World has opened its standalone Solana-based prediction market platform to more than 1 million users who had been waiting for access, expanding beyond the Phantom wallet integration through which the service had operated since July. The company says more than 150,000 markets have already been created across sports, crypto, politics, finance, economics and culture, giving the new website a substantial catalog from the start.
The standalone rollout changes how users can reach the service but does not replace the existing Phantom integration. Access remains available through world.xyz as well as through Phantom on iOS, Android and desktop. World operates as a non-custodial protocol, meaning it does not hold customer funds itself, while orders are routed to liquidity providers operating on Solana.
The platform is also relying heavily on Chainlink infrastructure to automate market resolution. Chainlink Data Streams and the Chainlink Runtime Environment provide external information and settlement logic, allowing contracts to resolve after an event reaches its predetermined outcome. The combination of direct web access, on-chain liquidity and automated settlement is central to World’s attempt to compete in a prediction-market sector that recorded record trading activity in July.
World moves beyond Phantom with direct access through world.xyz
World said its Sept. 9 launch gives more than 1 million waitlisted users direct access to prediction markets through its standalone website. Before this expansion, the service had primarily been accessible through Phantom, where the public integration became available in July.
The company says users had already been opening positions through the prediction-market service since June 1, 2026. That means the standalone launch does not represent the beginning of World’s trading activity. Instead, it broadens distribution by giving users another way to reach markets without relying exclusively on the wallet interface.
The first group of markets is broad. World lists contracts covering every NFL regular-season game, seven soccer leagues and Formula 1. It also offers markets tied to the 2026 U.S. midterm elections and the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy decision. Those categories place sports beside political, economic and crypto-related outcomes within the same protocol.
World has not disclosed first-day volume, total open interest or its current fee structure. Without those figures, it is not yet possible to compare the platform’s actual trading activity directly with larger established competitors.
More than 150,000 markets have already been created
World says more than 150,000 markets have been launched through the service. That is a measure of how many contracts have been created, not how much money has been traded or how many people have actively participated.
The distinction matters because a large market count can indicate broad coverage without necessarily showing deep liquidity. One market may attract substantial trading while another may receive very little activity. World has not provided turnover figures that would allow the size of its individual categories to be evaluated.
Each contract follows a simple yes-or-no structure. Prices range between $0 and $1 and represent the market’s assessment of whether a specified event will occur. Once the result becomes known, the winning contract settles at $1 and the losing contract expires at $0.
This structure allows markets to cover very different subjects under the same basic mechanism. A football result, a Federal Reserve decision and an election outcome require different external data, but they all ultimately resolve into a binary settlement.
Chainlink is responsible for the automated resolution layer
One of World’s most important technical choices is its use of Chainlink Data Streams and the Chainlink Runtime Environment.
These systems provide market data and automated tools used to determine outcomes. Once an event ends or reaches its defined deadline, the system can process the relevant data and settle the associated contracts.
World says this reduces the need for a human resolution committee or a vote among token holders. The company also contrasts its approach with older oracle structures that can include dispute periods and therefore delay settlement.
Different categories naturally require different sources. Sports markets need confirmed final scores. Contracts tied to the Federal Reserve depend on official policy decisions. Election markets need outcomes established under predetermined settlement rules.
World’s architecture is therefore designed to connect external events with on-chain settlement without requiring a single manual decision-maker for each result.
The model follows a broader move toward automated prediction markets
World is not the first prediction-market platform to use Chainlink infrastructure in this way.
In May, Myriad integrated Chainlink Data Streams and the Runtime Environment to automate the creation, resolution and settlement of markets tied to BTC, ETH, BNB and SOL.
Myriad also announced plans to expand into stocks, commodities and other real-world assets. That deployment demonstrated how external information could be combined with on-chain contracts without relying entirely on manual settlement procedures.
World is now applying a similar model across a broader set of categories.
Johann Eid, Chief Business Officer at Chainlink Labs, linked World’s waiting list of more than 1 million users to demand for prediction markets running on Solana. According to Eid, Chainlink provides the information and infrastructure needed to resolve those markets quickly and efficiently.
That is the company’s characterization of the system. World has not disclosed independent performance data showing how much faster its settlement is compared with competing platforms.
Solana keeps World’s liquidity on-chain
World’s other major infrastructure choice is Solana.
The company routes orders to liquidity providers operating on the network rather than processing trades through an off-chain order book controlled by World itself. According to the announcement, this means capital committed to its markets remains inside Solana’s on-chain economy.
Ramzy Ali, Head of DeFi at the Solana Foundation, described World as introducing a new asset class to the network while keeping “100% of the liquidity onchain.”
That statement reflects the design promoted by World and Solana Foundation. In practical terms, the platform does not act as the custodian of customer balances and does not manage trading through a centralized exchange account.
Users settle trades with CASH, the dollar-backed stablecoin used within Phantom. Phantom users also need enough funds to pay Solana network fees when they open or close positions.
The source does not provide average transaction fees, execution times or liquidity depth, so those aspects cannot yet be evaluated from the launch information alone.
