On October 26, 2026, Soneium announced the next stage of its development, unveiling an initiative to tokenize intellectual property (IP) together with new funding mechanisms for entertainment ventures. The company also revealed plans to issue $SONEIUM, an ecosystem-native token designed to connect its global community. According to Soneium's official announcement, more than 250 applications are already available on the network, spanning music, games, anime, movies, and collectibles — a live app base that the new token and Tokenized IP programs are intended to build on.

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1/ 💿 Soneium: The Onchain Entertainment Economy. Today we introduce Tokenized IP and our plan to issue $SONEIUM, an ecosystem-native token that connects our global community. 🧵👇 — Soneium 💿 (@soneium) October 26, 2026

$SONEIUM to Connect Soneium's Entertainment Ecosystem

To bring creators, IP holders, app makers, fans, and investors together, Soneium will launch $SONEIUM as a native ecosystem token. The project aims to build an on-chain entertainment economy that enables communities to fund and take part in the growth of creative projects.\nSoneium has not yet announced the token supply or a date for the token generation event (TGE), noting that more information will be released shortly. Until then, the token supply and TGE date are the immediate details to watch.

Tokenized IP Targets Entertainment Investments

The Tokenized IP program consists of three components: IP Tokens, IP Vault, and Tokenised IP Bonds. IP Tokens can represent creators, studios, or individual entertainment properties, while the IP Vault is intended to unlock opportunities such as music catalog funds. Tokenized IP Bonds will target income streams from entertainment businesses, such as concert royalties.

The first announced IP Token is Moriusa, a character from Tokyo-based Super State Holdings. The project includes plans to pursue licensing investments, animated short films, and merchandise.

Soneium will also work with DayOneDream to bring K-pop concert-business royalties on-chain, covering artists such as BTOB and LEE CHAE YEON. The Soneium Portal will serve as the key discovery and interaction platform for the initiative, while the Startale App will offer access to the broader ecosystem. As the program's first named implementations, Moriusa and the DayOneDream partnership are the initial reference points for how on-chain IP tokens and royalty products work in practice.

Blockchain Infrastructure for IP Rights and Royalties

Soneium is developing an Onchain IP Architecture built on three layers: the IP Registry, which maintains records of creative works and ownership information; the IP Graph, which maps the relationships between original and derivative creations; and the IP Execution Layer, which automates licensing and royalty payments through smart contracts.

The network also introduces ERC-8432, a forthcoming Ethereum standard designed to facilitate licensing between applications and AI agents. According to Soneium, the system is intended to help creators manage how their content is used as AI-generated content becomes more widespread.

The company emphasizes that the framework is not an alternative to copyright laws but an addition to them, and that successful adoption of the initiative will depend on the development of the token, its products, and the infrastructure needed to license the offering — the company's own stated benchmark for how the rollout should be judged.

This report was originally published by CryptoNinjas.