Under-the-Radar Middle Eastern Player Set to Be the Star of the 2026 World Cup Prediction Market?

Original Title: "Quiet Middle Eastern Player, Will It Become the 'Protagonist' of the 2026 World Cup Prediction Market?"

Original Author: Mach, Foresight News

On April 2, FIFA announced a multi-year partnership with ADI Predictstreet, naming it the official prediction market partner for the FIFA World Cup 2026. In just a few days, the price of its underlying technology-supported ADI Chain native token ADI surged from the bottom to a historic high, with the token price more than quadrupling since the end of 2025.

The FIFA World Cup will be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States in June 2026, featuring 48 teams, 104 matches, covering 16 host cities, and expecting a global audience of billions.

With such a potentially huge market, the prediction market will certainly not miss this opportunity. However, to everyone's surprise, this time the protagonist is not Kalshi or Polymarket, but the little-known ADI Predictstreet.

Prediction Market Going Live Tonight

ADI Predictstreet is a prediction market platform built by Abu Dhabi's ADI Chain ecosystem. It will leverage FIFA's official historical data to provide fans with a dynamic prediction experience. The ADI Chain mainnet went live in December 2025, and tonight, its ecosystem-built prediction market service is set to launch officially, requiring users to pre-register for permission.

On April 8, ADI Predictstreet announced it has received regulatory approval from Gibraltar.

The CEO of ADI Predictstreet is Dimitrios Psarrakis, holding a Master's degree in Financial Economics from Harvard University. He served as an Economic and Monetary Policy Expert in the European Parliament for 7 years and was a key drafter of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and DLT Pilot Regime. He has been recognized as one of the top 100 most influential individuals in the global RegTech and blockchain sectors.

ADI Predictstreet is a subsidiary of Finstreet, which is a key part of Abu Dhabi's and even the UAE's digital transformation strategy.

Sunidhi Pasan

The CEO of Finstreet is Sunidhi Pasan, a holder of a Master's degree in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford. She has led Finstreet from concept to obtaining 8 ADGM regulatory licenses.

Finstreet is a subsidiary of Sirius International Holding, which, in turn, is part of the UAE's largest investment holding company, IHC (International Holding Company).

IHC is led by a member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family and UAE's Vice President, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, providing Finstreet with strong financial backing and sovereign-level credit support.

ADI Chain and Tokenomics

ADI Chain is an Ethereum Layer 2 network driven by the ADI Foundation. It is built using zkSync's Atlas and Airbender technology stack, EVM compatible, supporting zero-knowledge proofs, fast proof generation, scalability, and security. ADI Chain's business focus includes RWA, stablecoins (including a planned UAE Dirham stablecoin issuance), and emerging market compliance scenarios.

In this collaboration, all prediction transactions and settlements will consume ADI tokens as Gas fees, directly providing the token with a clear utility demand.

ADI is the native token of ADI Chain, used for paying transaction fees, incentives, and governance on the network, with a fixed total supply of 999,999,999 tokens and no additional inflationary mechanism.

According to the ADI Foundation official documentation, the token allocation ratio and unlocking schedule are as follows:

· Community Fund - 35% (linear unlocking over 72 months, 1.39% unlocked at TGE)

· Treasury Reserve - 25% (linear unlocking over 108 months, 5% unlocked at TGE)

· Private Sale Investors 12% (72 months linear unlock with a 12-month lockup period)

· Partnerships 10% (72 months linear unlock with a 12-month lockup period)

· Team 10% (72 months linear unlock with a 12-month lockup period)

· Token Incentive Pool 4% (100% available at TGE)

· Liquidity Pool 4% (100% unlocked at TGE)

The team has stated that its initial year unlock schedule will release gradually on a fixed date each month, with subsequent adjustments based on ecosystem demand.

As the prediction market matures in the crypto space, platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi have already gained popularity in political and sports events. However, FIFA's choice to partner with emerging platform ADI Predictstreet, backed by its official endorsement, significantly enhances mainstream adoption.

During the 2022 Qatar World Cup, several DeFi projects attempted event predictions, but none received official authorization. FIFA's formal entry into the scene may indeed be a key step in the prediction market's transition from the periphery to the mainstream.

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