Five million. Poseidon just closed Season 1 with hundreds of thousands of contributors and over five million submissions.

This week, leaders in crypto, AI, and IP gather at Origin Summit during KBW.

As IP takes the stage, the IP community keeps growing.

Meet this week’s OGs ↴ This week’s batch of five:

@Himi121212: Sonu is promoted to Adept today. Since joining as a Seeker, he has continued to grow through his active posts on X and his steady presence in Discord. Known as the master of quizzes and blind tests, with several wins under his belt, he brings fun and knowledge to the community.

@PhiDngNguy75878: Hiro steps up to Adept. He joined during Chapter 2 and quickly became a core part of the Vietnamese community, showing up for events, engaging in the ecosystem, and helping others along the way. His involvement has only grown, and the recognition follows.

@OlegReyesX: Oleg returns as a Seeker. A member of the Ukrainian community, he’s remained active both in the community channels and on Twitter, where he shares regular updates and shows his support for Story.

@KonstanttinS: Konstantin also reclaims the Seeker role. As a Ukrainian community member and longtime contributor, he is known for sharing original art, memes, and video edits on Twitter, all rooted in his support of Story and its ecosystem.

@bitelu2025: 比特撸 becomes a Seeker today. Joining after mainnet, he quickly became an active voice in daily events and activities, consistently supporting ecosystem projects. His energy and positivity bring momentum to every space he joins.

Introducing IP Vault: a secure programmable container for encrypted IP data.

From datasets to music stems to genomic files, IP Vault makes sensitive content usable and monetizable without leaks or intermediaries.

Confidentiality, composability, scale, all with Story's IP infra. With IP Vault, data is stored offchain and keys secured by Story’s multi core architecture. This creates a global trustless access layer for IP's data.

Think of it as a zero-friction way to embed secrets, access tokens, or datasets directly into licensing flows.

The Origin Summit lineup just got even bigger.

➤ Lee Soo-man, the inventor of K-Pop
➤ Arthur Hayes @CryptoHayes
➤ Justin Sun @justinsuntron

Meet the latest additions ↓ ➤ Lee Soo-man, Founder, SM Entertainment

Widely regarded as the "godfather of K-Pop," Lee Soo-man is the founder of SM Entertainment who pioneered the idol system and globalized Korean pop culture. He launched iconic acts including BoA, TVXQ, Girls’ Generation, EXO, and NCT.

➤ Arthur Hayes, Chief Investment Officer, Maelstrom

A leading voice in digital assets who defined the macro thesis for a generation of crypto investors. As co-founder and former CEO of BitMEX, he helped shape the global crypto derivatives market.

➤ Justin Sun, Founder of TRON, Advisor to HTX

Known for bold moves and industry-shaping deals, Justin Sun is the Founder of TRON and Advisor to HTX. Justin built one of the most globally scaled L1s in history and remains a prominent voice in global crypto adoption.

Most royalty systems are rigid. Story makes them programmable.

From simple splits to complex investor-first waterfalls, you can define exactly how revenue flows across remixes and derivatives.

This is how programmable IP becomes programmable income.

Details ↴ Two royalty policies exist by default:

• LAP: upstream share to all ancestors
• LRP: share to direct parent only

But real-world deals are rarely this simple. They have thresholds, waterfalls, clawbacks, and custom terms.

What happens when LAP or LRP isn't enough?

Introducing Origin Summit, a new event at the center of IP, AI and crypto in collaboration with @blockworks_ & @hankyungmedia.

Ft. leaders from HYBE, The Black Label, Pinkfong Company, Grayscale, Animoca, Igloo Inc. and many more.

IP is the origin of progress. Let's unlock it. Origin Summit is made possible by our sponsors:

➤ @worldcoin
➤ @Moongate
➤ @owlto_finance
➤ @MagicNewton
➤ @NarrativeCap
➤ @B__Harvest
➤ @Gradient_HQ

If you're new here, welcome.

Story is an L1 blockchain purpose-built for intellectual property.

Let's get you up to speed ↓ Where it all begins.

Our whitepaper outlines the architecture of our peer-to-peer network for intellectual property, and the real problems we solve:

story.foundation/whitepaper.pdf

Earlier this year, we launched Story mainnet, laying the foundation for a programmable IP economy.

Since then, our engineering team has shipped major updates driving us closer to Chapter 2: becoming the AI-native infrastructure for IP.

Our latest technical update ↓ In the past few months, we’ve launched two new products: IP Portal and Story Attestation Service. Both showcase the core capabilities of the network and the value it brings to the broader ecosystem.

Introducing the Story Network Security Council.

The launch of Story's Security Council is a major step towards safeguarding the network and accelerating the path to full $IP tokenholder governance.

Details ↓ Story’s Security Council is an independent cohort of up to 11 security experts responsible for rapid response and proactive network monitoring.

Inaugural members include:
• @PatrickAlphaC
• @LewellenMichael
• @veratheape
• @_bendersgreat_
• @ethicraul

These members will be responsible for safeguarding network upgrades and emergency responses, ensuring the integrity of IP as an onchain asset class.

Robots, AVs, voice systems – the future of AI exists in the real world.

Real-world data is one of the most valuable subsets of IP and physical AI's biggest bottleneck.

Today, @psdnai launches out of Story with a $15M seed round led by @a16zcrypto to try to solve just that ↴ Poseidon is working with the world’s leading AI companies to power the next wave of AI innovation with infra for collecting, curating, and licensing high-quality, real-world training data.

Starting with physical AI, Poseidon supplies rights-cleared data at scale, powered by Story.

Chapter 2 starts today.

