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Will the 2026 World Cup drive billions to crypto prediction markets, or will regulated CeFi capture the flow?

What happened

Bernstein analysts project the 2026 FIFA World Cup could generate up to $10 billion in prediction market and sports betting volume.

What we think

From a market-structure perspective, the primary battleground of this event is not between different sportsbooks, but rather between decentralized Web3 protocols and regulated CeFi platforms.

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Will the 2026 World Cup drive billions to crypto prediction markets, or will regulated CeFi capture the flow?

We explain what happened and what could follow. We do not forecast prices.

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