Paradigm leads the investment! This trend prediction platform is going to create an "Attention Stock Market" on Base

GasFeeLady · 2026-01-14T14:10:14+00:00

New York startup Noise successfully raised $7.1 million in seed funding. The platform allows users to bet on trending topics based on social media trends. It plans to launch a mainstream L2 mainnet in the future, with the potential for quantification and tradability. The industry is full of anticipation for its development.

GasFeeLady

2026-01-14 14:10:14

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【Chain Wen】Recently, I came across an interesting funding case. A startup team called Noise in New York just secured $7.1 million in seed funding, led by Paradigm, with participation from institutions like Figment Capital and Anagram.

The platform’s approach is quite innovative—based on real-time trends from social media, allowing users to bet on whether a topic will maintain its popularity. In simple terms, it financializes social hotspots, enabling users to wager on the future trajectory of a topic’s heat. It’s like creating a “trading market” for internet topics.

What’s even more interesting is that Noise plans to launch a mainnet of a mainstream L2 in the coming months. This strategic layout indicates that the team aims to leverage the vitality of the Layer 2 ecosystem to support this “trend trading” demand.

Honestly, this concept taps into a very promising direction—quantifying and tradings attention economy. Whether it can truly succeed depends on the actual product and user experience, but at least from the perspective of funding and investor lineup, the industry still has expectations for this track.

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GasFeeBeggar

· 5h ago

It's another paradigm investment, this guy's intuition is really sharp. Focusing on attention markets on Base? I bet 5 bucks this is just another end-of-month zeroing-out crap. Social hot topic hype... feels just like betting on the next scoop from paparazzi, can you really make money? Wait, isn't this just prediction market with a different skin? Someone's played this before. Oh, I see now, selling human attention, Web3 really dares to do anything.

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FarmHopper

· 5h ago

Paradigm is always making big moves, with $7.1 million invested in trend prediction... Basically, it's about gambling on human nature. Whoever can guess what netizens are thinking will make money. After NFT, there's another wave of "topic hype," this time directly turning traffic into chips. I think it's viable. Running this on Base is pretty clever; low gas fees make it feasible. Otherwise, small investors wouldn't stand a chance. Another round of scalpings, huh? These kinds of things often end up as tools for insider trading. It's interesting, but I'm worried this could become a breeding ground for manipulation... Just a few big influencers collaborating could easily manipulate the prices. Seeing how optimistic Paradigm is, I want to follow along and see, just don't let it be another EME coin. Honestly, the idea of financializing attention economy is quite innovative, but there are quite a few pitfalls in implementation. Sounds like a good story. The quick fundraising shows that capital is really hungry, but how long it can last is uncertain. Once this thing goes live, there will immediately be scam bots; if the rules aren't well-established, starting it up just invites being exploited.

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ApeWithAPlan

· 5h ago

Ha, it's another bet from Paradigm. This guy's sense of smell is really incredible. The attention stock market sounds outrageous, but upon closer thought, there really is something there.

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SmartContractPhobia

· 5h ago

Paradigm's move, betting on sentiment trading? Isn't this just meme economics?

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