Winklevoss Twins Acquires Gemini.com Domain Name

The domain name Gemini.com has recently been acquired by the Winklevoss twins. The domain name changed hands in October,2014.

According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in February,1990. Moreover, the domain name was put into use in January,2015.

At the time of writing this article, the domain name redirects to the Winklevoss twins’ website.

Here is what Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss said about the name “Gemini” :

“So, why the name “Gemini”? After white-boarding a list of possible names for several weeks, we settled on Gemini for a host of reasons. Gemini is the Latin word for “twins” and as such, it inherently explores the concept of duality. We were drawn to this both because of the two worlds of money (old and new) that will intersect on the Gemini platform as well as the two-way nature of trade that it will facilitate. But that’s not all. Once we picked our name, a fun fact emerged. We realized that NASA’s Project Gemini was a spaceflight program focused on laying the groundwork for Apollo’s later mission to land man on the Moon. As such, it was coined (no pun intended) man’s “bridge to the moon”. In this spirit, we’ve built Gemini to be “your bridge to the future of money”. Oh, and Tyler and I just happen to be identical twin brothers.”

Congratulations to both the seller and the buyer.