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The world of real-world assets (RWAs) on the blockchain has long been focused on tangible, physical items, from real estate to fine art and jewelry. Yet, an entire class of digital RWA has existed for decades, lying dormant and untapped, waiting for its DeFi moment. This asset is the internet domain, and a new protocol called Doma is now poised to unlock its full potential. D3 Global, the company behind the Doma Protocol, has just launched its flagship applications, Mizu and Interstellar, on the testnet. These platforms are designed to do something unprecedented: transform traditional web domains, such as the familiar .com, .ai, and .xyz names, into liquid, tradable, and financially productive assets on the blockchain. BeInCrypto sat down with Fred Hsu, the CEO of D3, to discuss the vision, technology, and future of what his team calls DomainFi. The vision: Unlocking the “original digital RWA” The potential market for this new asset class is staggering. The global domain name market is currently valued at nearly $10 billion, but D3 aims to unlock a much larger dormant value by solving the industry’s fundamental problems. Hsu describes this vision as nothing short of a revolution. “We’re transforming entire illiquid domain portfolios into dynamic, tradeable assets by bringing the domain industry onto Doma,” he explains. “Think of it as bringing Wall Street sophistication to domain investing – suddenly a $15+ million dollar domain like chat.com can become accessible to retail investors with $500 to own and trade.” This fractional ownership, combined with the ability to generate yield and trade seamlessly, introduces a level of financial opportunity that simply does not exist in web2. The core of this revolution lies in a simple yet profound premise: domains are the internet’s original real estate. “Domains were literally the first scarce digital assets ever created—they’re…

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