World prediction markets have officially moved beyond the Phantom wallet app, landing on a standalone platform on Solana with a built-in audience of more than one million people waiting to get in.
The launch expands World’s prediction-market business into a broader consumer product, covering everything from NFL games and Formula 1 to crypto, politics, economics and culture. According to World, more than 150,000 markets have already been created across those categories.
The timing is striking. Prediction markets have spent the past year creeping out of their niche and into the same internet spaces where people already track elections, sports and breaking news. World is now betting that Solana can make that activity feel less like a specialized trading terminal and more like another everyday internet app.
World Prediction Markets Turn the Internet Into a Betting Board
The new platform opens with markets tied to every NFL regular-season game, seven soccer leagues, Formula 1 and the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. Users can also trade markets connected to the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy decision.
The mechanics are deliberately simple. Every market offers “yes” and “no” contracts, with prices ranging from $0 to $1. Once an event is resolved, the contracts settle using CASH, the dollar-backed stablecoin associated with Phantom.
World operates as a non-custodial protocol, while individual orders are routed to liquidity providers on Solana. Users do not need a brokerage account or an exchange registration to participate, although Phantom users still need to cover network fees when opening or closing positions.
The standalone launch is less of a beginning than an expansion. World had already brought prediction markets into Phantom, where the service has been supporting positions since June 1, 2026.
Now, the product gets its own destination.
Chainlink Wants the Verdict to Arrive Without a Human Referee
The more interesting piece may be what happens after the bet is placed.
World is using Chainlink Data Streams and the Chainlink Runtime Environment to supply market information and automate resolution when an event ends. That means the result of a game or other market outcome can be processed by the system instead of being handed to a panel of people or decided through token-holder votes.
World says the approach can also reduce the dispute windows associated with older oracle systems, potentially allowing markets to settle faster once the relevant event is over.
Johann Eid, Chainlink Labs’ chief business officer, linked the platform’s more than one million-person waitlist to rising interest in Solana-based prediction markets. He said Chainlink is providing the data and infrastructure needed to make those resolutions fast and efficient.
For users, that infrastructure is mostly invisible. The appeal is the simple part: make a call, watch the event unfold, and find out the result without another layer of human arbitration sitting between the two.
Why Solana Wants Prediction Markets Onchain
For Solana, World adds another retail-facing financial application to a network already known for high-volume trading and consumer crypto apps.
Ramzy Ali, head of DeFi at the Solana Foundation, described the launch as “introducing a new asset class to Solana and keeping 100% of the liquidity onchain.”
That detail matters because prediction markets are not just about what users think will happen. They are also about where the money supporting those positions lives and moves.
With World, that liquidity remains inside Solana’s ecosystem rather than being pushed into a separate offchain system.
The platform is available through its standalone website and through Phantom on iOS, Android and desktop. Access still depends on local rules, with prediction markets offered only in jurisdictions where they are supported.
World also has plans to push beyond the initial lineup. The company says equity up-and-down markets are next, alongside commodity markets tied to gold, silver, oil, natural gas and computing power.
Weather markets for major cities are expected later, too.
What World has not disclosed yet is just as notable: there are no first-day figures for trading volume, open interest or platform fees.
For now, the headline number is the audience waiting at the door. More than one million users are queued for a product built around a very old human impulse—asking what happens next—and turning that question into a market on Solana.