World, Solana’s premier, native, fully onchain prediction market, has launched in Phantom, the most popular non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet integrated with Solana. World has also partnered with Chainlink, the industry-standard decentralized oracle platform, to power its market data and resolution.
World opens with markets spanning crypto prices and the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, with plans for rapid expansion into sports, politics, macroeconomics, and culture. Anyone with a Solana wallet can now trade on what happens next, from short-duration crypto up/down positions to the outcome of major international sporting events.
Prediction markets represent one of the fastest-growing sectors in finance, with top platforms regularly handling up to $24 billion in monthly trading volume. However, prediction markets have historically relied on centralized infrastructure, with dispute resolution dependent on human subjectivity. As a result, the system suffers from long latency periods and exceedingly high challenge costs that prevent markets from operating globally at scale.
Chainlink, which has enabled over $31 trillion in transaction value, provides deterministic market outputs capable of taking prediction markets to the next level. A recent surge in Chainlink-powered prediction markets include Polymarket and Jupiter Exchange, as well as regulated crypto perps on Kalshi.
ADI Predictstreet, FIFA’s official prediction market partner, adopted Chainlink as its exclusive oracle infrastructure to power accurate market resolutions and instant payouts for over six billion fans during the World Cup. Chainlink is also the exclusive infrastructure for Myriad’s World Cup prediction markets.
World leverages the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE), a universal orchestration layer for building end-to-end institutional-grade smart contracts. CRE applies the same cryptographic benefits and decentralized technology that power 70% of global DeFi markets to bespoke data delivery onchain. World is also utilizing Chainlink Data Streams to enhance its Solana-native markets with high-speed data and immediate resolution.
Markets are immediately accessible to Phantom’s tens of millions of active users, where the CASH USD-pegged stablecoin enables low-cost, automatic redemptions. Users always interact with real Solana liquidity instead of a custodial wrapper, and funds only leave wallets when users choose to participate in a market.
Pedro Miranda, Head of Consumer, Solana Foundation, called prediction markets “one of the most powerful applications” supported by high-performance blockchains.
“World is designed to show what Solana makes possible: real-time markets, onchain settlement, and a user experience that meets people where they are,” he said.
“Prediction markets thrive on near-instant, low cost settlement, and that’s what CASH enables for World,” added Will McComb, Product Manager of Money Movement at Phantom.
Johann Eid, Chief Business Officer at Chainlink Labs, reiterated Chainlink’s pivotal role in realizing prediction markets’ full potential.
“World’s integration of Chainlink is a major milestone in the broader industry trend of leading prediction markets moving away from human-driven legacy oracle solutions, to advanced decentralized oracle infrastructure that unlocks immediate market resolutions and positions the space to scale to trillions in volume.”