David Kostiner (@DKostiner) — Twitter Score 6 out of 1000

David Kostiner is a lawyer and entrepreneur who co-founded Aria Protocol, a platform that tokenizes intellectual-property rights as onchain assets. David Kostiner's Twitter Score is 6.1 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #155,043 among 531,432 tracked accounts.

David Kostiner co-founded Aria Protocol alongside Counsel LLP, where he serves as Managing Partner. Aria Protocol tokenizes real-world intellectual-property rights, starting with music royalties, into fungible and liquid onchain assets built on the Story blockchain. In 2025, Aria launched $APL, its first intellectual-property real-world-asset token, representing royalties from partial rights tied to songs performed by artists including Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and BLACKPINK. Per the announcement on September 3, 2025, Aria Protocol Labs and the Aria Foundation raised $15 million in combined seed and strategic funding at a $50 million equity valuation, with financing structured as a mix of equity and token warrants.

David Kostiner also co-founded the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, known as IODA, which was later sold to Sony Music and subsequently merged into The Orchard. His background spans intellectual-property law and digital music distribution, informing his current role as Chief IP Officer at Aria Protocol. David Kostiner has 785 followers as of July 2026 and has published 287 posts. He has been mentioned by 7 accounts, with 14 total mentions.

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