RIPE Provider Aggregatable (PA) & Provider Independent (PI) IPv4 Addresses serve distinct purposes within the internet addressing landscape.
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As of June 2022, the IPv4 market seems to have created a new IPv4 demand baseline. With only 113 IPv4 transfer requests last month, we have a 3-month average of 111 transfer requests. While this is a steady stream of demand, the rest of the picture paints an interesting story for the end of the year.
The general consensus amongst many stock market analysts indicate that our economy might be headed into a recession. As seen in past instances, the IPv4 transfer market tends to follow the the global stock market. With the stock market continuing to decline, so do the number of IPv4 transfer requests, which is a strong indicator of the current global IPv4 demand.
April 2022 transfer requests decreased to only 108, demonstrating another massive decrease of -37% as compared to March. When looking at the average of 137 transfer requests in 2022, the decrease is still very significant at -21%. Interestingly enough, the April & Mays average transfer requests are still 140 per month, which does align with what we have found to be the “new IPv4 norm” over the last 11 months.
2022 begins with a market stabilization, albeit much lower than just 1 year ago. ARIN’s IPv4 transfer requests for the month of January was 132 (as demonstrated by the dark blue bar graph below), which is still down -30% since the IPv4 crash in May of 2021. More importantly, transfer requests are still down -20% compared to the average of the last 3 years. It looks like the IPv4 transfer market has established the “New IPv4 Norm” as it relates to the demand on a monthly basis. So what does that mean for prices moving forward?
In a significant move that promises to reshape the landscape of IP address management, Brander Group has announced a strategic partnership with IPXO. This collaboration aims to address the growing demand for IPv4 addresses by providing innovative and efficient leasing solutions.
As news and social media platforms around the world continue to spread information about the coronavirus and its potentially negative impact on our health, lives, and businesses, it can be difficult to determine what is real or manufactured.