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Here's an interesting article that provides some insight into the higher end of the domain name market. Chinese bank ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) almost upgraded to the ICBC.com domain name in 2017, for $10 million, but the deal was nixed by the provincial minister in BC (ICBC.com is owned by Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, a provincial crown corporation, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance_Corporation_of_British_Columbia ).
Here's the link to the Vancouver Sun story:
https://vancouversun.com/news/polit...s-to-chinese-bank-accused-of-money-laundering
Kudos to "MarkUpgrade" on Twitter for finding that story: https://twitter.com/markupgrade
Here's the link to the Vancouver Sun story:
https://vancouversun.com/news/polit...s-to-chinese-bank-accused-of-money-laundering
Kudos to "MarkUpgrade" on Twitter for finding that story: https://twitter.com/markupgrade