Stobox 4 is setting, the new Stobox is rising

By Gene Deyev, Co-Founder & CEO, Stobox

Every product has a lifespan. The honest part of building infrastructure is admitting when a chapter has done its job, and saying so plainly instead of letting it quietly rot. So here it is, said plainly: Stobox 4 has reached the end of its journey and is no longer available. Its mission carries forward into the new Stobox — a three-product suite of Intelligence, Raisable, and Compass — which goes fully live this September.

This is not a rebrand or a coat of paint. It’s a consolidation of our product, our token, and where both live. Below is the full picture: why Stobox 4 is being sunset, what the new suite is, what changes for the people who have held our token through seven years of this industry, and — further down — the complete step-by-step guide to move your STBU to Base. I’ll also be direct about the one thing we can’t fix.

Just want the steps? Scroll to “The complete migration guide” near the end.

Why we are sunsetting Stobox 4

Tokenization is a sequence: structuring, compliance, the raise, issuance, then investor management. Stobox 4 solved the first step. The new suite guides the whole path.

Stobox 4 was built for a moment in tokenization that no longer exists. When we shipped it, the job was to prove that a small or growing business could put a real asset on-chain at all. That problem is largely solved now. The harder problem — the one our clients actually wrestle with today — is that tokenization is still a maze of disconnected steps: structuring, compliance, the raise, the broker-dealer relationship, the investor management afterward. Each step lives in a different tool, with a different vendor, speaking a different language.

Keeping Stobox 4 alive while we built the answer would have meant splitting our attention and asking clients to bet on the older thing. We’ve watched too many companies in this space ship two mediocre products instead of one good one. We chose not to. So we are consolidating everything into a single, coherent platform: the team, the contracts, the roadmap, and the token.

What we’re building — Intelligence, Raisable, and Compass

One account, one token, one job: Intelligence to understand and plan, Raisable to run the raise through licensed partners, Compass to issue on-chain and manage investors.

The new Stobox isn’t one app that tries to do everything. It’s three focused products that share one account, one token, and one job: to turn tokenization from a maze of disconnected steps into a single, guided path. Tokenization, done properly, is a sequence — and our products map to it:

• Stobox Intelligence — understand & plan. AI-powered market and asset intelligence that helps you scope a tokenization: how comparable assets are structured, what the investor landscape looks like, and what a credible path to issuance requires — before you spend a dollar building it.
• Stobox Raisable — the capital layer. A compliant way to run your raise, routed through licensed broker-dealer partners such as tZERO, Texture Capital, and Silicon Prairie. We remain a technology provider, not a law firm, broker-dealer, or auditor — and we never take a percentage of anyone’s raise.
• Stobox Compass — the on-chain layer. Where you issue the instrument, put it on-chain in regulator-ready form, and manage investors afterward. The guided workflow that ties the whole sequence together.

The point of the suite is not to do everyone else’s job. It’s to stop making the client the integration layer between all these moving parts. It’s built on infrastructure we trust for this: Base for settlement, USDC for stable value, x402 for agentic payments, and the open standards we help maintain as members of the uRWA / ERC-7943 working group. That’s the difference between a token that works inside the broader on-chain economy and one that’s stranded on an island.

The honest part — private keys

Before anything else, I owe a direct word to a specific group of people.

If you used Stobox 4 as a wallet and were unable to export your private keys before the product wound down, I’m sorry. I won’t dress this up. Those keys are not something we can recover on our side. That’s how self-custody works, and pretending otherwise would be worse than the truth. If that’s you, please still read on — because the migration may very well apply to your tokens regardless. (There’s a dedicated path for exactly this situation — Case 2 in the guide below.)

I’d rather lose a little polish in an announcement than have anyone believe a recovery is coming that isn’t. That’s the deal we make with people who trust us with assets.

STBU comes home to Base

For seven years, Stobox Token ($STBU) has been scattered across four chains: Ethereum, BSC, Polygon, and Arbitrum. Fragmented liquidity, four contracts to track, four sets of risks, and a holder experience that depends on which chain you happened to land on. We’re ending that. Every STBU is consolidating, 1:1, onto a single audited contract on Base — you’ll burn one on a legacy chain, and the same amount is minted to you on Base, at the very same wallet address. No dilution, no new emission.

Here’s how it will work, in one line: you burn your old STBU on its current chain, and the same amount is minted to the exact same wallet on Base. The burn is your proof. Two things about the move are worth reading twice, because they shape what you do as you migrate.

How migration works. You burn your old STBU on its legacy chain (Ethereum, BSC, Polygon, or Arbitrum), and the exact same amount is minted 1:1 to the very same wallet address on Base. The burn is the proof — which is why you must migrate only from a wallet you control, never an exchange or custodial account.

