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VRSN: Verisign is the sole authorized registry for several generic top-level domains, including the widely utilized .com and .net top-level domains. The company operates critical internet infrastructure to support the domain name system, including operating two of the world's 13 root servers that are used to route internet traffic. In 2018, the firm sold off its Security Services business, signalling a renewed focus on the core registry business.

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Congress Trading

Recent trades of VRSN by members of U.S. Congress

Politician Type Traded
William R. Keating House / D Sale $1,001 - $15,000 Jun. 10, 2021
William R. Keating House / D Purchase $1,001 - $15,000 Apr. 14, 2021
William R. Keating House / D Purchase $1,001 - $15,000 Mar. 17, 2021
Dean Phillips House / D Purchase $1,001 - $15,000 Sep. 23, 2020
Gilbert Cisneros House / D Purchase $1,001 - $15,000 Mar. 18, 2020
Susie Lee House / D Sale $1,001 - $15,000 Apr. 25, 2019
Josh Gottheimer House / D Sale $1,001 - $15,000 Aug. 10, 2017
Whale Activity

Recently reported changes by institutional investors

Insider Trading

Quarterly net insider trading by VRSN's directors and management

Corporate Lobbying

Government lobbying spending instances

  • $80,000 Jul 20, 2023 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $60,000 Jul 14, 2023 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Apr 20, 2023 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $60,000 Apr 07, 2023 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Jan 20, 2023 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $60,000 Jan 14, 2023 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Oct 18, 2022 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $50,000 Oct 14, 2022 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Jul 18, 2022 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $10,000 Jul 10, 2022 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Jul 07, 2022 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Apr 15, 2022 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Apr 06, 2022 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Jan 14, 2022 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Jan 13, 2022 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Oct 14, 2021 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $90,000 Oct 07, 2021 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Jul 16, 2021 Issue: Telecommunications Science/Technology
  • $80,000 Jul 14, 2021 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Apr 16, 2021 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Apr 14, 2021 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Jan 20, 2021 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Jan 13, 2021 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Oct 15, 2020 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Oct 06, 2020 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Jul 17, 2020 Issue: Telecommunications Science/Technology
  • $80,000 Jul 17, 2020 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Apr 16, 2020 Issue: Telecommunications Science/Technology
  • $80,000 Apr 01, 2020 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Jan 16, 2020 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Oct 18, 2019 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $40,000 Jul 22, 2019 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $120,000 Jul 19, 2019 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $120,000 Apr 19, 2019 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $120,000 Jan 20, 2019 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Oct 19, 2018 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $120,000 Oct 19, 2018 Issue: Telecommunications Science/Technology
  • $120,000 Jul 19, 2018 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $120,000 Jul 18, 2018 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $30,000 Apr 20, 2018 Issue: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
  • $120,000 Apr 20, 2018 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $120,000 Apr 20, 2018 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $30,000 Jan 22, 2018 Issue: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
  • $120,000 Jan 22, 2018 Issue: Science/Technology Telecommunications
  • $120,000 Jan 19, 2018 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $120,000 Oct 19, 2017 Issue: Telecommunications Science/Technology
  • $120,000 Oct 17, 2017 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $120,000 Jul 20, 2017 Issue: None
  • $60,000 Apr 20, 2017 Issue: None
  • $80,000 Jan 23, 2017 Issue: None
  • $80,000 Oct 18, 2016 Issue: None
  • $80,000 Jul 18, 2016 Issue: None
  • $120,000 Apr 20, 2016 Issue: Computer Industry Homeland Security
  • $280,000 Jan 20, 2016 Issue: Computer Industry Homeland Security
  • $280,000 Oct 19, 2015 Issue: Computer Industry Homeland Security
  • $270,000 Jul 20, 2015 Issue: Homeland Security Computer Industry Copyright/Patent/Trademark
  • $270,000 Apr 20, 2015 Issue: Homeland Security Copyright/Patent/Trademark Computer Industry
  • $270,000 Jan 20, 2015 Issue: Homeland Security Copyright/Patent/Trademark Computer Industry
  • $240,000 Oct 09, 2014 Issue: Homeland Security Computer Industry Copyright/Patent/Trademark
  • $30,000 Jul 21, 2014 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $240,000 Jul 21, 2014 Issue: Homeland Security Copyright/Patent/Trademark Computer Industry
  • $30,000 Jul 17, 2014 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $30,000 Apr 21, 2014 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $320,000 Apr 21, 2014 Issue: Computer Industry Homeland Security Copyright/Patent/Trademark
  • $60,000 Apr 18, 2014 Issue: None
  • $30,000 Apr 17, 2014 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $30,000 Oct 21, 2013 Issue: Homeland Security Computer Industry
  • $30,000 Oct 11, 2013 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $30,000 Jul 22, 2013 Issue: Computer Industry Homeland Security
  • $30,000 Jul 11, 2013 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Apr 22, 2013 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $60,000 Feb 22, 2013 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $98,000 Oct 22, 2012 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $57,000 Jul 19, 2012 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $145,000 Apr 20, 2012 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $211,000 Jan 20, 2012 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $300,000 Oct 20, 2011 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $300,000 Jul 18, 2011 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $290,000 Apr 20, 2011 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $440,000 Jan 20, 2011 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $270,000 Oct 21, 2010 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $665,000 Jul 20, 2010 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $280,000 Apr 20, 2010 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $500,000 Jan 20, 2010 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $500,000 Dec 30, 2009 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $700,000 Jul 15, 2009 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $700,000 Jul 14, 2009 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $1,680,460 Jan 24, 2009 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $1,344,375 Oct 21, 2008 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $50,000 Oct 20, 2008 Issue: Computer Industry Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
  • $50,000 Oct 20, 2008 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $40,000 Oct 18, 2008 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $80,000 Oct 06, 2008 Issue: Computer Industry Budget/Appropriations
  • $50,000 Oct 02, 2008 Issue: Telecommunications
  • $50,000 Sep 15, 2008 Issue: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
  • $448,125 Apr 21, 2008 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $1,140,000 Feb 08, 2008 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $570,000 Jul 30, 2007 Issue: Computer Industry
  • $6,585,000 Mar 05, 2007 Issue: Computer Industry Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
  • $398,435 Aug 01, 2006 Issue: Telecommunications Computer Industry Science/Technology
U.S. Patents

