A Solana-based prediction market platform is launching, aiming to compete with market leaders Polymarket and Kalshi.
The new platform has been christened World — not to be confused with the Sam Altman-backed, human verification project which shares the same name.
According to a social media post, World will be available through the popular Phantom crypto wallet, and Chainlink will provide oracle infrastructure to enable "immediate resolutions and instant payouts."
"Prediction markets are one of the most powerful applications you can build on a high-performance blockchain," Solana Foundation's Head of Consumer Pedro Miranda said in an article shared on World's X account. "World is designed to show what Solana makes possible: real-time markets, onchain settlement, and a user experience that meets people where they are."
Of the two major players, Polymarket is the most crypto native, accepting various cryptocurrencies that it then converts into Circle's USDC stablecoin. Kalshi accepts USDC, Solana, and Bitcoin, then converts them to fiat USD.
