APAC embraces layered local structures, and North America sticks with generic domains, while rising fraud adds urgency to defensive registrations.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-17T10:39:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Whose Precedent Gets Remembered? Selective Amplification Has Its Own Amnesia]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/whose&#45;precedent&#45;gets&#45;remembered&#45;selective&#45;amplification&#45;has&#45;its&#45;own&#45;amnesia</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[DotConnectAfrica's landmark .AFRICA IRP victory established an ICANN accountability precedent later expressly invoked by Amazon. Selective amplification has since detached that precedent from its origins, distorting the historical record.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-17T10:33:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN Should Immediately Clarify if Applicants for the Same String Can Communicate Before Reveal Day]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;should&#45;clarify&#45;pre&#45;reveal&#45;communication&#45;between&#45;same&#45;string&#45;applicants</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[With more than 1,600 applications filed for ICANN's 2026 new gTLD Round, self-revealing applicants face uncertainty over whether pre-Reveal Day communications and agreements about overlapping strings could violate strict rules against privately resolving contention sets.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-16T19:38:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN Draws More Than 1,600 Applications in New gTLD Round]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;draws&#45;more&#45;than&#45;1600&#45;applications&#45;in&#45;new&#45;gtld&#45;round</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN has received more than 1,600 applications for new generic top-level domains, setting the stage for administrative checks, public disclosure and potentially fierce competition over sought-after additions to the internet's expanding domain-name system.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-15T10:42:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Now That You&#8217;ve Applied for a New gTLD, Should You Reveal?]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/now&#45;that&#45;you&#45;have&#45;applied&#45;for&#45;a&#45;new&#45;gtld&#45;should&#45;you&#45;reveal</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[With applications closed, new gTLD hopefuls face a changed calculation: revealing strings early could expose contention while information remains financially valuable, helping applicants make better decisions before fees are paid and withdrawal becomes increasingly costly.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-15T09:54:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN&#8217;s New gTLD Application Window Set to Close, Capping a Landmark Expansion Round]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icanns&#45;new&#45;gtld&#45;application&#45;window&#45;set&#45;to&#45;close&#45;capping&#45;a&#45;landmark&#45;expansion&#45;round</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's second major domain expansion round closes August 12, with costly applications, support for 27 non-Latin scripts and stricter technical vetting setting the stage for a broader, more multilingual internet naming system.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-11T09:38:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beyond DUMs: The Case for Tracking What a Namespace Is Made Of]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/beyond&#45;dums&#45;the&#45;case&#45;for&#45;tracking&#45;what&#45;a&#45;namespace&#45;is&#45;made&#45;of</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Domains Under Management (DUM) measures a namespace's size, but not its character. Structural composition could reveal whether growth reflects durable adoption, speculative holdings or noise, giving registries a richer view of namespace health and strategy.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-10T12:00:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Role of Artificial Intelligence in ICANN&#8217;s 2026 Round of gTLD Applications]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;role&#45;of&#45;artificial&#45;intelligence&#45;in&#45;icanns&#45;2026&#45;round&#45;of&#45;gtld&#45;applications</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[AI can help applicants navigate ICANN's complex new gTLD process, from business planning and financial modeling to drafting and reviewing applications, pointing towards faster, cheaper and increasingly automated domain-name rounds in the future.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-10T11:08:00-07:00</dc:date>
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