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what's story protocol?

Story Protocol is a layer 1 blockchain designed as AI-native infrastructure for the intellectual property (IP) economy, enabling the tokenization, registration, and programmable management of IP assets. It aims to unlock the $61 trillion IP market by creating a peer-to-peer network where creators can monetize ideas, scientific research, brands, and creative works through blockchain-native licensing and automated royalties. Key features include the Proof of Creativity protocol for tokenizing IP into programmable "legos," seamless AI agent interactions via the Agent Transaction Control Protocol (ATCP/IP), and tools for tracking usage and enforcing rights without traditional legal hurdles. The platform supports ecosystems like memecoins backed by IP, creator commerce, and integrations with AI-driven applications, fostering collaborations in entertainment, gaming, and digital collectibles. Recent developments include partnerships with major franchises like Solo Leveling for fan quests and royalties, and institutional backing through Grayscale's inclusion of the $IP token in its AI Fund.

Snapshot

Story protocol delays initial unlock to Aug 13, 2026; buyback program closed Feb 1, 2026.

2D ago
TECH EVENT

Launched Story Skills, a contract-based skills framework that enables AI agents to define, deploy, and execute actions onchain across OpenClaw and other agents.

5D ago
PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with ZenO4AI for rights management of AI training data collected from smart glasses and phones, with ZenO4AI's public beta now live.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached a peak of 48,700 active addresses in 2025 and currently has 560 active addresses.

6D ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Generated $2 in revenue over the past 24 hours as of February 22, 2026.

1W ago
PARTNERSHIP

Partnered with RESCENE and Aria Protocol to release "Busy Boy" with full recording rights held by Aria Protocol on Story Protocol.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Ranked as 5th top daily crypto gainer on February 17, 2026 according to CoinMarketCap data.

2W ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Positioned as an IP-focused blockchain for AI-generated content, enabling programmable ownership and licensing. Serves as critical infrastructure for AI models and agents.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Will unlock $12.89M worth of IP tokens in the week of February 9-15, 2026.

3W ago
TOKEN ECONOMICS

Delays initial unlock and vesting by 6 months, with the new unlock date scheduled for August 13, 2026.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Extended buyback program closes on February 1, 2026.

1M ago
TOKEN ECONOMICS

Unlocks $363.5M worth of IP tokens on February 13th, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on GMX across Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, and Ethereum networks, enabling trading and liquidity provision.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Proposes reducing staking thresholds to expand community participation under SIP-00010.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Proposes recalibrating emissions and locked staking incentives for long-term sustainability under SIP-00009.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Halliday for onramp functionality, enabling seamless $IP token access through a unified onramp, integration, and checkout flow.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Has $348M in circulating supply representing 34% of total token supply.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Upbit exchange accounted for 45% of $272M daily trading volume, with total volume spiking 400% in 24 hours.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Ranked as the 4th top weekly crypto gainer on CoinMarketCap for the week ending January 12, 2026.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Conducted an airdrop in 2025 with reported individual allocation of $3,540

2M ago
RISK ALERT

Unleash Protocol, an intellectual property finance platform built on Story Protocol, suffered a $3.9 million security breach due to a governance failure that enabled unauthorized control and asset drainage, with the attacker laundering stolen funds through Tornado Cash before bridging them to Ethereum.

PARTNERSHIP

Genobank built on Story Protocol to enable breast cancer patients in Mexico to classify DNA, detect risks, and license their biodata for revenue.

TECH EVENT

Added as a default chain in Localsafe version 0.2.7.

Story Protocol partners with Eigen on verifiable compute for AI, focusing on provable data and verifiable inference according to CPO announcement.

$IP token shows 239.59% APR funding rate arbitrage opportunity, indicating market inefficiency in perpetual futures markets.

Story Protocol posts that next week will bring big news for AI x IP enthusiasts.

$IP token down 59% over the last 90 days, ranking among the worst performers in the top 100 tokens during Q4.

.ip domains launch on the platform, providing human-readable domain names for intellectual property assets instead of hexadecimal addresses.

MrFreeman, an IP project with 2.3M+ subscribers and 30B+ total views, lists Story Protocol as a partnership alongside OpenSea, Rarible, and Zora for their cross-chain NFT initiative spanning TON, Base, Solana, TRON, and Sui.

Token experiences over 10% weekly price decline caused by leverage cuts and Bithumb exchange upgrade that paused market for 2 days, impacting liquidity.

EigenCloud founder announces collaboration with Story Protocol on joint thesis for Verifiable Intelligence, integrating programmable IP provenance with verifiable compute infrastructure for AI systems.

Ecosystem app Verse8 (Verse_Eight) enables users to build AI-powered interactive game worlds with IP protection on Story.

Allora Network lists Story Protocol as a key partner for delivering valuation signals across IP assets.

