No bidding required, ENS applies for .ens generic top-level domain and is the sole applicant

Odaily reports that ENS has stated it has officially applied to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the .ens generic top-level domain. ICANN has announced a new round of generic top-level domain (gTLD) applications, and .ens has only one applicant, ENS, with no competing applications and no auction required.