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World is a fully on-chain prediction market built on Solana, launched on July 1, 2026. It integrates directly with the Phantom wallet and is accessible at world.xyz. Users can buy and sell event contracts on real-world outcomes—such as crypto price movements and the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup—with funds staying in their own wallets until they enter a market. Settlements are automatic via Chainlink Data Streams and the Chainlink Runtime Environment, and payouts are made in the CASH stablecoin.
Its core strength lies in combining Solana's fast, low-cost infrastructure with Phantom's 20-million-user distribution, eliminating the need for a separate app or wallet setup. Unlike traditional prediction platforms that rely on custodial accounts and manual resolution, World executes everything on-chain, offering transparency and instant settlement.
The market pain point it addresses is the friction and opacity of existing prediction markets—users often must trust operators with funds and wait for slow, human-mediated outcomes. World removes intermediaries, ensuring funds never leave user wallets and resolutions occur the moment an outcome is confirmed.
In the six months from March to September 2026, World launched with crypto and World Cup markets, with plans to expand into sports, politics, and macroeconomics. It faced early challenges, including copycat tokens on Solana launchpads and regulatory uncertainty due to its anonymous team. Liquidity remains thin outside its two launch markets, and the platform is still unproven with limited live settlement history. Users should treat it as speculative until it demonstrates sustained reliability.
World, a Solana-based prediction market, began as an anonymous X account (@world_xyz) in late 2023, teasing a 'Trade Everything' platform. In December 2025, Phantom integrated Kalshi-backed markets via DFlow, laying the groundwork. On June 1, 2026, all positions opened through Phantom shifted to World's infrastructure, marking its operational debut. Officially launched on July 1, 2026, World went live inside Phantom and at world.xyz, using Chainlink Data Streams and the Chainlink Runtime Environment for automated settlement in CASH stablecoin. Initial markets covered Bitcoin price and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with plans to expand into sports, politics, and macroeconomics throughout July. This launch replaced Kalshi as Phantom's prediction market provider, giving World immediate distribution to Phantom's ~20 million users. World's non-custodial, fully onchain design and automatic settlement distinguish it from competitors like Polymarket and Kalshi, though its long-term significance hinges on building liquidity and proving its model beyond initial distribution.
Major progress over the past six months (2026-03-04 to 2026-09-04):
On July 1, 2026, World officially launched on the Solana mainnet as a fully onchain, non-custodial prediction market. It integrated deeply with the Phantom wallet, instantly reaching over 20 million active users and enabling seamless trading without requiring a separate app or new wallet setup. The platform adopted Chainlink Data Streams and the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) as its core oracle infrastructure, moving away from human-controlled resolution to automated, high-speed settlement. It also introduced CASH, a stablecoin built on Bridge/Stripe's Open Issuance platform, as the settlement asset, ensuring funds remain in users' wallets until they enter a market. Initial markets included short-duration Bitcoin up/down contracts and the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.
Official future roadmap and focus:
World plans to rapidly expand beyond crypto and sports into politics, macroeconomics, and other event categories. In July 2026, it aims to activate multiple additional frontend distribution partnerships across both traditional fintech and crypto ecosystems to broaden user access. The core strategic focus is to continuously optimize on-chain settlement efficiency, drive the industry toward instant, transparent, and automated resolution, and ultimately scale prediction markets to trillion-level trading volumes by eliminating manual dispute processes and custodial risks.
Vib Norman
Founder of World XYZ. No other co-founders or core executives were disclosed in the available sources.