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title: "Soneium, DayOneDream Unveil K-Pop IP Tokenization Deal"
date: 2026-09-28
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# Soneium, DayOneDream Unveil K-Pop IP Tokenization Deal

Soneium and K-pop entertainment group DayOneDream announced a partnership on September 29, 2026 to bring K-pop IP onchain as tokenized assets. The deal runs through WAVIST, DayOneDream’s IP tokenization platform, on the blockchain developed by Sony Group and Startale Group.

## The Brief

- Soneium, developed by Sony Group and Startale Group, is partnering with DayOneDream, the K-content group behind BTOB, LEE CHAE YEON, MEMI, and 2F.
- The collaboration runs through WAVIST, DayOneDream’s K-pop IP tokenization platform.
- In May, WAVIST completed a full tokenized IP bond lifecycle for K-pop IP, from issuance through redemption and burning.
- Any new offerings are subject to applicable regulatory and eligibility requirements, the companies said.
- The release discloses no bond size, token structure, chain metrics, or launch date for new offerings.

## WAVIST already ran one bond through its full lifecycle

Soneium is a [blockchain network](https://coinlaw.io/startale-privacy-boost-soneium-integration/) developed by Sony Group and Startale Group. DayOneDream is a K-content entertainment group that directly manages the full lifecycle of artist businesses, across music production and publishing, artist IP management, and live entertainment.

Its roster includes **BTOB**, **LEE** **CHAE** **YEON**, **MEMI**, and **2F**. The companies unveiled the partnership at Tokenizing K-Pop: WAVIST Night, held in Seoul during Korea Blockchain Week 2026.

WAVIST is not untested. In May, WAVIST completed the full lifecycle of a tokenized IP bond, from issuance through final redemption and burning. That completed [tokenized bond](https://coinlaw.io/abu-dhabi-tokenized-bond-launch/) cycle is the concrete precedent behind this partnership.

K-pop is a market unlike any other, yet the way capital reaches it has barely changed. Our partnership with Soneium sits where RWA, IP, and K-pop meet, and it opens a real path to investing through the IP itself. said Dylan Cho, RWA Lead at DayOneDream.

## The release stops short of product specifics

**Soneium** and **WAVIST** said they will continue bringing [tokenized K-content assets](https://coinlaw.io/asset-tokenization-statistics/) and associated revenue streams onchain. That would give eligible users new ways to access the IP they support. Any access stays subject to applicable regulatory and eligibility requirements, a compliance gate, not an open invitation to buy in.

Entertainment IP is one of the clearest opportunities for bringing real-world value onchain, said **Yuji Kumagai**, Head of Soneium Protocol. He added that Soneium plans to bring more entertainment IP onto the network beyond K-pop.

## Why It Matters?

The announcement pairs a working precedent, WAVIST’s completed bond cycle, with an undated roadmap. That gap matters. A tokenized-IP bond that already redeemed and burned is a verifiable proof point. But nothing in the release commits to a size, a timeline, or the mechanics fans and investors will use to “**invest through the IP**.” Until DayOneDream or Soneium publishes those terms, the regulatory-and-eligibility qualifier is doing the real work here.

Neither company set a date for the next tokenized offering. **What happens next is disclosure**: Soneium and DayOneDream still need to publish the product terms. Access to the promised [revenue streams](https://coinlaw.io/nft-royalties-statistics/) remains subject to the regulatory and eligibility requirements the companies say will gate participation.

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