Poseidon AI's data crowdsourcing campaign registers 3.75M IPs on Story Protocol with 5.5M submissions from 405k contributors over 2 weeks, generating 34k hours of rights-cleared audio for AI training.

$IP falls 72% in price during autumn 2025, ranking first among the top 10 projects by price decline in the period.

Founder receives Forbes 30 Under 30 recognition.

Story Protocol ($IP) comprises 9.29% of Grayscale AI holdings, making it the fifth-largest position in the fund's AI portfolio.

November shipping includes Confidential Data Rails infrastructure for encrypted data flows, Dune Analytics integration for real-time network data, and multiple ecosystem app launches: rcade browser-based music remix tool, MusicByVirtuals prediction markets, EDUM migration with millions of hours of learning data, and Aria's digital art distribution on Samsung, LG, and Apple smart TVs via Sedition partnership. Surreal World Assets buildathon kicks off with 10+ sessions and IRL London meetup, alongside Season 2 Event Grants program launch.

3M ago

A $126.6M token unlock occurs on December 14.

KYVE Network stores chain data on Filecoin Onchain Cloud, providing petabyte-scale capacity and fast validator sync.

The protocol records $12M in TVL and generates $103 in daily fees after raising $216M in funding, listed among underperforming "dead projects" in a crypto trader's DefiLlama analysis.

Reached 5.6M+ IP registrations within 1 year of operation, with 4.7M total IPs and 3.76M voice data registrations across 20 languages, led by English, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Hindi, Russian, and Korean.

Ecosystem project Verse_Eight allows integration of crypto IPs including Moonbirds and Azuki into playable games, and Aria_Protocol launches a music remix contest with K-pop singer and actress NANA.

Token ranks #2 among top daily crypto gainers on November 26, 2025 based on CoinMarketCap data.

Raised $15M led by a16z crypto, driving over 300K daily data shard IP registrations and L1 daily transactions above 500K. Collected 34K+ hours of audio data from 405K contributors within 1 year of mainnet operation, launching a training-data marketplace.

The first prediction markets launch live on Story Protocol with MusicByVirtuals, enabling predictions on crypto prices and cultural metrics like Kpop charts to be settled onchain.

Token ranks #4 among top daily crypto gainers on November 24, 2025 based on CoinMarketCap data.

EDUMOfficial migrates to Story Protocol to turn millions of hours of verified learning data into licensable IP for education and AI training.

Remixing application Magma registers 6,700 IP assets and generates 3,000+ licenses following Story Protocol integration for IP protection. Aria Protocol builds IP Real World Assets (IPRWAs) powered by Story Protocol and $IP.

Confidential Data Rails (CDR) releases as a new protocol feature enabling programmable confidentiality that turns encrypted data into onchain building blocks for privacy use-cases, with technical paper now available.

Programmable confidentiality feature launches with technical paper now available, enabling encrypted data as onchain building blocks for privacy use-cases on Story.

Story Protocol datasets now move through Filecoin's distributed storage network via KYVE Network integration with Filecoin Onchain Cloud.

Story goes live on Dune Analytics, enabling real-time network metrics tracking through customizable dashboards and queries.

$IP ranks as the #5 top daily crypto gainer on November 19, 2025 according to CoinMarketCap.

IP Strategy (Nasdaq: $IPST) reports Q3 results showing $196.3M net income, 3,337% YoY growth, and $1.9M validator revenue in 12 days at 97.2% margin, announces strategic acquisition of Aria Protocol tokens $ARIAIP and $APL, and schedules Investor Day for November 20, 2025.

Current TVL stands at $12M.

Funding rate arbitrage for $IP provides 155.27% APR returns for delta-neutral positions.

Story is one of the fastest-growing chains on a weekly basis measured by stablecoin inflow percentage, ranking alongside Taiko and Plasma.

$IP declines 16.8% in price action during market-wide volatility.

Aria Protocol and Story tokenize income rights to over $100M in Korean music tracks and billion-dollar music catalogues as IP Real World Assets for retail and institutional investors.

CoinMarketCap lists $IP as the third-highest daily gainer on November 13, 2025.

Story Foundation expands its buyback program from $82M to $100M and extends the purchasing window to February 1, 2026, having already completed over 60% of planned $IP purchases.

Delphi Digital publishes independent report on Story Protocol analyzing IP as crypto's next major asset class and the protocol's scalability.

rcade.co launches as a new ecosystem project enabling browser-based music remixing with Story-powered attribution and monetization, and NANA goes live.

Crypto.com enters strategic partnership with Nasdaq-listed IP Strategy (IPST) to provide custody, execution, OTC trading, and staking services for IP Strategy's treasury reserve of 52.5M $IP tokens valued at approximately $230M.

Grayscale adds $IP to its AI Fund for institutional access, Parasite film studio launches nPLUG on-chain film IP platform, Seoul Exchange tokenizes K-pop royalties through Story, and blue-chip NFT brands Moonbirds and Azuki register on the network.

