The .LTD new gTLD enters the TOP 10

The .LTD new gTLD belongs to Donuts, an American company, and just entered the new gTLD TOP 10 in volumes with 468,462 domain names registered. This "explosion" started in May the 7 2018 and 417,815 of these domain names were recently registered at one single accredited registrar based...in China (source nTLDStats.com).

Something is going on
When such an important number of domain names are registered at the same time, it means that there is something going on...or maybe there was a fantastic communication campaign in China and all LTD companies decided to grab their ".ltd" domain name...but I doubt it. It is also possible that an investor decided to focus on this Top-Level Domain.

Just for the note
The "LTD" is the sign for Limited Companies (limited company). There is a .LTDA new gTLD too which was delegated in 2014. The registry says that ".LTDA domains are only available to companies which are recorded as Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada or Sociedade Limitada at the responsible authorities in Brazil and other Latin American countries".

When choosing a domain name, I strongly suggest to check that document first, it is the list of similar domain name extensions.