PANews reported on February 10th that, according to Forbes, prediction market platform Polymarket announced a partnership with Singapore-based crypto data company Kaito AI to launch "Attention Markets," allowing users to bet on trends, brand popularity, and public opinion. Kaito integrates data from X, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to quantify mindshare and sentiment shifts, helping to create new markets such as "Anthropic vs. OpenAI popularity comparison." Polymarket plans to launch dozens of markets starting in March and expand to thousands by the end of the year. Kaito has raised $10.5 million to date, with a valuation of $87 million.

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and Senate met with cryptocurrency industry leaders in three separate roundtable events this week. Members of the US Congress met with key figures in the cryptocurrency industry to discuss issues and potential laws related to the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin reserve and a market structure.On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers that included Alaska Representative Nick Begich and Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno met with Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor and others in a roundtable event regarding the BITCOIN Act, a bill to establish a strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve. The discussion was hosted by the advocacy organization Digital Chamber and its affiliates, the Digital Power Network and Bitcoin Treasury Council.“Legislators and the executives at yesterday’s roundtable agree, there is a need [for] a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve law to ensure its longevity for America’s financial future,” Hailey Miller, director of government affairs and public policy at Digital Power Network, told Cointelegraph. “Most attendees are looking for next steps, which may mean including the SBR within the broader policy frameworks already advancing.“Read more

