Bitcoin News
By Bruce Buterin
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Bitcoin Bets and World Cup Wagers. The two main prediction categories at launch — Bitcoin price movements and the FIFA World Cup —…
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What the Phantom Integration Actually Changes. Staying inside Phantom isn't just a convenience feature. It's a distribution play.
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Prediction Market World went live on Solana this week. It's a prediction platform built entirely onchain, sitting right inside the Phantom wallet — no fund transfers, no…
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The timing is pretty deliberate. Bitcoin volatility isn't going anywhere, and the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup is one of the most-watched sporting events on the planet.
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The core pitch here is custody. Most prediction platforms still require users to deposit funds into a separate app or a platform-controlled account.
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Solana's speed matters here too. Prediction markets are time-sensitive by nature — you're betting on something that either happens or doesn't, often within a short window.
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Related: Kalshi Hits $10 Billion Weekly Volume as World Cup Drives Prediction Market Boom
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Prediction markets more broadly have had a complicated few years. Regulatory pressure in the United States has pushed several platforms into legal fights over whether their…
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Staying inside Phantom isn't just a convenience feature. It's a distribution play. Phantom has a large existing user base across Solana, and building directly into the wallet…
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The stealth-mode development period also probably helped here. By the time the platform launched publicly, the onchain mechanics were presumably stable enough to handle real user…
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Read also: Sorare Bets on World Cup Cards to Revive NFT Market
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And it's worth noting — the developers gave no timeline on new features, no roadmap, no hints about what comes after Bitcoin and World Cup predictions.
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For now, users inside Phantom on Solana can place predictions on Bitcoin price direction and 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup outcomes, fully onchain, without moving a single token out…
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