World opens Solana prediction market to 1M users

World launched its Solana-based prediction market, opening access to 1M+ users and 150K+ markets in sports, crypto, politics, and more, with automated settlement and non-custodial design.

World has launched its standalone prediction market platform on Solana, now accessible to over 1 million users who were previously on a waitlist. The platform, available at world.xyz, expands beyond its earlier Phantom wallet integration and now offers more than 150,000 markets spanning sports, crypto, politics, finance, economics, and culture. Users can participate in binary contracts, trading on “yes” or “no” outcomes for events such as NFL games, soccer leagues, Formula 1, the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, and Federal Reserve policy decisions. Each contract is priced between $0 and $1, with settlements made in CASH, Phantom’s dollar-backed stablecoin. Operating as a non-custodial protocol, World requires no brokerage account or centralized exchange registration, routing orders directly to decentralized liquidity providers. Chainlink Data Streams and Runtime Environment automate market data and contract resolution. Future plans include adding equity, commodity, compute, and weather markets.