Overview
- World launched on July 1 inside the Phantom wallet and at world.xyz, letting users open, settle and redeem tokenized event contracts directly from their Solana wallets.
- The platform uses Chainlink Data Streams and the Chainlink Runtime Environment to supply market data and automate outcome resolution without relying on human arbitration.
- Trades and payouts settle in Phantom’s CASH stablecoin so winning positions are designed to redeem automatically while users keep custody of funds until they enter a market.
- Initial offerings include short-duration Bitcoin price markets and 2026 FIFA World Cup contracts, and World says it will add sports, political, geopolitical and macro markets plus new frontend partners through July.
- Phantom’s disclosures flag risks from oracle failures, delayed or manipulated data and note several unaffiliated WORLD-themed tokens on launchpads that are not official World assets.