New patents grants

  • Patent Title: Proving top level domain name control on a blockchain Sep. 05, 2023
  • Patent Title: Techniques for indicating a degraded state of an authoritative name server Aug. 29, 2023
  • Patent Title: Systems and methods for preserving privacy of a registrant in a domain name system (“dns”) Jul. 18, 2023
  • Patent Title: Client controlled domain name service (dns) resolution Jul. 11, 2023
  • Patent Title: Transferring a domain name on a secondary blockchain market and in the dns May. 09, 2023
  • Patent Title: Domain name operation verification code generation and/or verification Apr. 25, 2023
  • Patent Title: Alternate character set domain name suggestion and registration using translation and/or transliteration Apr. 25, 2023
  • Patent Title: Establishment, management, and usage of domain name to blockchain address associations Apr. 18, 2023
  • Patent Title: Systems, devices, and methods for generating a domain name using a user in interface Apr. 04, 2023
  • Patent Title: Domain name blockchain user addresses Apr. 04, 2023
  • Patent Title: Domain name suggestion and registration via chatbot Apr. 04, 2023
  • Patent Title: Strengthening integrity assurances for dns data Mar. 28, 2023
  • Patent Title: Systems and methods for secure authorization of registry functions Mar. 28, 2023
  • Patent Title: Domain name determination Mar. 14, 2023
  • Patent Title: Method for minimizing the risk and exposure duration of improper or hijacked dns records Mar. 14, 2023
  • Patent Title: System and method for domain name valuation Feb. 28, 2023
  • Patent Title: Access control for named domain networking Feb. 28, 2023
  • Patent Title: Alias-based access of entity information over voice-enabled digital assistants Feb. 14, 2023
  • Patent Title: Shared registration system Jan. 24, 2023
  • Patent Title: Dns-based public key infrastructure for digital object architectures Dec. 20, 2022
  • Patent Title: Transitioning voice interactions Nov. 01, 2022
  • Patent Title: Systems, devices, and methods for polymorphic domain name resolution Oct. 18, 2022
  • Patent Title: Protect intellectual property (ip) rights across namespaces Oct. 11, 2022
  • Patent Title: Multiple provisioning object operation Oct. 11, 2022
  • Patent Title: Systems, devices, and methods for improved affix-based domain name suggestion Oct. 11, 2022
  • Patent Title: Audio-based systems, devices, and methods for domain services Sep. 20, 2022
  • Patent Title: Symmetric-key infrastructure Sep. 06, 2022
  • Patent Title: Deep neural network generation of domain names Aug. 30, 2022
  • Patent Title: Methods and systems for domain name data networking Aug. 09, 2022
  • Patent Title: System and method for domain name registration using a cache Aug. 09, 2022
  • Patent Title: Attribute inheritance of related objects for a digital object architecture Jul. 19, 2022
  • Patent Title: Display screen or portion thereof with a sequential graphical user interface Jun. 28, 2022
  • Patent Title: Systems and methods for secure authorization of registry functions May. 10, 2022
  • Patent Title: Shared registration system May. 10, 2022
  • Patent Title: Universal service interfaces for websites May. 03, 2022
  • Patent Title: Registering, managing, and communicating with iot devices using domain name system processes May. 03, 2022
  • Patent Title: Techniques for directing a domain name service (dns) resolution process Apr. 26, 2022
  • Patent Title: Display screen or portion thereof with a sequential graphical user interface of a mobile device Apr. 12, 2022
  • Patent Title: Systems and methods for preserving privacy of a registrant in a domain name system (“dns”) Mar. 22, 2022
  • Patent Title: Systems and methods for providing secure access to shared registration systems Mar. 01, 2022
  • Patent Title: Adaptive control of domain name registrations via dynamically variable registration requirements Feb. 08, 2022
  • Patent Title: Detection of aberrant domain registration and resolution patterns Nov. 30, 2021
  • Patent Title: Identifying trusted configuration information to perform service discovery Nov. 30, 2021
  • Patent Title: Hierarchical publish and subscribe system Nov. 23, 2021
  • Patent Title: Systems and methods for domain name system promotion and redemption Nov. 09, 2021
  • Patent Title: Externally applying internal network domain name system (dns) policies Sep. 14, 2021
  • Patent Title: Multiple provisioning object operation Aug. 17, 2021
  • Patent Title: Deep machine learning generation of domain names leveraging token metadata Aug. 03, 2021
  • Patent Title: Balancing visibility in the domain name system Aug. 03, 2021
  • Patent Title: Resilient domain name service (dns) resolution when an authoritative name server is unavailable Jun. 08, 2021
Government Contracts

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WallStreetBets

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CNBC Recommendations

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