Story pauses IP trading for October token migration to DATA

Trading support for Story (IP) is temporarily disabled from October 5 to October 7, 2026. For three days, the token sits in a kind of witness protection program while it gets a new name and a new job. The pause covers the window in which IP converts into DATA, the token of the newly rebranded DATA Foundation and Data Network. Holders don’t need to do anything. Their balances are set to convert automatically at a 1:1 ratio. How the migration works The trading halt applies across several exchanges, including Coinbase. During the October 5 to 7 window, IP balances convert to DATA or DATAIP, one for one. No claim forms, no bridges, no wallet gymnastics. The swap happens on the exchanges’ end while trading is frozen. Trading in the new DATA token is set to resume once the conversion wraps up. The supply structure carries over unchanged from IP to DATA. IP had a capped supply of 1 billion tokens. Because the conversion is 1:1 and the supply structure stays the same, a holder’s slice of the total pie is meant to look identical on both sides of the migration. From IP licensing to AI data The migration is the final mechanical step in a rebrand announced on June 25, 2026. That announcement m...