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Crypto

World Cup boosts prediction markets; 60 percent of new Polymarket users are first-time crypto users

About 60 percent of users who began betting on the World Cup on prediction market platform Polymarket were new to blockchain protocols, according to an analysis of on-chain activity by Bitget Wallet. Daily taker volume hit a record $713 million on June 21, Dune data showed, with World Cup-related contracts driving growth. Bernstein said the 2026 FIFA World Cup could lift sports betting and prediction-market volumes, while U.S. states increase legal pressure.

AI & Enterprise

Watching World Cup South Africa match with ChatGPT, \'chance of reaching last 32 at 91 percent\'

A reporter watched South Korea’s 2026 FIFA World Cup group match against South Africa using ChatGPT’s football hub, asking about tactics, formations, players and tournament rules. The tool explained lineup choices, the 48-team format and added-time rules, and calculated group-stage scenarios and win-draw-loss probabilities. It also provided qualitative and quantitative match analysis, though it lagged on real-time events and could not identify players from images. After a 1-0 loss, it estimated South Korea’s last-32 chances at 91.2 percent based on Opta.

Industry

2026 World Cup official ball Trionda aerodynamics analysed; harder kicks shorten flight distance

A joint South Korea-U.S.-Japan research team tested the 2026 FIFA World Cup official ball, Adidas\'s Trionda, in a wind tunnel and published results in Applied Sciences. The ball recorded a critical speed of 11.9 metres per second in two orientations, the lowest among five World Cup balls studied. Drag stayed stable at corner-kick and free-kick speeds, but simulations showed slightly shorter flight distance, with long kicks dropping a few metres earlier.