D3 Mission to Supercharge Domains With Web3 Fuel Gets Major Boost from InterNetX Partnership

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D3 Mission to Supercharge Domains With Web3 Fuel Gets Major Boost from InterNetX Partnership

At the start of this year we published a profile of D3, a new company founded by domain industry pioneers Paul Stahura and Fred Hsu (the company's CEO), that set out with the ambitious goal of merging the Web2 and Web 3 domain worlds. The reason that is such an appealing prospect to so many is that it would let legacy domains take advantage of some unique features made possible by their Web3 counterparts.

One of the most enticing of those is the ability to tokenize existing and future domains. That would make them more like other financial assets that can fractionalized, staked, or bundled into different financial products, enhancing the financial utility and accessibility of domain ownership. Decentralized Web3 domains are also one-time purchases with no renewal fees.

D3 Co-Founders Fred Hsu and Paul Stahura

As we noted in our previous article, to make this all work D3 has to convince multiple third parties to get on board, including domain owners, registries and registrars. Thanks to the track record of the founders and the convincing case that Fred Hsu has laid out, showing how all of those parties can benefit from D3's DomainFi network and Doma Protocol, D3 is making significant progress on that front. A prime example is a newly announced partnership between popular registrar and IONOS Group member InterNetX (with 22 million domains under management) and D3.

InterNetX CEO Elias Rendón Benger said, "We are excited to partner with D3 to embrace the Web3 era and redefine domains as tokenized assets with real-world value. This integration with Doma Protocol opens up new investment opportunities for our clients and resellers, including domain trading, fractional ownership, and DeFi utilities, while creating valuable revenue streams. By bridging traditional domains with blockchain, InterNetX is empowering businesses and partners to thrive in the decentralized digital economy while maintaining our commitment to innovation, security, and trust.“

InterNetX CEO Elias Rendón Benger

With this partnership bringing Fred Hsu and his team a big step closer to realizing their vision, Fed added "InterNetX's massive scale and commitment to innovation make them the ideal partner to demonstrate the transformative potential of DomainFi, Doma Protocol, and the ecosystem of registrars, investors, and users around it.“

(Posted August 4, 2025)

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