World enters a market already dominated by Kalshi and Polymarket
The standalone rollout places World in direct competition with a prediction-market sector that has already reached substantial scale.
Trading volume across Kalshi, Polymarket and Polymarket US reached a record $50.59 billion in July, according to figures reported in August.
Kalshi accounted for $37.7 billion of that amount. Polymarket’s international and U.S. platforms generated a combined $12.9 billion.
Those figures refer to notional trading volume rather than customer deposits or exchange revenue. Prediction contracts can change hands several times before final settlement, meaning the same underlying market can contribute repeatedly to turnover.
World has not released comparable volume data.
Its 150,000-market figure therefore cannot be placed beside the $50.59 billion industry number as if the two measured the same thing. One counts markets created; the other measures trading activity.
That makes World’s immediate competitive position impossible to quantify based on the information currently available.
U.S. access remains subject to unresolved legal questions
World’s product selection includes American events such as NFL games, the 2026 midterm elections and Federal Reserve decisions, but listing a U.S. event does not mean every American user can necessarily trade it.
Prediction markets in the United States remain caught between federal derivatives regulation and state gambling laws.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulates designated contract markets. At the same time, some state authorities argue that contracts tied to sports or elections can fall within their own gaming rules.
Recent litigation involving Kalshi illustrates that conflict.
In September, the Third Circuit allowed an injunction protecting Kalshi from New Jersey enforcement to remain in place. The Ninth Circuit, meanwhile, allowed Nevada regulators to enforce state gaming requirements while litigation continues.
New Jersey subsequently asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether the Commodity Exchange Act prevents states from applying sports-gambling rules to event contracts offered by a CFTC-regulated exchange.
The petition does not mean the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case.
World has not said that it operates a CFTC-registered exchange, nor has it identified exactly which contracts are available to residents of individual U.S. states.
World’s jurisdiction notice therefore remains important
Phantom states that prediction markets are available only in jurisdictions where they are supported.
The standalone launch did not provide a complete country-by-country or state-by-state list.
That leaves access dependent on location and applicable rules.
For U.S. users in particular, the legal landscape is not uniform. A market may reference an American sports event or election while access to that contract remains restricted in some places.
The source therefore does not support any claim that all 1 million waitlisted users can necessarily trade every market listed on World.
The launch opens direct platform access, but jurisdiction-specific availability still applies.
This is especially relevant as World expands into categories that may attract closer regulatory scrutiny.
Equity, commodity and weather contracts are planned next
World’s current offering is only the first stage of its roadmap.
After the standalone rollout, the company plans to introduce equity up-and-down contracts.
It also intends to add commodity markets tied to gold, silver, oil, natural gas and computing capacity.
Weather markets connected to major cities are planned after that.
These are future plans rather than currently available products. The company did not provide exact launch dates for the additional categories.
The expansion would broaden World beyond traditional event-based prediction markets into contracts tied to financial assets, commodities and measurable real-world conditions.
That could also place more importance on the Chainlink resolution layer because each category requires accurate external data and clearly defined settlement rules.
Non-custodial design differentiates World from centralized platforms
World emphasizes that it does not take custody of user funds.
Orders move through Solana liquidity providers, and users interact through the protocol rather than opening a conventional brokerage account or registering with a centralized crypto exchange.
That structure is different from platforms that hold customer balances directly and manage trades internally.
It does not mean users avoid all operational requirements. Phantom users need the appropriate stablecoin for settlement and enough Solana to pay transaction fees.
The protocol also still depends on outside data providers and liquidity sources.
Nevertheless, World’s architecture is designed to keep assets and market activity within an on-chain system rather than creating a traditional centralized account structure.
The next question is whether access converts into actual liquidity
The size of World’s waiting list is notable, but it is not yet evidence of trading volume.
More than 1 million users can now access the standalone site, and more than 150,000 markets have been created.
Neither metric reveals how many participants will become active traders.
World has also not released open interest, transaction volume or fees from the standalone launch.
Those missing figures are important because prediction markets depend heavily on liquidity. A large number of available contracts can be useful only if enough participants are willing to take opposing positions and provide sufficient depth.
For now, World can demonstrate reach and product breadth. It cannot yet demonstrate through disclosed numbers how that reach translates into market share.
Conclusion
World has opened its standalone Solana prediction-market platform to more than 1 million waitlisted users, extending access beyond its Phantom integration and offering more than 150,000 markets across sports, crypto, politics, finance, economics and culture.
The platform uses Chainlink Data Streams and the Chainlink Runtime Environment for automated market resolution, while Solana liquidity providers handle orders on-chain. Users settle with the CASH stablecoin, and World remains non-custodial.
Final Takeaway
The launch gives World scale in terms of potential users and market count, but its competitive position remains difficult to measure because the company has not disclosed trading volume, open interest or fees. Its strongest differentiators are the combination of non-custodial Solana liquidity and automated Chainlink settlement. The next stage will determine whether the 1 million-person waiting list converts into meaningful activity in a sector where Kalshi and Polymarket already generate tens of billions of dollars in monthly notional volume.
