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IP Strategy Launches Validator Infrastructure, Establishing New Line of Revenue
New Validator Performance Achieves $1.5M in Staking $IP Token Rewards in First Two Weeks of Operation GIG HARBOR, Wash., Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IP
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[{"type":"text","content":"New Validator Performance Achieves $1.5M in Staking $IP Token Rewards in First Two Weeks of Operation\nGIG HARBOR, Wash., Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IP Strategy (Nasdaq: IPST) (the “Company”), the first company to adopt a treasury reserve policy centered on the $IP token, today announced the official launch of its validator business on the Story Network. The validator business provides IP Strategy with an attractive new source of potential high-growth recurring revenue and strengthens its position as both a participant in and supporter of the programmable IP economy. By building its own validator infrastructure, IP Strategy can stake $IP tokens directly without paying third-party fees while maintaining complete control over security and performance. After just two weeks of testing, starting September 6, 2025, and going live on September 18, 2025, the Company has self-staked 43.5 million unlocked $IP tokens and earned nearly 165,000 $IP tokens in validator rewards, worth approximately $1.5M1. IP Strategy’s validator business is expected to be highly profitable to the Company: staking its current 43.5 million unlocked $IP tokens at an estimated blended yield of approximately 6% has the potential to generate an estimated 3.2 million $IP tokens annually if the estimated blended yield remains the same. This would equate to approximately $28.5 million in illustrative potential annualized revenues2, accompanied by an estimated fixed cost basis of $400,000–$500,000. With gross margins estimated to be above 95%, the self-staking validator business provides a scalable, recurring revenue stream that is expected to strengthen IP Strategy’s balance sheet and position the Company to capture additional growth as staking participation expands. In addition to staking its own treasury assets through this new validator business, IP Strategy has begun onboarding third-party participants who stake their $IP tokens on IP Strategy’s validator. The Company will earn commissions on these deposits, creating another recurring and scalable revenue stream. The Company expects to expand its staking activity significantly in the months ahead and plans to provide regular updates as additional $IP tokens and revenues are earned through its validator infrastructure. What is a validator business?In proof-of-stake blockchains such as the Story Network, vali...