Sony announces the launch of the native token of its Soneium blockchain
It's official, Sony's blockchain will soon have its own cryptocurrency. The Soneium teams announced on October 26 their intention to issue the SONEIUM token, designed to connect creators, fans and investors on-chain…
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This is big news for Soneium, the second layer (L2) blockchain based on Ethereum (ETH) and powered by Sony Block Solutions Labs. Its development teams unveiled on X, this Monday, October 26, 2026, the native SONEIUM token project for this network launched in January 2025. The latter now hosts more than 250 applications divided between music, games, anime, films and collectibles.
This new digital token is presented as the cement of an “on-chain entertainment economy” which must connect creators, intellectual property holders, developers, fans and investors. However, details on tokenomics and the date of the Token Generation Event (TGE) will be communicated later.
The fun starts with the creators. Today, Soneium is entering a new phase designed to support them. We will help them finance their next projects on an unprecedented scale, explore new forms of expression and find innovative ways to communicate with their fans.
Today we introduce Tokenized IP and our plan to issue $SONEIUM, an ecosystem-native token that connects our global community. 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/jMwv9qoit3
Alongside the announcement of its own token, Soneium presents the key concept of “Tokenized IP”. The idea is to carry intellectual property (IP) on a blockchain, so that creators and studios can raise funds and share the revenue generated by their works directly with their community.
To orchestrate this ecosystem, Soneium relies on two complementary platforms. The Soneium Portal is presented as the official platform of the Tokenized IP, the entry point where creators, IP holders, developers, fans and investors meet to discover the projects, and participate directly in them. In addition, the Startale application acts as a gateway to Soneium, allowing everyone to finance their entry into the ecosystem and access broader participation. Together, these two building blocks form the user interface for the on-chain entertainment economy desired by Sony.
Soneium is also pushing the concept towards K-pop, via a partnership with DayOneDream, a production house which notably manages BTOB, a group well known in South Korea. The objective is to put royalties linked to concert tours on-chain in the form of Tokenized IP Bonds.
👉 On the same subject – Sony injects $13 million into Startale to accelerate Soneium
On a technical level, Soneium relies on an “Onchain IP Architecture” in three layers, with a time-stamped IP register, a graph linking original and derived works, and an execution layer which distributes royalties and licenses via smart contracts.
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