Key Takeaways:
- World launched as a Solana prediction market inside Phantom wallet
- Users trade event contracts settled in Phantom's CASH stablecoin
- Chainlink provides oracle infrastructure for market data and resolution
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World prediction market goes live on Solana via 20M-user Phantom
World, the Solana-based prediction market, launches July 1 inside Phantom wallet, allowing users to trade event contracts on crypto prices and the FIFA World Cup.
"Prediction markets are one of the most powerful applications you can build on a high-performance blockchain," Pedro Miranda, head of consumer at the Solana Foundation, said.
The platform uses Chainlink Data Streams and the Chainlink Runtime Environment for market data and resolution, reducing reliance on human-led settlement. Users trade directly from their Solana wallets, with positions, settlement and redemptions occurring onchain using Phantom's CASH stablecoin. World is available at world.xyz and within Phantom on iOS, Android and desktop.
The launch positions Solana as a competitor to Ethereum-based Polymarket in the prediction market space, with Phantom's 20 million users providing immediate distribution. World plans additional frontend distribution partnerships across fintech and crypto platforms in July.
World's marketing campaign generated millions of views on X through cryptic posts featuring a glowing globe and the tagline "Trade Everything," fueling speculation the project could be a meme coin or trading app. The platform's identity remained hidden until late June, when a legal disclosure on Phantom's site surfaced on X. Copycat WORLD-themed tokens appeared on token launchpads, though those tokens are not official World assets.
The Solana ecosystem is seeing growing activity in prediction markets. Jupiter, the largest decentralized exchange on Solana by volume, unveiled its Forecast beta on June 29, offering 15-minute bitcoin price markets. World's launch also follows Phantom's broader push into in-app trading, including Kalshi prediction markets and regulated derivatives after winning CFTC no-action relief in March. Phantom further deepened its trading capabilities by hiring the team behind Ventuals, the project that built OpenAI and Anthropic perpetual futures markets on Hyperliquid.
SOL traded at $74.86 as of Wednesday, down 43% year to date during a broader crypto market rout that pushed the Fear & Greed Index to 11, indicating extreme fear. Bitcoin fell 2.2% to $58,494 and Ethereum declined 1.4% to $1,573 over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko.
The prediction market sector has drawn increasing attention from both crypto-native and regulated platforms. Kalshi launched its own perpetual futures business in May after regulatory approval, while Polymarket connected to Chainlink last year for oracle-based settlement on price markets. Chainlink's oracle infrastructure eliminates the need for human adjudicators to resolve market outcomes, a longstanding friction point in the sector. World's fully onchain approach, combined with Phantom's distribution, could accelerate user adoption of event contracts beyond the existing Polymarket audience. The platform plans to expand into sports, geopolitics and macroeconomics markets in the near future, according to the announcement.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
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