Extract: These figures, did not come from the .NYC registry or Neustar the operator of the extension or SnapNames.com which held the auction. All these numbers came from bidders that may have won or lost landrush auctions.
Source: http://www.thedomains.com/2014/10/27/results-from-1st-nyc-landrush-auctions-carservice-nyc-11500-bitcoin-nyc-11k/.
Domainers register their domain names at Uniregistry.