Solana-Native Protocol World Launches Inside Phantom With Chainlink Settlement

A new onchain prediction market called World went live on July 1, 2026, built on the Solana blockchain and integrated directly into Phantom Wallet. The platform uses Chainlink oracles for automated trade settlement and pays out winning positions in CASH, a Solana-based stablecoin. Its debut introduces a Solana-native competitor into a sector currently dominated by Polymarket and Kalshi, where total open interest hit a record $1.48 billion in June.

World operates as a non-custodial protocol, meaning it does not hold user funds or manage markets directly. Instead, it routes orders to external liquidity providers on Solana, and traders retain their positions as tokens in their own wallets until they choose to exit. Settlement is handled automatically by Chainlink Data Streams and its runtime environment, which feed price data and resolve outcomes with minimal human involvement. Winning positions are redeemed automatically in CASH once an event concludes.

At launch, the platform lists short-duration Bitcoin up-or-down contracts alongside markets tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The team has stated plans to expand into sports, politics, and macroeconomic markets throughout July. SOL rose more than 5% on launch day and approximately 16% over the prior week, according to BeInCrypto data.

The public launch is the formal reveal of infrastructure that had already been operating quietly for several weeks. Phantom previously offered Kalshi-powered prediction markets through a DFlow integration beginning in December 2025. That arrangement was replaced by World for all positions opened on or after June 1, 2026. The shift is significant given that Phantom serves roughly 20 million users, providing World with immediate distribution without requiring a standalone application.

Under the previous setup, traders had to manually redeem winning positions; World automates that process upon event resolution. Kalshi, which World replaced within Phantom, remains a major player in the sector. The US-regulated exchange — which defeated the CFTC in court in 2024 to list election contracts — is reportedly being valued at $40 billion.

Pedro Miranda, Head of Consumer at the Solana Foundation, commented in the launch announcement: 'Prediction markets are one of the most powerful applications you can build on a high-performance blockchain. World is designed to show what Solana makes possible: real-time markets, onchain settlement, and a user experience that meets people where they are.'

Prior to its reveal, the project ran a stealth campaign centered on a glowing globe and the tagline 'Trade Everything,' going so far as to tell followers there was 'no product.'

World enters a market with entrenched incumbents. Polymarket processed over $3 billion in trading volume on its US presidential election market alone in 2024, and in February 2026 expanded onto Solana through an integration with Jupiter, placing it in direct competition with World on the same chain. Polymarket had previously paid a $1.4 million CFTC penalty in 2022, which forced it to operate offshore for several years. World takes a different approach entirely, running as a permissionless protocol with no regulatory license and no gatekeeper.

That structure removes intermediaries but also eliminates the compliance protections that underpin regulated venues like Kalshi. World has not disclosed trading volume or liquidity figures, leaving its market depth unverified. Prediction markets typically reward deep order books, which enable tighter spreads and more stable pricing — a quality that requires time and sustained activity to develop.

An unaffiliated memecoin carrying the World name appeared on Pump.fun around the time of launch, though the team confirmed it has no connection to the project. The 2026 FIFA World Cup markets are expected to serve as the first meaningful test of whether Phantom's embedded user base can translate into durable liquidity for the platform.