{"id":6756,"date":"2026-02-18T12:04:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6756"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:04:49","slug":"zora-expands-to-solana-with-launch-of-attention-markets-for-socialfi-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6756","title":{"rendered":"Zora Expands to Solana With Launch of \u2018Attention Markets\u2019 for SocialFi Traders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"blockquote-block_62dbe13855a907f8979148f7f29810c2\" class=\"blockquote-container\" style=\"border-color: #5100fc\">\n<div class=\"blockquote-text\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zora is launching \u201cattention markets\u201d on Solana, allowing users to trade and bet on the virality of memes, ideas, and online trends.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The platform utilises Solana\u2019s high throughput for real-time trading and requires 1 SOL to create a new trend to discourage spam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zora is integrating tokenised social posts with trading and is hiring an \u201cAttention Economist\u201d to monitor trends across TikTok and X.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zora, a crypto social platform closely linked to Ethereum layer-2 network Base, is rolling out a new product on Solana, called \u201cattention markets\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It pretty much is what it sounds like, basically markets designed to let users trade on social media momentum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Zora says users will be able to open positions on whether specific topics, memes, ideas, or moments gain or lose traction online, effectively going long or short on \u201cvirality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: Bitcoin Back in the Red as Analysts Warn $60K is \u201cLiquidation Trigger\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-looking-for-attention-economists\">Looking For Attention Economists?<\/h2>\n<p>On its website, Zora describes the system in which anyone can create a market around a trend and attach related links. Moreover, \u201cmarkets and pairs move and trade together,\u201d with users able to build positions across multiple markets, track profit and loss in real time, and cash out at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Zora\u2019s move to Solana targets the chain\u2019s low fees and high transaction throughput, which suit fast-moving, high-frequency activity tied to online trends. Users will be able to access the platform through wallets such as Phantom.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Zora\u2019s documentation also outlines mechanics intended to discourage spam. Creating a new \u201cTrend\u201d costs 1 SOL, while users can add \u201cPairs\u201d under trends for rewards, though it says trends themselves do not pay out directly.<\/p>\n<p>The project is positioning the feature as part of a broader creator-focused model that mixes tokenised social posts with trading. And it looks like a new job title has been created, as Zora is hiring an \u201cAttention Economist\u201d to track trends across platforms such as TikTok and X.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Warren, Kim Urge Treasury to Review US$500M UAE Investment in Trump-Linked Crypto Firm<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Solana,Zora#Zora #Expands #Solana #Launch #Attention #Markets #SocialFi #Traders1771416289<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zora is launching \u201cattention markets\u201d on Solana, allowing users to trade and bet on the virality of memes, ideas, and online trends. The platform utilises Solana\u2019s high throughput for real-time trading and requires 1 SOL to create a new trend to discourage spam. 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