$IP Story: The Key Players Behind the Ecosystem:

▌Grayscale

▌a16z

▌Polychain

Taking the upcoming token launch of the Story ecosystem IPRWA protocol @Aria_Protocol as an example. In the recently concluded two rounds of financing, Aria raised a total of $15 million, with participants including:

Polychain

Neoclassic Capital

Story Protocol

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that these institutions are all "connected."

Polychain is both an investor in Story Protocol and participated in the IP Strategy.

Neoclassic Capital is also betting on the IP Strategy.

The $223 million private placement for the IP Strategy was led and dominated by a16z, which is also the lead investor in Story's Series B financing.

The capital relationships here are quite intricate.

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Looking back at Aria, its ability to gain support from so many top institutions is not just a simple matter of "gathering connections."

In terms of data, Aria has already demonstrated strong asset acquisition capabilities:

• Completed a $7 million deposit pool in 9 minutes

• Successfully acquired copyrights for over 90 songs from top global artists

• Collaborated with Contents Technologies to launch $100 million K-POP asset tokenization

Its long-term vision is even grander: to build a complete on-chain IP economic system that allows any valuable intellectual property to achieve value discovery, trading, and operation on-chain.

Aria's biggest opportunity comes from a market gap. The global IP market size exceeds $180 billion but is almost entirely monopolized by traditional financial institutions. If Aria can capture even 1% of the market share, it would mean enormous value potential.

Main risks include:

• Regulatory uncertainty: IP tokenization involves complex legal issues

• Liquidity risk: If market acceptance is low, tokens may face insufficient liquidity

In summary, DYOR.

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