Aria (ARIAIP) Selected as Buidlpad's Next Project… Token Community Sale Underway

Aria Protocol, an ecosystem project of Story (STORY), an intellectual property (IP) blockchain infrastructure, announced on the 31st that it will conduct a community sale of its native token 'ARIAIP' through Buidlpad's new token launch platform 'Vibe'.

The sale will take place on Vibe, a token launch platform newly introduced by Buidlpad. Vibe is designed to support rapid fundraising cycles and small-scale projects, featuring lower participation barriers while maintaining regulatory compliance and transparency. Customer verification (KYC) and participation applications will be accepted from 3:00 PM on October 31 to 11:00 PM on November 2, and the contribution period will run from 11:00 AM on November 3 to 11:00 AM on November 4. Settlement and refunds are expected to be completed by 11:00 PM on November 6.

The tokens to be sold amount to $600,000, equivalent to 1% of the total supply, and the sale will be limited to South Korea and certain regions of the European Union. The fully diluted valuation (FDV) was set at $60,000,000. In particular, a protection mechanism has been introduced that allows investors to receive refunds if the token price falls below the sale price within 30 days after listing. It is the first refundable model for an IP-based community sale.

Aria is a project building blockchain-based IP financial infrastructure and was developed on the Story blockchain. It tokenizes intellectual property (IP) in the form of real-world asset (RWA) linkage, such as music, art, film, and broadcasting, enabling investors to trade IP and share royalty revenues.

Aria's first IP RWA token 'APL' is based on copyright revenues from 48 hit songs by global artists including Justin Bieber, BLACKPINK, BTS, and Miley Cyrus. It was acquired for a total of $10,950,000 through StakeStone's LiquidityPad, with more than 4,000 wallets participating. Since launch, it has recorded over $14,000,000 in cumulative trading volume and a royalty buyback of $315,000, demonstrating high participation.

Aria also introduced the 'IP RWA Standard' to structure IP assets as programmable assets. Core technologies include the 'Composable IP Token', which combines the strengths of ERC-20 and ERC-721, and the 'HAVEN Protocol' that supports IP-collateralized lending. Through these, Aria is expanding previously illiquid IP rights into liquid, collateralizable, and tradable revenue-generating assets, positioning itself as a blockchain-based IP infrastructure connecting creators, investors, and institutions.

Aria is also preparing 'Aria PRIME', an institutional product based on a $100,000,000 Korean music IP portfolio, in cooperation with Contents Technologies. In addition, it will hold a global remix contest with Nana (formerly of After School). If users remix three of Nana's songs, the remixes will be tokenized and released on the Aria platform. A portion of remix revenues will be distributed as on-chain royalties to remixers and $APL holders.

David Kostiner, Aria co-founder, said, "ARIAIP will accelerate the democratization of IP finance as a community coordination layer that supports the participation of investors, IP rights holders, and creators," adding, "Starting with this community sale, it will be an opportunity to open a new form of participatory IP economy in which the community directly participates in creation and monetization."