Unfortunately, despite the coin can still be found in a couple of exchanges, it seems that the project is dormant or dead. Anyone has any updates or know anything about namecoin?
You are correct about the current state of Namecoin, it is essentially dead.
Although a coin never really dies out but the activity on exchanges and social media is enough to determine how much active it otherwise might me. With a dead forum and a chart with its All-Time-High 8years ago and daily trading volume of 10k USD, I would say it is dead for the time being.
Unless some "nole ksum" comes in with another space project and starts shilling this coin, I dont see any future of it. Their recent wallet software was launched, so I assume developers are still active(?) - so there is a chance of inorganic shilling by some millionaire in future.
But how exactly does this move with the metaverse concept? I tell you I am old school hodler, not interested in the current hypes.