GIG HARBOR, Washington, February 20, 2026, Chainwire
IP Strategy Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPST) (“the Company” or “IP Strategy”), the first company to adopt a financial reserve policy centered on the $IP token, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program that will allow the Company to repurchase up to one million shares of its outstanding common stock until December 31, 2026.
As of February 18, 2026, IP Strategy had 10,259,226 shares of common stock outstanding. Assuming that 1 million shares are repurchased, this would reduce the company’s issued shares by almost 10%. The Company may acquire shares through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, including Rule 10b5-1 plans, on terms and conditions deemed desirable by management in the discretion of management.
IP Strategy is the largest independent holder of the $IP token, the native token of the Story Layer 1 blockchain, and currently holds 53.2 million tokens. The company has also recently begun a transition from self-managed verifier operations to third-party managed verifier operations. Achieving an average annual rate of return of more than 10% by 2026.
“The board’s decision to approve the share repurchase program reflects our belief that the market is not currently considering the intrinsic value of the 53.2 million $IP tokens or the expected increase in high-margin recurring revenue in 2026 due to the transition to third-party managed validator services,” said Justin Stiefel, CEO of IP Strategy. “Combined with our previously announced 2026 streamlining and cost reduction plan, the implementation of this share repurchase program reflects a very high level of confidence in our long-term strategy and growth potential.”
Introduction to IP Strategy
IP Strategy Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPST) is the first Nasdaq-listed company to hold $IP tokens as a native reserve asset and operate a validator for Story Protocol. The company provides public market investors with broad exposure to the $80 trillion programmable intellectual property economy in a regulated equity format. IP Strategy’s $IP token treasury holdings enable direct participation in the Story ecosystem, enabling on-chain registration, licensing, and monetization of intellectual property.
Story Introduction
Story is an AI-powered blockchain network that supports the $IP token and allows you to program, track, and monetize intellectual property in real time. Backed by $136 million in funding from a16z cryptocurrency, Polychain Capital, and Samsung Ventures, Story launched its mainnet in February 2025 and quickly became the leading infrastructure for tokenized intellectual property. Story allows creators and businesses to transform media, data, and AI-generated content into rights-laden, legally enforceable digital assets, enabling automated licensing and new markets for intellectual property across AI and entertainment.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by words such as “goal,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “forecast,” “goal,” “intend,” “could,” “plan,” and “possible.” “potential,” “seek,” “will,” and variations of these words or similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. All statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be considered forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the Company’s adoption of a share repurchase program and the number and percentage of outstanding shares the Company may repurchase, the timing of implementation of the Company’s share repurchase program, the transition to third-party custody of the $IP tokens, the expected increase in revenue from the Company’s validator operations, and the effectiveness of the Company’s proposed cost reduction measures.
All forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on IP Strategy’s current expectations, estimates and projections as of the date of this press release and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks associated with the volatility of the Company’s common stock, the correlation between the Company’s stock price and the $IP token price, legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainties regarding digital assets generally, and expectations of future performance and growth. These and other risks associated with IP Strategy’s programs and operations are further described in our Registration Statement on Form S-1, first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 26, 2025, including Amendment No. 1 filed on October 16, 2025, Amendment No. 2 filed on December 12, 2025, and Amendment No. 2 filed on December 12, 2025. Amended by Amendment No. 3 submitted on the 19th. Our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other subsequent filings with the SEC. IP Strategy expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by law.
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