The bridge plan came before the native chain
An April 2021 proof-of-assets post described Ethereum and BNB contracts as inventory bridges. Their owners can issue and burn local wrappers within a cap; those balances should not be added to native supply as independent coins.
Mainnet aioz_168-1 began on December 25, 2021 with one billion native AIOZ. That launch moved monetary issuance and governance to a Cosmos-based chain while the earlier wrappers remained controlled gateways.
