Myriad Launches World Cup Prediction Market with $100,000 Prize Pool
As the FIFA World Cup approaches next month, prediction market Myriad is launching a trading competition in partnership with the Layer-1 blockchain D.Energy, with a prize pool of $100,000.
“We’re thrilled to be running this contest during the World Cup,” said Farokh Sarmad, Myriad Co-Founder and President. “With billions of viewers tuning in to the tournament from around the world, this is a great opportunity to showcase how prediction markets work around sports tournaments on a global stage.”
Competition Details
The FIFA World Cup 2026 Prediction Contest allows Myriad users to make predictions on every match in the competition, with over 75 multi-binary markets available at launch. The top traders and market makers will compete for a $100,000 prize pool.
The top three traders will receive $20,000, $10,000, and $5,000 respectively, with the remaining $10,000 distributed among the rest of the leaderboard, which will run until the end of the contest.
Top market makers will draw on a weekly pool of $5,000 in maker volume rewards throughout the contest. The leaderboard will reset each week.
Partnerships and Recent Developments
The competition builds on Myriad’s recent collaborations with Chainlink, whose oracles provide market resolution, and 55 Tech, its new tech partner for real-time sports data.
Earlier this year, Myriad closed a seed investment round, which CEO Loxley Fernandes said would allow the prediction market to “invest aggressively in product development, liquidity, and market expansion.”
Tournament Preview
The World Cup is considered the world’s largest sporting event, with approximately 1.5 billion global viewers tuning in to the last final in Qatar, according to FIFA. This year’s event begins on June 11 with South Africa facing hosts Mexico. Myriad users currently give South Africa a 13% chance of winning.
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