Three things that crossed our desk this week.
Malaysia’s Green Tax Allowance Runs to 2030. Smaller Developers Still Need a Tax Bill to Claim It.
Energy Intelligence
Budget 2027 extended the Green Investment Tax Allowance from December 2026 to December 2030, but an allowance only has value against tax actually owed. A pre-revenue developer mid-build on a single project has nothing to offset, and TNB’s RM15 billion and KWAP’s RM1 billion don’t reach a building owner’s ledger either. The headline certainty is real; the usable cash is not.
Verisign’s .Com Price Rose 71 Cents. One Registrar Billed Its Customers $2.70 More.
Fragment Economy
Verisign’s wholesale .com fee goes from $10.26 to $10.97 on 1 November, yet NameSilo is raising retail from $17.29 to $19.99, more than double the percentage. The regulated ceiling is the number everyone quotes; the registrar’s margin is the one on your invoice. For a portfolio holder, the real cost sits in a layer nobody discloses.
Thirteen Bidders Want .Agent. ICANN’s New Rule Means Twelve Walk Away With Nothing.
Brand Risk Watch
Thirteen applicants, including OpenAI, Meta and Google’s registry arm, filed for .agent, the most contested string in ICANN’s 2026 round. Unlike 2012, private settlements are banned, so only Community Priority Evaluation or an ICANN-run auction can resolve it. Twelve of the thirteen will leave with nothing.
So what: Each of these is the same friction: the headline number is not the number you can use. Technicity builds the systems that close that gap — see how we do it.