First, there is a deadline. The window to burn closes on 15 September 2026 — and minting on Base opens the very same day, 15 September 2026. It’s a clean cutover: you burn before 15 September, then mint from 15 September. After the deadline, un-migrated STBU stays on its old chain — nothing is confiscated, but it can’t move to Base later.

Second, supply is capped at 250M. On Base, STBU has a hard maximum supply of 250M — a cap, not a forecast, enforced by the contract itself. Here’s the honest arithmetic: there is currently more STBU outstanding across the four legacy chains (~265M) than the 250M cap allows. So while the headline is the deadline, burning well before 15 September — not at the last minute — is the surest way to secure your 1:1. Once the burn window closes on 15 September, minting begins and the final supply is frozen at whatever migrated — never more than 250M.

One important note on timing. Burns already count — the official burn address is live now. Always confirm it against the registry at stbu.stobox.io before you send anything. The guided migration portal opens there on 20 July 2026 for the easiest, safest one-click flow. Claiming on Base opens 15 September 2026 — so do not act on any DM, ad, or link offering an “early claim” or asking you to “validate” your wallet; that isn’t us. Stobox will never DM you first or ask for your seed phrase or private key.

STBU finally has a job

Hold STBU in your own wallet to unlock the Pro, Business, and Enterprise tiers across the suite — no locks, no staking contract, no deposit into a Stobox account. The token stays in your custody.

For most of its life, STBU has been an asset that traded. Going forward, it will be a working asset across the Stobox suite. Hold STBU in your own wallet and it unlocks the product tiers — Pro, Business, or Enterprise — across Intelligence, Raisable, and Compass. No locks. No staking contract. No deposit into a Stobox-controlled account. The token stays in your custody, and simply holding it grants access. You can still pay in plain dollars via Stripe if you’d prefer.

A great deal of “token utility” in this industry is really a euphemism for “lock your tokens with us and hope.” We didn’t want to build that. Holding STBU rewards the people who’ve been here, rather than trapping them. As adoption grows, more STBU naturally sits in holder wallets to access the products — a healthier kind of demand than a yield gimmick.

For larger holders: those with $1,000 or more in STBU will have an optional, gated window to convert to STBX, our regulated Class-C equity token on Arbitrum. Entirely opt-in — details will follow at the appropriate stage.

What I’d ask of you

Two things. First, move early. Burns already count — verify the official burn address at stbu.stobox.io and send your old STBU (or wait for the one-click guided portal, which opens there 20 July). Don’t wait too long — the burn window closes 15 September 2026, and minting on Base opens the same day. Because supply is capped at 250M and more is outstanding than the cap allows, burning early is the surest way to secure your 1:1. The full step-by-step guide is right below — read it so you know your exact steps, and watch our official channels for the guided-portal go-live on 20 July. Second, and I mean this sincerely: please be kind to our support team through the transition. Migrations are stressful for everyone, and the people on the other end of your messages care deeply about getting you through this cleanly. They’re on your side.

Stobox has been at this since 2018. We’ve helped more than 100 businesses tokenize assets, we’ve sat at the SEC’s tokenization roundtable, and we’ve watched an enormous amount of hype come and go. What we’ve learned is that the boring virtues — consolidation, clarity, self-custody, and honest communication when something can’t be fixed — compound. Stobox 4 served its purpose. The new suite is where the work goes now, and STBU is coming home to do real work alongside it. The best part of this is still ahead.

— Gene

The complete migration guide

Everything a holder needs to move STBU to Base, 1:1, for every situation — whether your STBU is in your own wallet, in an old Stobox 4 wallet, or on an exchange. Read it, then migrate — burns already count.

⏳ Burns already count — but verify the address first. The one official home is stbu.stobox.io; the guided one-click portal opens there 20 July 2026. Only ever send the official STBU to the burn address shown on stbu.stobox.io. Ignore any DM, ad, or link offering an “early claim” or asking you to “validate” your wallet — claiming opens 15 September, and Stobox will never DM you first.

How it will work in one line: you burn your old STBU on its current chain before 15 September 2026, and the same amount is minted to the very same wallet address on Base from 15 September 2026. The burn is your proof. Because the mint always goes to the exact address that burned, you must only ever migrate from a wallet you control — never from an exchange or custodial account.

Two ways to miss out — both avoidable by burning early:

1. The deadline. Burns must be confirmed before 15 September 2026 (00:00 UTC). Minting on Base opens at the same instant.
2. The cap. There is more STBU across the four legacy chains than the 250M Base hard cap allows, so the earliest confirmed burns are the ones that claim 1:1. Burn early to secure your allocation while headroom lasts.

