On Monday, some crypto users on Twitter noticed that the Bitcoin.com domain was listed for sale on GoDaddy, a popular domain registrar. However, it seems that the domain was erroneously listed on the platform, as Roger Ver, the CEO of Bitcoin.com, raised a complaint about it, after which the listing was removed.
Bitcoin.com was listed for $100 million
While speaking with The Block, Ver struggled off the listing as 100 percent fake news. In his letter to the domain registrar, Ver precisely wrote:
Why are you listing my domain name for sale? It isn’t for sale. […] Please remove this fake news that is damaging my real brand.
Bitcoin.com domain was listed for $100 million (minimum offer). It would have become the most expensive domain name if it was sold at that amount. However, that was an erroneous listing, and so GoDaddy had to close it immediately after Ver wrote to them.
Ver isn’t selling Bitcoin.com
Back in 2014, Ver reportedly leased out the domain to Blockchain.info, including OKCoin, a cryptocurrency exchange. However, Ver decided to manage the domain himself in 2015, as he relaunched Bitcoin.com to promote crypto services, especially for Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). The web portal allows buying and selling of BTC and BCH, including crypto news and wallet services.
Some got worried that the domain might get into the wrong hands – being used to promote something else outside Bitcoin. Hence, they wanted Michael Saylor, the CEO of MicroStrategy, and Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, to rescue the domain.
