[Story Protocol Co-Founder Responds to 'Token Unlock Delay': The Project Needs More Time to Build Use Cases] Deep Tide TechFlow reports that on February 9, according to CoinDesk, the blockchain intellectual property protocol Story Protocol has postponed its first major token unlock by six months to August 2026. Co-founder SY Lee responded in an interview, stating that the project needs 'more time' to build use cases. Lee remarked that near-zero on-chain revenue is a 'misleading metric,' as Story's business model focuses on off-chain licensing of AI training datasets rather than gas fees. He compared the project’s decision to Worldcoin’s extension of investor and team lock-up periods in 2024, viewing it as a signal of long-term commitment. Story Protocol is shifting from general intellectual property registration to 'un-scrapable' human-contributed data and enterprise licensing agreements, focusing on documenting ownership and usage terms for datasets and models used to train AI systems. This transition has slowed visible on-chain revenue but aims to reduce the pressure of token oversupply.