$ARIAIP: Q&A

Explaining the $ARIAIP token

Q: Since $ARIAIP is issued on Story and $IP already exists, how do the two relate?

A: $ARIAIP and $IP are fully independent. While both exist on Story, they serve different purposes and are not designed to interoperate. $IP is the native token of Story – the AI-native infrastructure layer for the $80 trillion global intellectual property (IP) economy. $IP powers the ecosystem of decentralized applications for IP registration, licensing, and monetization enabling anyone to create, collaborate, and capture value at internet scale. $ARIAIP is the coordination layer for community participation across the entire Aria Protocol. The two operate in parallel but are not directly linked. Read more about $IP here.

Q: What is $IP?

A: $IP is the native token of Story, the AI-native infrastructure layer for the $80 trillion global intellectual property (IP) economy. $IP powers the ecosystem of decentralized applications for IP registration, licensing, and monetization enabling anyone to create, collaborate, and capture value at internet scale.

See details on $IP here.

Q: What is $ARIAIP

A: $ARIAIP is the native token and coordination layer of Aria Protocol. It facilitates participation from the community of investors, rights holders and creators by powering governance participation, liquidity for the IP RWA ecosystem and token-gated community benefits.

Q: What is $ARIAIP and how does it differ from IP RWA tokens?

A: $ARIAIP is the native token and coordination layer of Aria Protocol. It facilitates participation from the community of investors, rights holders and creators by powering governance participation, liquidity for the IP RWA ecosystem and token-gated community benefits.

IP RWA stands for Intellectual Property Real World Asset and denotes a category of token pioneered by Aria Protocol. IP RWA tokens are fungible tokens linked to a portfolio of real world IP asset rights. Depending on the rights encoded, these tokens may provide access to royalty income, enable onchain composability, or both, giving investors new opportunities and allowing creators to explore novel ways to monetize their IP. The first IP RWA token launched on Aria Protocol is called $APL and it represents partial income rights to holders of $APL for the underlying royalty-generating 48 music tracks to date performed by global superstars including Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, BLACKPINK, and BTS.

Stakers of $APL earn royalties generated by the underlying IP, daily. With the announcement in October of remixable IP on Aria, $APL will soon also be linked to remixes of 3 tracks from renowned Korean artist and actress, NANA.

Q: Who’s eligible to claim?

The Community Airdrop Claim on https://app.ariaprotocol.xyz/airdrop has been designed to reward the early Aria + Story communities. If you earned Aria Points by supporting and contributing to the Protocol in Season 1 and/or are part of the Story $IP community, including $IP stakers, at the snapshot Nov 5th at 1PM UTC you will be eligible.

Read more on the full Claim Guide. To claim, log in with the wallet associated with Aria Protocol where you have received your Aria Points to reveal your eligibility. For a breakdown of the allocation read the Tokenomics.

Note: The Site and the Airdrop are not available to residents of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Belarus or Russia; to residents of the United Kingdom; to residents of the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia or Kherson regions of Ukraine; or to residents of any other jurisdiction in which accessing or using the Site, the Token or the Protocol is prohibited (collectively, the “Prohibited Jurisdictions”).

Disclaimer:

Aria Foundation and its affiliates and subsidiaries (the “Foundation Group”) intends to (i) launch and provide ongoing liquidity to liquidity pools for the $ARIAIP token and other tokenized Intellectual Property Real World Assets (IPRWAs) on decentralized exchanges and (ii) buy and sell $ARIAIP tokens and IPRWA tokens on such exchanges (or otherwise in the open market) at its sole discretion. See full disclaimer here.

$ARIAIP Utility

Q: What kinds of decisions will $ARIAIP holders govern?

A: Through onchain voting $ARIAIP stakers may participate in decisions such as Protocol upgrades, new asset classes supported, treasury spending, incentive structures, and licensing frameworks for remixable or programmable IP. These governance rights serve as the mechanism for guiding how Aria Protocol grows and evolves. Governance will begin following the launch.

Q: Will $ARIAIP stakers or LPs earn rewards beyond governance rights?

A: $ARIAIP will power governance participation, liquidity for the IP RWA ecosystem and token-gated community benefits. Details around reward structures or emissions models will be shared in the future.

Q: How does liquidity work with $ARIAIP?

A: $ARIAIP will be paired with IP RWA tokens in liquidity pools, enabling permissionless trading and transparent price discovery for IP-backed assets.

Q: Will emissions start at TGE or slightly after, and are they part of the initial 33% live at launch?

A: Emissions will begin at TGE and are included as part of the initial 33% of tokens that go live at launch. Read the Tokenomics blog for more information.

Q: What if I have more than 1 wallet?

A: If you have received Aria Points associated with your participation across multiple wallets, you will need to log in with each wallet to reveal your eligibility and claim the associated $ARIAIP tokens for each one. For a breakdown of the allocation read the Tokenomics. For details on how to claim view the Claim Guide.

Q: What can I do with my $ARIAIP tokens?

A: You can provide liquidity in pools where $ARIAIP is paired with IP RWA such as $APL. Once governance is implemented you will be able to vote in Protocol wide decisions, shaping the future of Aria Protocol. You will also be able to access community benefits when made available to $ARIAIP stakers. The first of these will include a 15% discount code to use on digital art framing site Muse Frame for $ARIAIP stakers.

Make sure to follow Aria_Protocol on X and join the Discord to stay updated.

Q: Are there any fees to claim?

A: Yes, you users will need to have some $IP to pay for gas and be able to claim $ARIAIP.

Q: What are the tokenomics of $ARIAIP?

A: View the Tokenomics here.

Q: What is the core team’s vesting schedule?

A: 1-year cliff, 2-year linear vesting thereafter.

Security, Audits & Contracts

Q: Has the $ARIAIP token contract been audited?

A: Yes. The $ARIAIP token contract has undergone a full audit to ensure safety and reliability. See audit reports here.

Q: What is the $ARIAIP contract address, and when will it be available?

A: The official $ARIAIP token contract addresses are as follows:

The $ARIAIP contract address on Story: 0xC9cbbD8f211300Dd0e7a3933b7AeEdAC6F61Dd52

The $ARIAIP contract address on BSC: 0x2a7e3392458307493c86388d5e544aad93286836