An $82 million $IP buyback program launches on November 14.

IP token faces major linear unlocks exceeding $1 million per day over the next seven days according to Tokenomist data.

Aria Protocol completes launch with music royalties from Justin Bieber added to BTS and BLACKPINK backing, stakers receive daily yield payments, and remixable IP drops starting with NANA announced as next development.

Story Protocol launches the first advertising RWA in mainland China through partnerships with Starbase and Hangzhou Culture Assets and Equity Exchange, tokenizing high-traffic digital ad space in the $1T advertising industry.

ARIAIP token launches as the native token for Aria Protocol, the first IP RWA protocol in the Story ecosystem.

Competitor $CAMP operates at $24M market cap with partnerships including Black Mirror and other Netflix shows, representing a 40x smaller valuation compared to $IP.

ARIAIP token sale is 18x oversubscribed.

$ARIAIP launches tomorrow as the first token from STORY ecosystem through Vibe launchpad, raised over $10M, and brings musical IP from BTS and Blackpink to the ecosystem.

Aria opens a 1-month claim window for season 1 participants and $IP holders/stakers, tokenizing music royalties from major K-pop artists BTS, Blackpink, and Aespa on Story Protocol.

ARIAIP ICO terms include $60M FDV with 100% unlock at TGE, 30-day claimable refund if price drops below sale price, and 10% token allocation to $IP holders.

Grayscale adds Story Protocol to its AI fund portfolio. Validators report cumulative 422,664 $IP earned with $9.58M revenue potential and estimated annual fixed costs of $400k-$500k.

Seoul Exchange selects Story Protocol for RWA settlement infrastructure. Barunson, the studio behind Parasite, launches its IP platform on Story Protocol.

First month metrics reveal 42.5M $IP staked, 13k $IP validator fees collected, and 246k $IP distributed as staking rewards with near-perfect network uptime.

Aria ICO raises $12.4M against a $600k target (20x oversubscription), up from the $10.95M reported on Nov 3, with $IP token holders set to share in the upside from the tokenized music IP ecosystem.

Tokenomics for $ARIAIP token announced with launch coming soon, adding Justin Bieber and NANA remix IP to the ecosystem.

Aria raises $10.95M from 4k+ wallets and brings $100M+ worth of music IP including BTS and BLACKPINK catalogs onchain, with a 30-day refund window if token trades below sale price.

$IP token joins Grayscale's Decentralized AI Fund in quarterly rebalance. Lombard Finance integration unlocks $3B+ in BTC infrastructure for Bitcoin-backed payments and rights guarantees, while Magma integration goes live enabling 3.6M+ Web2 artists to license and monetize work.

Token ranks #4 among top weekly crypto gainers according to CoinMarketCap data for 3/11/25.

Large linear token unlocks (over $1 million per day) scheduled for IP token in the next seven days, according to Tokenomist data.

Aria Protocol increases $ARIAIP allocation for $IP holders from 2% to 10% (5x increase), with distribution starting from TGE. $IP token has $82M buyback closing around Nov 16, and Aria approaches $100M+ TVL.

1300 people register attendance for an IP ecosystem app's first major ICO meetup.

4M ago

Token ranks as the 2nd worst performing altcoin among the top 100 from local top.

Aria Protocol raises $15M in funding and partners with Contents Technologies (handles 50% of Korea's music distribution) to bring $100M+ worth of music IP from BTS, BLACKPINK, and Aespa onchain, with ICO launching soon.

ARIAIP announces as the first native IP RWA token launching on Story Protocol with a Community Sale.

Blockworks media accused of promoting the project as a scam and receiving tokens for promotion, with the token referred to as "IP" listed among several projects allegedly shilled without proper disclosure.

ZenOGlasses integrates Story Protocol for IP registration and monetization of robotics AI training data to ensure rights-cleared content.

Protocol generates less than $200 per day in revenue, as CEO explains revenue flows through the chain to apps rather than to the protocol itself.

Lombard Finance partners with Story Protocol to enable LBTC use for IP payments and secure the L1 with Bitcoin-grade infrastructure.

CEO confirms in upcoming podcast that a co-founder departed right after the token launch and will address the circumstances behind this departure. The podcast releases Thursday.

IP token listed as one of today's top gainers in the crypto market.

Grayscale adds $IP token to its AI Fund, Seoul Exchange selects Story for RWA settlement, and Barunson studio (behind film Parasite) launches its IP platform on Story network.

Tokenomist reports IP token scheduled for linear daily unlocks over $1 million per day in the next 7 days.

Story Protocol listed at $5B valuation in comparative analysis alongside other AI and crypto projects including Bittensor ($8B) and 0G Network ($2B).

Featured in a16z's state of crypto report with current market cap at $1.62B.

Meteora AG lists Story Protocol as one of its partnerships in a podcast episode, mentioned alongside Trezor, Bitwise Invest, and Sui Network.