On July 30, on-chain analytics firm Chainalysis released a report on the transaction volumes brought about by the 2026 FIFA World Cup in prediction markets and NFTs (non-fungible tokens). During the 2026 World Cup, from January through the end of the tournament, the prediction markets saw a massive total of $20 billion (approximately ¥3 trillion) in transactions. Notably, $5.7 billion of these transactions occurred during the five weeks of the tournament...
