Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig currentpotentialtransformer.com. NS
Answer
currentpotentialtransformer.com. 5 NS ns2.currentpotentialtransformer.com.
currentpotentialtransformer.com. 5 NS ns1.currentpotentialtransformer.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.currentpotentialtransformer.com. 5 A 208.115.210.162
ns2.currentpotentialtransformer.com. 5 A 208.115.210.162
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0