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Feb. 10 (Fortune) — Polymarket announced Wednesday it’s partnering with Kaito AI, a crypto-focused research and data aggregator. The collaboration will let users wager on trends, brand/individual attention, and public opinion shifts.

February 10th: Per HyperInsight monitoring (via their Telegram channel @HyperInsight), the "BTC Long-Term Whale" (address 0x5d2f4) has placed new limit buy orders for BTC. Current order book data shows the whale will purchase: - 50 BTC if BTC drops to $55,125 - Another 50 BTC if BTC falls to $53,525 - 100 BTC if BTC declines to $50,525 Additionally, the whale previously entered a 20x leveraged short position of 499.91 BTC at $111,499.3. Through funding rate settlements, it has so far earned $10.0014 million.

On February 10, GlobeNewswire reported that Autozi Internet Technology (Global) Ltd. (Zhongchi Chefu, Nasdaq: AZI) has completed a milestone acquisition: the company will acquire approximately $18.7 billion in high-quality digital assets from a leading global cryptocurrency institution for total consideration of about $1.1 billion. The transaction closed amid a period of adjustment in the global cryptocurrency market. Additionally, AZI’s U.S. subsidiary has reached a preliminary cooperation agreement with the cryptocurrency giant. The two parties will deepen collaboration on three key areas: building a Digital Asset Treasury (DAT), establishing compliant cryptocurrency payment infrastructure, and expanding a multi-scenario payment ecosystem. They are committed to jointly developing and leading the global DAT treasury and cryptocurrency payment markets based on digital currencies.

**February 10th Update** Andre Cronje, founder of Sonic Labs, announced on social media that derivatives platform flyingtulip has launched its first products: ftUSD and a Margin Account. These offerings support cross-chain liquidity, enabling leveraged spot trading and total return swaps. Per reports, flyingtulip is a platform focused on innovating trading, liquidity provision, and derivatives within an integrated ecosystem. It provides a one-stop DeFi service, letting users access spot, leveraged, and perpetual trading from a single liquidity pool—no need to transfer funds across different protocols.

On February 10, market sources note LayerZero had previously announced a major announcement for the day—confirmed as the launch of its blockchain network "Zero"—though the news originates from a now-deleted video.