.xyz domain news
The gist
.xyz, the domain created by entrepreneur Daniel Negari, passed 6 million registrations by mid-2025.
Its rise tracks tech startups and Web3 projects, but abuse reports shadow the growth.
How it unfolded
- Feb 19, 2014.xyz was introduced on the root server.
- Jun 2, 2014.xyz became available to the general public.
- mid-2014Network Solutions gave away potentially hundreds of thousands of .xyz domains by placing them into some customer accounts on an opt-out basis.