Uniregistry announced its intention to auction its new gTLD portfolio in January 2021<ref>[https://goldsteinreport.com/uniregistry-offload-23-new-gtlds-auction/ Goldstein Report - Uniregistry to Offload 23 New gTLDs via Auction on 28 April], January 29, 2021</ref> UNR subsequently announced that it intended to also transfer [[Ethereum Name Service]] (ENS) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) associated with each gTLD to the successful bidders for each TLD.<ref name="nftpr">[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nfts-of-25-unr-top-level-domains-minted-on-the-ethereum-name-service-301259715.html PR Newswire - NFTs of 25 UNR Top Level Domains Minted on the Ethereum Name Service], March 31, 2021</ref> The object of creating ENS tokens was to create ENS "domains" for cryptocurrency transactions and human-readable wallet IDs: | Uniregistry announced its intention to auction its new gTLD portfolio in January 2021<ref>[https://goldsteinreport.com/uniregistry-offload-23-new-gtlds-auction/ Goldstein Report - Uniregistry to Offload 23 New gTLDs via Auction on 28 April], January 29, 2021</ref> UNR subsequently announced that it intended to also transfer [[Ethereum Name Service]] (ENS) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) associated with each gTLD to the successful bidders for each TLD.<ref name="nftpr">[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nfts-of-25-unr-top-level-domains-minted-on-the-ethereum-name-service-301259715.html PR Newswire - NFTs of 25 UNR Top Level Domains Minted on the Ethereum Name Service], March 31, 2021</ref> The object of creating ENS tokens was to create ENS "domains" for cryptocurrency transactions and human-readable wallet IDs: |