Coinbase has put a clear operational date on the Story token rename: holders of Story (IP) on the exchange face a 5 October 2026 cutoff before Coinbase moves balances to Data (DATA), with trading and transfers expected to resume under the new ticker on 7 October.
| What you need to know |
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| 1Asset: Story (IP) changes to Data (DATA) |
| 2Coinbase window: 5 October to 7 October 2026 |
| 3Trading: IP pauses on 5 October; DATA resumes on 7 October |
| 4Transfers: IP sends and receives stop on 5 October; DATA resumes on 7 October |
The dates come from the Coinbase token migration table, which lists Story as being renamed from IP to DATA. Coinbase says it will complete the migration between 5 October and 7 October 2026. The useful point for users is not a price call, but a service deadline: activity around the old ticker is set to stop before the new ticker opens.
The Coinbase dates that matter
Coinbase’s table says IP sends and receives will be disabled on 5 October, then resume for DATA on 7 October. The same table says IP trading will pause on 5 October and DATA trading will resume on 7 October. That makes the middle of the window an exchange-side changeover rather than a normal trading period.
For a Coinbase user, the practical question is simple: what needs to be settled before the pause starts? Anyone planning to move IP in or out of Coinbase has a tighter operational window than someone who is content to wait for the balance display to change after the migration. The table does not add a broader market forecast, and it should not be read as one.
It is also worth separating Coinbase’s exchange timetable from the wider project rebrand. Coinbase is the direct source for the exchange cutoffs in this article. The project-side rebrand explains the name change, but it does not replace Coinbase’s own support-page dates for Coinbase accounts.
Why IP is becoming DATA
The project now presents the change as part of a broader move from Story toward The Data Foundation. Its public site says Story is becoming The Data Foundation, IP becomes DATA, and Story Network becomes DATA Network. That framing shifts the public identity from an IP-focused brand toward a data and AI-network narrative.
For holders, the naming matters because exchange support, wallet labeling and market data pages often move at different speeds during ticker changes. A token can be economically continuous while still creating a short period of interface confusion. The Coinbase table gives users a date-based way to handle that confusion: watch 5 October for the old asset pause and 7 October for DATA support to resume.
The rebrand language also narrows what should be inferred from the Coinbase entry. The support page confirms Coinbase’s handling of the migration on its own platform. It does not, by itself, confirm every venue’s timeline, every wallet’s label update or any market outcome once DATA trading resumes.
What holders should check before 5 October
The first check is whether any intended deposit or withdrawal depends on Coinbase processing IP before the pause. If it does, the support table points to 5 October as the relevant deadline. Transfers attempted near a migration can be exposed to exchange maintenance windows, mismatched ticker labels or support delays, even when the underlying network transition is orderly.
The second check is where the balance will be needed after 7 October. A user who wants the asset inside Coinbase can usually tolerate an exchange-managed migration more easily than a user who needs liquidity or self-custody during the window. The table gives no reason to rush blindly; it gives a reason to avoid leaving routine transfers until the maintenance period itself.
The third check is source quality. Social posts and token dashboards may update faster, but the official Coinbase table is the relevant document for Coinbase account behavior. If Coinbase changes the support page before October, the operational takeaway should change with it.
Why this belongs in the queue now
This is an overnight service item rather than a breaking-news alarm. It is useful because the dates are concrete, the old and new tickers are easy to confuse, and the support window affects basic account actions. Those are exactly the details that can get lost when a rebrand is covered only as a branding story.
The clean reader answer is that Coinbase users should treat 5 October 2026 as the last listed Coinbase date for IP activity before the exchange completes its IP-to-DATA migration, then look to 7 October for DATA trading and transfers to resume on Coinbase. Everything beyond that, including activity on other venues, needs separate venue-specific confirmation.
