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Dated posts, newest first. Launches, markets, partnerships, product changes, and the occasional X moment worth noting.

Sep 6, 2026note·X MOMENT

Still in follow-and-hype mode

Recent posts lean into community follows, 'the next big thing,' and 'world street bets.' Commentary is asking whether a marketing-heavy Solana prediction market can take share from Polymarket and Kalshi that's opinion, not a product update. Phantom's token page still warns the Pump.fun WORLD token is not confirmed as official.

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Sep 4, 2026market·CONFIRMED

Football expansion: every league, every game

After the World Cup launch markets, World pushed into broader football coverage: 'we are back boys' on 28 August, then 'every league, every game, football is back' on 4 September.

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Aug 19, 2026news

The copycat WORLD tokens problem, and how to avoid them

There is no confirmed official World token. Multiple copycats exist. Here's how to not get caught by one.

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Aug 14, 2026news·CONFIRMED

UFC live, Hyperliquid support, and a mindshare study

UFC 330 went live on World. The same week, World announced formal support for Hyperliquid while continuing to talk Solana. A Cookie3 attention study measured a 23 June globe post at roughly 3.15M impressions and outsized launch-week social mindshare.

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Aug 9, 2026note·X MOMENT

"Top 10 with almost no website"

World posted it was top 10 with no website and about 4 live markets, and expected top 3 by year end. This is an official claim, not an independently audited ranking.

Official@world_xyz
Aug 6, 2026news·X MOMENT

The house starts hiring in public

Official hiring thread: comment to apply, DMs closed, referral bonus publicly raised from $200k to $500k, growth role described as open indefinitely and 'best in the world.'

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Aug 3, 2026news

Chainlink as World's oracle layer, explained simply

World uses Chainlink to help resolve markets. Here's what an oracle does and why it matters for trust.

Jul 22, 2026news

World inside Phantom: what the integration actually does

World is reachable from inside the Phantom wallet. Here's what that does and doesn't mean for custody.

Jul 8, 2026note·X MOMENT

The Robinhood Chain post

World posted that it would migrate off Solana onto Robinhood Chain after 24 hours of deliberation, and said Chainlink would still support it. This was a real, highly viral post. It was not followed by a confirmed completed migration the account bio stayed 'the solana prediction market,' and later posts and independent research kept describing a Solana system.

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Jul 3, 2026news·CONFIRMED

Launch explainers spread

Follow-up coverage repeated the core launch facts: live inside a wallet with roughly 20 million users, no extra app or account needed, US regulatory status called unclear, CASH settlement, World Cup plus crypto first.

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Jul 1, 2026news·CONFIRMED

World is live

Official public launch as the Solana-native, fully onchain prediction market. Live on world.xyz and in Phantom on iOS, Android, and desktop. Chainlink named as oracle infra. Opening markets: Bitcoin up/down and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, settling in CASH.

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Jun 30, 2026note·X MOMENT

Austin Federa flags the disclosure, the globe account goes public

Austin Federa posted that the real alpha was in Phantom's disclosures and T&Cs, pulling the teaser account into the open. A reported $80,000 world.xyz domain transfer is domain history, not a funding round.

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Jun 24, 2026news·CONFIRMED

The mystery account was sitting in the T&Cs

Phantom's disclosure page named World Prediction Markets as the non-custodial protocol behind its onchain prediction markets the legal unmasking, not the marketing launch.

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Jun 1, 2026news·CONFIRMED

Phantom switches to World for in-wallet prediction markets

Phantom began routing in-wallet prediction markets opened from 1 June through World, replacing the Kalshi setup that had run since December 2025.

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Unofficial archive. Compiled from public reporting and official posts, June–September 2026. Not affiliated with World. Confirm live markets inside Phantom or at world.xyz.