The Sony-backed Ethereum L2 has announced an “on-chain entertainment economy,” but don’t rush off looking for a token-claim page—$SONEIUM is still just a plan, not a live token.
On October 26, Soneium’s official blog made it clear: it plans to launch the ecosystem token $SONEIUM to connect creators, IP holders, developers, fans, and capital on one layer. Specific TGE details will be “announced later.” For now, on-chain gas is still paid in $ETH . Soneium also mentioned adjusting the base gas fee, but didn’t say whether the token might be used for gas in the future.
More concrete is the Tokenized IP setup: IP can be turned into collectibles or fungible tokens, discovered and engaged with through Soneium Portal. The first IP Token is named Moriusa (a character IP from Tokyo-based Super State Holdings). Soneium has also partnered with DayOneDream to turn revenue shares from its existing K-pop artist concert business into a Tokenized IP Bond. Other components include IP Vault, IP Bond, and a three-part stack for IP registration, relationship graphs, and execution, with plans to support the ERC-8432 licensing standard.