🧿 Story Protocol ($IP): Where AI, Art, and Ownership Collide $IP is trading at $5.26 (-2.23%), but this project’s vision reaches far beyond daily price swings. What it’s building: Story Protocol is creating a Layer 1 network for intellectual property (IP) — a system where art, code, and AI creations live as programmable assets. Think of it as “HTTP for IP” — the foundation where anyone can register, license, and monetize creative work directly on-chain. Tech foundation: Built with Cosmos SDK and EVM compatibility Lets creators define licensing terms, track ownership, and prove originality Bridges the gap between AI innovation and blockchain-based rights management Recent Highlights: 🤝 Partnered with Heritage Distilling and Lombard Bitcoin to tokenize real-world IP 💵 Story Foundation to buy $7M in $IP strategy stock 🔁 Announced $82M token buyback (through Dec 2025) to offset inflation 🌐 Validator set expanded from 64 → 80, boosting decentralization 💡 Backed by a16z, Polychain, and Samsung Next 👩‍💻 200+ dev teams already building apps around on-chain IP The opportunity & risk: Story aims to become the base layer for the AI creator economy, but faces high valuation, limited revenue, and major token unlocks ahead. If it executes well, Story Protocol could define how ownership works in the next internet of ideas. @EdgenTech