ICBC.com almost changed hands for $10 million in 2017
Here's an interesting article that provides some insight into the higher end of the domain name market. Chinese bank ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) almost upgraded to the ICBC.com domain name in 2017, for $10 million, but the deal was nixed by the provincial minister in BC (ICBC.com is owned by Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, a provincial crown corporation, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance_Corporation_of_British_Columbia ).
Here's the link…
