2025.12.27

From Issuance to Integration: Smart Strategy Acquires $AMATO and Incorporates It into Its Long-Term Cultural Strategy

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In the evolution of Web3, the form of IP has continued to develop. It has moved from early character NFTs to blue-chip projects with clearly defined worldviews, and in recent years, a model of “IP × token × participatory economy” has gradually begun to take shape. IP is no longer simply an asset to be held—it is increasingly becoming a cultural system that is built together and participated in collectively.

Within this broader trend, Smart Strategy recently announced that it has acquired 1,324,295 $AMATO, representing approximately 0.12% of the total supply. While the number itself may not appear flashy, the strategic judgment behind it is well worth examining carefully.

Smart Strategy has acquired 1,324,295 $AMATO, equivalent to 0.12% of the total supply. pic.twitter.com/2d82ZhdDrW
— Smart Strategy (@smartstrategys) December 20, 2025

Contents

From Blue-Chip IPs to a New Generation of Tokens
Why Now?
The Role of $AMATO
Laying the Groundwork for Future New Tokens
Summary
Official & Resource Links

From Blue-Chip IPs to a New Generation of Tokens

Looking back at Smart Strategy’s initiatives to date, a clear and consistent core axis emerges.

For mature IP tokens, Smart Strategy has adopted a deployment strategy centered on “permanent holding × cultural value.”
In the blue-chip NFT space, it has progressively complemented layers of historical significance, global culture, and narrative depth.
And throughout, action has only been taken once structures were clearly defined and strategic direction firmly established.

Within this trajectory, $AMATO should not be seen as an impulsive choice, but rather as a natural extension of Smart Strategy’s judgment regarding the evolution of IP economy models.

That said, a key distinction lies in the fact that $AMATO is not a blue-chip that has already completed its cultural validation. Instead, it represents a new-generation IP token that is just beginning to take shape and move into motion.

Why Now?

From a timeline perspective, this acquisition did not take place during $AMATO’s earliest conceptual phase, nor at a moment when market sentiment was overly concentrated.

Prior to this point, $AMATO had already passed several key milestones:

The core design philosophy and structural framework had been publicly released
The presale and initial issuance phases had been completed
Token distribution, utility, and long-term plans had reached a stage where they could be clearly understood
The community had begun shifting its focus from price toward understanding and participation

Against this backdrop, Smart Strategy’s move can be seen as an entry made after confirming the underlying structure, rather than a decision driven by early-stage uncertainty.
It reflects a fundamentally different approach—one grounded in structural clarity rather than speculative timing.

The Role of $AMATO

$AMATO is not merely a tradable token.

From its initial design, it has been intended to serve multiple layered roles:

A hub for participation and contribution within the IP ecosystem
A medium that connects creators, characters, and the community
A foundational economic layer that supports long-term cultural development

For this reason, Smart Strategy’s allocation of $AMATO does not necessarily need to represent a large proportion.

What matters is not “how much was acquired,”
but rather “whether to participate in this model at all.”

Laying the Groundwork for Future New Tokens

It is also important to note that $AMATO will not be the last new token.

As the relationship between IP and Web3 continues to evolve,
we can expect more IP tokens with different structures and modes of participation to emerge in the future.

Within this broader trajectory, the allocation to $AMATO carries a specific significance for Smart Strategy — it also serves as a reference point:

To observe the real-world operation of a participatory IP economy
To establish a decision-making framework for evaluating future new tokens
To build a structured lens for understanding similar projects

In this sense, $AMATO is not an endpoint, but a strategic coordinate for what comes next.

Summary

Smart Strategy’s acquisition of $AMATO is neither an action taken to promote a specific token nor a reaction to short-term market movements.

Rather, it can be understood as signaling the following perspective:

After blue-chip IPs, the next thing that needs to be understood is how IPs are jointly participated in, and how they are operated over the long term.

As new tokens continue to emerge one after another, what truly matters is not
“which one will go up,” but—

which IP economy models are worthy of long-term cultural deployment.

And $AMATO represents one such starting point—
chosen by Smart Strategy as it engages directly with that very question.