Before you start — checklist

Ahead of the opening, get these ready:

• Access to the wallet that currently holds your STBU.
• A wallet that supports EVM networks (MetaMask, Rabby, Trust Wallet, Ledger, etc.).
• If you exported your Stobox 4 private keys, move all your STBU into one address first — the system records one address per holder for migration.
• Enough native gas on each network to pay fees (ETH on Ethereum, BNB on BSC, POL on Polygon, ETH on Arbitrum — and a little ETH on Base for the claim).
• A stable internet connection.

Important

• Never send STBU to a random address to “migrate.” Only send to the official burn address 0x…dEaD verified on stbu.stobox.io (from 20 July the guided portal builds the transaction for you) — always confirm the address before signing.
• Verify everything at stbu.stobox.io. Don’t trust any other “migration” link, and never act on anyone urging you to “claim early” or asking you to “sync” or “validate” your wallet somewhere else. Stobox will never DM you first.
• Each burn is processed once, on-chain, and cannot be reversed or duplicated.

Step-by-step, by situation

The steps below are how you migrate. Burns count now — verify the official burn address at stbu.stobox.io first. From 20 July 2026 the guided portal makes the whole flow one-click; the steps are the same either way.

Case 1 — You hold STBU in your own wallet

This is the standard path.

1. Sign in and connect. Go to stbu.stobox.io, sign in with your Stobox account, and connect the wallet that holds your STBU. Adding your email lets us notify you when your burn is confirmed and when claiming opens.
2. Burn your STBU. In the portal, burn your STBU — this sends it to the official burn address 0x…dEaD (confirm the exact address in the portal before signing). Do this as early as you can, and before the 15 September 2026 deadline. If your STBU is spread across several networks, burn each balance separately (you pay gas on each network). This action cannot be reversed. If you burn after the deadline — or after the 250M cap has filled — you are not eligible for a 1:1 claim.
3. Watch it confirm. The portal shows your burn moving from pending to confirmed once it clears each chain’s finality threshold. When it’s confirmed, your eligible balance on Base updates automatically, and — if you added your email — you’ll get a confirmation. There’s nothing else to do until claiming opens.
4. Claim. From 15 September 2026, sign back in with the same wallet, switch it to Base, keep a little ETH for gas, and click Claim. Your full eligible balance mints 1:1 to the same wallet that burned.

Case 2 — Your STBU is in a Stobox 4 wallet and you didn’t export your private key

You’re still included. Because Stobox can’t access your Stobox 4 wallet, those tokens can’t be burned on-chain by you — so support verifies your balance manually, through a reviewed, dual-approved process, and then you claim it yourself to a wallet you control.

1. Email support@stobox.io from your Stobox 4 email (so they can locate you quickly). Include the wallet address where you want to receive your STBU on Base. No CEX/exchange deposit addresses — you could lose your funds.
2. Wait for the team to verify your balance and eligibility. This verification goes through a two-person maker–checker review, so allow a little time. If they have questions, they’ll reach out; otherwise you’ll get an email confirming your STBU is ready for claim.
3. Claim. From 15 September 2026, sign in at stbu.stobox.io with your Stobox account, connect the wallet you provided (on Base), keep a little ETH for gas, and click Claim. Your full eligible balance mints 1:1 to that wallet.

Case 3 — Your STBU is on an exchange (MEXC, Gate.io, etc.)

You can’t migrate directly from an exchange account — the mint has to go to a wallet you control.

1. Withdraw your STBU to your own self-custody wallet. (Any issues withdrawing → contact the exchange’s support.)
2. Then follow Case 1 — the standard in-wallet steps above. Burn early: the 15 September deadline and the 250M cap both apply to you too.

Case 4 — A specific case or question

1. Email support@stobox.io and explain your case in as much detail as possible — include the relevant wallet address(es), screenshots, etc.
2. Wait for the team to review with the relevant people. Most cases are resolved quickly; some need extra checks or management approval and take a little longer. Your case is tracked either way.
3. Get your solution — support returns with a detailed explanation or instructions.

The deadline & the fixed supply

A hard maximum supply of 250M on Base — a cap, not a forecast. More STBU is outstanding across the four legacy chains (~265M) than the cap allows, so the earliest confirmed burns fill the cap and claim 1:1. Burn before the 15 September deadline; once the burn window closes, minting is capped for good.

• Burn before 15 September 2026 (00:00 UTC). The burn window closes at the same instant minting opens on Base. After that, no further burns are accepted; un-migrated STBU stays on its old chain and cannot move to Base later. Nothing is confiscated — tokens left behind simply stay behind.
• Mint from 15 September 2026. Claiming on Base opens at the cutover and stays open afterward.
• Hard cap of 250M. On Base, STBU has a hard maximum supply of 250M (a cap, not a forecast). More STBU is outstanding across the four legacy chains than the cap allows, so not every legacy token is guaranteed a 1:1 claim — the earliest confirmed burns fill the cap. This is why burning early, not at the last minute, is what actually secures your allocation.
• After the burn window closes, minting is capped for good. The final supply is whatever migrated — never more than 250M — and then it’s frozen.

