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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/registry_services</link>
  <description>CircleID - Registry Services</description>
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  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-09-01T16:03:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[15th Registration Operations Workshop, September 29, 2026, 13:00 - 17:00 UTC]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/15th_registration_operations_workshop_september_29_2026</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 15th Registration Operations Workshop convenes domain name and DNS professionals September 29 for technical sessions on mTLS, RPKI, DNS resilience, delegations, DNSSEC, registrar concentration, dispute proceedings and alternative naming systems.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-07T07:59:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thirty-Five Years Later, Moscow Comes Looking for the Soviet Union&#8217;s Domain]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/thirty&#45;five&#45;years&#45;later&#45;moscow&#45;comes&#45;looking&#45;for&#45;the&#45;soviet&#45;unions&#45;domain</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Russia is imposing state identity verification on .su, the Soviet Union's surviving domain, as researchers uncover criminal infrastructure across the namespace and ICANN pursues a retirement process that could eventually remove it from the global root.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-01T08:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN’s New Data Sharpens the Picture of DNS-abuse Enforcement]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;updates&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;enforcement&#45;data</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's updated DNS-abuse data distinguishes allegations from actionable complaints and malicious registrations from compromised domains, offering a clearer test of whether tougher contractual requirements are strengthening enforcement or simply generating a larger volume of reports.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-28T09:41:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN to Shut Down Open Data Platform and API September 1]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;to&#45;shut&#45;down&#45;open&#45;data&#45;platform&#45;and&#45;api&#45;september&#45;1</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN will retire its Open Data Platform and API on September 1, shifting datasets to downloadable CSV files and forcing researchers, registries and domain-industry organizations to update automated workflows that rely on programmatic data access.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-28T09:19:00-07:00</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[Beyond Protocol and Policy: Why Project Jake is Reshaping the Architecture of Internet Trust]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/beyond&#45;protocol&#45;and&#45;policy&#45;why&#45;project&#45;jake&#45;is&#45;reshaping&#45;the&#45;architecture&#45;of&#45;internet&#45;trust</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Project Jake aims to bridge the divide between internet protocols and policy, offering registries, law enforcement and rights holders a decentralised framework for accessing domain-registration data securely while navigating privacy laws and institutional gridlock.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-24T10:49:00-07:00</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[DNSSEC Doesn&#8217;t Need a Better Story - It Needs a Better Tuesday]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dnssec&#45;doesnt&#45;need&#45;a&#45;better&#45;story&#45;it&#45;needs&#45;a&#45;better&#45;tuesday</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/dnssec&#45;doesnt&#45;need&#45;a&#45;better&#45;story&#45;it&#45;needs&#45;a&#45;better&#45;tuesday</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[DNSSEC adoption is stronger than headline figures suggest, yet uneven across industries. New data indicate the bigger obstacle is not reputation but operational friction, especially key rollovers, registrar coordination and automation still missing across major domains.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-18T11:39:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Dual-Front Challenge: Why Route Security (RPKI) is the Prerequisite for Quantum Readiness (PQC)]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/why&#45;route&#45;security&#45;rpki&#45;is&#45;the&#45;prerequisite&#45;for&#45;quantum&#45;readiness&#45;pqc</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Internet security risks advancing unevenly: post-quantum cryptography may protect data while vulnerable routing still enables hijacks. Universal RPKI adoption, paired with cryptographic agility, is essential to build an Internet trust architecture ready for quantum threats.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-17T11:08:00-07:00</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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