AI's next leap isn't about bigger models. It's about IP and its most valuable category: Real-world Data.

Story is building the AI-native infrastructure for this $70T IP economy.

Here’s what’s ahead ↓ Since launching mainnet, we’ve been heads down building Story to make IP programmable, enforceable, and monetizable at internet speed.

Story's next phase focuses on:
• Data pipelines for training physical AI
• Tokenizing global IP beyond music & fashion
• Turning viral chaos into owned, monetizable IP

The IP Portal isn’t just where you register IP. It’s where your IP monetizes.

Integrations with @ABLO_Official, @verio_story, & @Posterdotfun unlock new ways for IP holders to generate revenue and expand reach on a growing network of apps.

Explore ↴
portal.story.foundation Make custom apparel from the IP you love on @ABLO_Official.

You can now license an expansive library of IP directly from the Portal and turn it into merch at the click of a button.

Get creative with Ablo's AI tools, and open up new revenue streams for your work.

The Big Bang Block is here!

At block 1,580,851, token emissions on Story have officially begun.

Story’s time-weighted staking model, inspired by DeFi mechanics, incentivizes community members that are here for the long-term.

Details ↴ Staking secures the Story blockchain and fuels the future of IP.

With token emissions now live, each block distributes 1.9477989871 IP tokens, totaling 55,555 IP per day at a 3-second block time.

Just for you 🫴 a Story Ecosystem starter pack.

From DeFi and IPFi, to AI tools, consumer apps, AI agents, games, and Sci-Fi franchises, the Story Ecosystem's got range.

Dive into a rundown of apps live on Mainnet, and stay tuned for more coming soon from the full lineup ↴ DeFi & IPFi Apps on Story Mainnet ↴

• Bridge @StargateFinance @deBridgeFinance
• Swap @PiperxProtocol @0xStoryHunt
• Stake @verio_story @meta_pool
• Memecoins @ipdotworld @Spotlight_IP
• Lend and borrow @UnleashProtocol
• Real-time activity feed @CieloFinance

Our Technical Roadmap is Live!

Story is committed to driving continuous improvements to L1 performance, reliability, and decentralization.

And built on top of our L1 infrastructure is a unique stack of IP-focused product features and applications.

Dive in ↴ There are two major technical releases in 2025:

1. Late Q1/Early Q2: Product Release
2. Q3: Comprehensive Network Upgrade

Let's unpack each of our two releases.

🖤💗 BLACKPINK x STORY 💗🖤

@Aria_Protocol is tokenizing sensational K-pop IP:

➤ Yeah Yeah Yeah by BLACKPINK
➤ Ready For Love by BLACKPINK
➤ & more below..

With IP RWAs, you can listen (and dance) to your portfolio. Why the music of BLACKPINK? They were the first female K-pop group to:

➤ Win a VMA
➤ Headline Coachella
➤ Top the Billboard 200
➤ Reach 1 billion views on a YouTube video
➤ Surpass Justin Bieber's subscriber count on YouTube

Homer, our Public Mainnet, is live.

Welcome to a new era of ꧁IP꧂

Learn more ↴ The rise of AI demands a scalable IP solution that empowers both IP holders and AI products alike.

Enter Story: A L1 blockchain that's purpose-built to reinvent the $61T IP asset class.

Our Public Mainnet marks first-ever instantiation of a global, programmable market for IP.

Introducing $IP, the native token of Story's L1!

In the age of AI, $IP will play a critical role in tokenizing the $61T IP asset class.

58.4% of $IP will be devoted to Ecosystem & Community, Foundation, and Initial Incentives.

More on ꧁IP꧂👇 AI is transforming the $61T asset class of IP — from science to creative works.

The current IP system cannot scale to meet the explosion of intelligence that AI powers.

Story's Peer-to-Peer IP Network unleashes the latent value of IP, allowing ideas to be monetized seamlessly.

The financial crisis inspired Bitcoin, a Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash Network.

The rise of AI demands Story, a Peer-to-Peer Intellectual Property Network.

The Story whitepaper is out! More below ⬇️ Story's Layer 1 is powered by an innovative multi-core execution environment.

A main execution core coordinates several specialized execution cores.

Each specialized execution core is optimized for specific requirements such as speed, scalability, or privacy.

Calling all Odyssey Badge Holders!

Grab your Commemorative ꧁IP꧂ Community NFT, which celebrates our community's journey during our Odyssey Testnet.

Can’t grab this one? Don’t worry, we'll have more moments to celebrate!

Got badges? This moment is for you⬇️

- Mushy Using over 100 pieces of ꧁IP꧂ from the community during the Odyssey Testnet, this Commemorative ꧁IP꧂ Community NFT celebrates the incredible contributions that have helped us grow and shine. If you see your artwork featured, celebrate it!

While we plan to create more opportunities for the wider community in the future, this one is dedicated to our Odyssey Badge Holders.

Thank you for being a part of the Odyssey!

Introducing Agent TCP/IP:

An experimental framework that lets agents trade IP with each other.

Agents can now exchange their training data, creative style, investment strategies, and more, ushering in an intelligence economy. 👇 We will integrate with @ai16zdao 's Eliza, @0xzerebro 's ZerePy, @crossmint 's GOAT, and @virtuals_io 's GAME to ensure that all agents can trade IP.

Read the latest version of our Agent TCP/IP whitepaper here!

story.foundation/atcpip

1/ Announcing $140M in total fundraising to build Story, the World’s IP Blockchain. 2/ Intellectual property (IP) is one of the world’s biggest asset classes.

Training data, AI models, memes, UGC videos, game assets, character traits and more are all IP.

Everything is IP.