The first genuine act of digital sovereignty. Domains.

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Joined May 2007
🚨NEW EPISODE DROP🚨| All Will Be Revealed - sherpas @J10enbaum @yonibelousov @danieladamson83 & Vaughn Liley - @ICANN gTLD reveal reactions - @lfg strategy for the new round - .si domains - importance & future of domain names - country code TLDs vs gTLDs - & more! 🔗👇
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This is one of my favorite stories in domain investing. I always called Yoni one of the smartest people I've met. He was one of the people who guided me when I leaned in heavily into numeric dot coms. Yoni has always inspired me, and given me something to aspire to
LFG is the biggest swing @yonibelousov has taken, but far from the first. His story begins with earning $50 a month online at 15 & runs through nearly every era of the domain industry: affiliate marketing, parking, premium portfolios, opening a route into China, acquiring .link through @NovaRegistry & now building LFG ↓
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I’ve known Yoni for 17 years and have had a front-row seat to a lot of this great/inspiring story unfolding. Proud to be part of @LFG and what is to come. Business aside, happy big 4-0 to a great friend and an even better father. Happy birthday, @yonibelousov
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Ron Jackson’s @DNJournal cover story captures the people, unlikely turns & calculated pivots behind it all, w/ @AmmarKubba, @lau, Frank Schilling, @vaughn_liley, @JeffreyMGabriel & @danieladamson83 woven throughout. Beautifully written and well worth reading in full: dnjournal.com/cover/2026/YB/…
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From Introverted Teenager to Industry Titan: How Yoni Belousov Built a Domain Empire - New Cover Story at DNJournal: dnjournal.com/cover/2026/YB/…
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Is the Web Entering a NEW ERA? The Billion-Dollar Race for the Future of Internet Domains 🎙 Speaker: Vaughn Liley ▪️ CEO of Link Freedom Group (LFG) | @lfg → youtu.be/ddNZp0aGr-4?list=PL… A new episode of Web3 Talks Podcast with Synopsis #ICANN, #DomainNames, #Domains, #TLD, #Web3, #Internet
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The domain AI.com recently sold for over $17 million, it was originally registered for about $15. Vaughn Liley, CEO of @lfg, tells @johnyonthefloor his company is applying for over 300 new top-level domains, a market that hasn't opened since 2012.
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LFG retweeted
Domains on Wall Street. We’ll take it. Our CEO @vaughn_liley joined @FINTECHTVglobal on Capital Markets, broadcasting from @NYSE, to talk about a piece of internet infra most people use every day without thinking about it: the domain name system. It sits quietly underneath much of what we do online, from everyday browsing to global commerce. Thanks @Johnyonthefloor for the conversation!
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.link was our proving ground. 300K+ registrations later, 3 lessons shape how we think about future TLDs: 1. a TLD does not sell itself. 2. distribution should follow the TLD. 3. there is no one-size-fits-all playbook. we’ve done this before. now we scale it.
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It’s Go Time!!!! @LFG
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🚨NEW EPISODE DROP🚨| Effective Accelerationism - sherpas @andrewrosener @J10enbaum & @yonibelousov of @lfg - importance of branding & digital sovereignty - how effective accelerationism played into LFG's strategy - details of LFG's approach & applications - & more! 🔗👇
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THE LAST GTLD ROUND TAUGHT US THE WRONG LESSONS — Fourteen years after the last expansion, registrations alone look like an incomplete scorecard. Enduring relevance may prove the better test of a namespace's success. by Vaughn Liley circleid.com/posts/the-last-…
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