The timeline

The migration timeline at a glance: burn your old STBU now → guided portal opens 20 July 2026 → burn deadline 15 September 2026 → minting on Base opens the same day, 15 September.

• Now: burns already count — verify the official burn address at stbu.stobox.io and burn your old STBU on any legacy chain. Get your wallet and gas ready.
• 20 July 2026: the guided migration portal opens at stbu.stobox.io — sign in and burn in a few clicks. Burn early — supply is capped at 250M.
• 15 September 2026: the burn window closes and minting on Base opens — a clean cutover. Supply locks; a STBU/USDC pool is seeded on Base; in-product utility activates; the STBX opt-in runs; CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko move to the Base contract.
• After migration: legacy contracts retire; the board reviews the treasury, a proposed burn, and Phase 2.

Eligible STBU contracts

Only STBU held in these contracts is eligible. STBU Legacy V1 is not supported — it was compromised and lost validity on 6 January 2022.

Frequently asked questions

Is migration open yet? Yes — burns already count. The official burn address is live; always verify it at stbu.stobox.io before you send. The guided one-click portal opens there 20 July 2026, and claiming on Base opens 15 September 2026. Anyone telling you to “claim early” or asking you to “validate” your wallet is not Stobox — ignore them.

Will my wallet address change? No. Your new STBU is minted to the same wallet address on Base — the one that burned. That’s why we ask you to consolidate all your STBU into one address first.

What’s the ratio? Will I be diluted? Exactly 1:1. No dilution, no new emission — burn one, receive one.

Why should I burn early instead of waiting until September? Two reasons. There’s a hard burn deadline (15 September 2026), and supply is capped at a fixed 250M on Base. Because more STBU exists across the legacy chains than the cap allows, the earliest confirmed burns are the ones that claim 1:1. Waiting risks both the deadline and the headroom running out.

What if the cap fills before I burn? Then burns that arrive after the 250M cap is reached can’t claim 1:1. This is exactly why we tell everyone to burn early rather than wait. Once migration opens, you can track remaining cap headroom live in the portal and on the transparency page.

Can I migrate tokens from multiple networks? Yes. Migrate your STBU from Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, and Arbitrum independently. You pay gas on each network, and each confirmed burn adds to the same eligible balance on Base.

How do I know my burn counted? The portal shows each burn move from pending to confirmed once it clears that chain’s finality threshold, then updates your eligible Base balance. If you added your email, you’ll also get a confirmation message.

Are my tokens ever controlled by Stobox? No. Migration runs through smart contracts and the burn address; Stobox never takes custody of your assets and can never mint to itself. (In Case 2, support only verifies your balance through a reviewed, dual-approved process because your old tokens are locked and can’t be burned by you — you still claim it yourself, to the address you provide.)

What happens if I miss the deadline? STBU not burned before 15 September 2026 stays on its old chain and cannot move to Base afterward. Nothing is taken from you — but it can’t be migrated later.

Can I migrate STBU Legacy V1? No. STBU Legacy V1 became compromised and lost validity on 6 January 2022 and is not supported. See eligible contracts above.

Do I need to have exported my Stobox 4 private keys to be counted? No. If you can’t export them, follow Case 2 — support verifies your balance through a reviewed, dual-approved process, and you claim it yourself.

Are there fees? Stobox charges nothing to migrate. You pay only the standard network gas fees — for the burn on each source network and for the claim on Base.

Can I still just buy the products with dollars? Yes. Holding STBU unlocks product tiers, but you can always pay in dollars via Stripe instead.

Where is the official portal? Only at stbu.stobox.io. Verify the official burn address there, migrate only through it, and never send STBU to an address that isn’t shown on stbu.stobox.io. Stobox will never DM you first, never ask for your seed phrase or private key, and never ask you to “sync” or “validate” your wallet elsewhere.

Start migrating → The one official home is stbu.stobox.io. Burns already count — verify the official burn address there and burn early: supply is capped at 250M, the burn window closes 15 September 2026, and minting on Base opens the same day. The guided one-click portal opens 20 July; claiming opens 15 September, so ignore anyone offering an “early claim.” Need help? Email support@stobox.io.

STBU is a utility token and consumer good — not a security, share, or investment, and nothing here is a solicitation to buy or sell. Stobox is a technology provider, not a law firm, broker-dealer, auditor, or financial adviser. Regulated securities offerings are conducted through licensed broker-dealer partners. Nothing in this article is investment, legal, or tax advice. The migration is 1:1 to a hard maximum supply of 250M — a cap, not a forecast of circulating supply. Burning is permanent and irreversible. Token migration mechanics, timelines, the exact burn address, and the STBX conversion window are subject to final confirmation; always follow the instructions published at stbu.stobox.io.