Polymarket debuts perpetuals and World Cup page ahead of tournament
Polymarket has launched perpetual contracts and activated a dedicated World Cup page with map view as the tournament approaches, according to platform updates reported May 30 across multiple crypto news outlets. The offshore prediction market also deployed several smart contracts ahead of the event, per community user @Caneleo55 reported by Odaily on May 28, potentially for tournament-tied markets. The moves expand Polymarket beyond binary event contracts and position it to capture sports trading volume during one of the world's most-watched events. The World Cup section remained in final testing as of the May 30 updates, with no full contract specifications or exact launch timing disclosed.
Polymarket must convert its World Cup page and perpetuals into fee-generating volume that outruns Kalshi's hedge fund courtship and Interactive Brokers integration. Any shortfall leaves the Nasdaq Private Market partnership as its only institutional defense against Kalshi's two-track retail and institutional strategy.
Brings the running tally of World Cup-focused product moves this week to four platforms — Polymarket's contracts and perpetuals, its earlier winner and match markets, Myriad's $100K competition, and Kalshi's promoted Spain bet — as prediction markets treat the tournament as their largest shared liquidity event since the 2024 U.S. election cycle.