Written by: Mach, Foresight News
On April 2nd, FIFA announced a multi-year partnership with ADI Predictstreet, designating it as the official prediction market partner for the FIFA World Cup 2026. Within days, the price of ADI, the native token of ADI Chain, which is powered by ADI's underlying technology, surged from its lows to an all-time high, 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, and covering 16 host cities. It is expected to attract billions of viewers worldwide.
Given the enormous potential of this market, prediction markets certainly wouldn't miss the opportunity. However, no one expected that the protagonist this time wouldn't be Kalshi and Polymarket, but rather the relatively unknown ADI Predictstree.
Prediction Market Launching Tonight
ADI Predictstreet is a prediction market platform built within the Abu Dhabi ADI Chain ecosystem. It will utilize official FIFA historical data to provide fans with a dynamic prediction experience. The ADI Chain mainnet launched in December 2025, and tonight, its ecosystem prediction market service will officially launch; users need to register in advance to apply for access.
On April 8, ADI Predictstreet announced that it had received regulatory approval in Gibraltar.
The CEO of ADI Predictstreet is Dimitrios Psarrakis, who holds a Master's degree in Financial Economics from Harvard University. He served as an expert on economics and monetary policy at the European Parliament for seven years and was a key drafter of the EU's Crypto Asset Market Regulation (MiCA) and DLT pilot program. He has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the global RegTech and blockchain space.
ADI Predictstreet is a subsidiary of Finstreet, which is an important part of Abu Dhabi's and the UAE's digital transformation strategy.
Sunidhi Pasan
Finstreet's CEO is Sunidhi Pasan, who holds a Master of Laws and Finance degree from Oxford University. She led the entire process of Finstreet from concept to obtaining eight ADGM regulatory licenses.
Finstreet is a subsidiary of Sirius International Holding, which in turn belongs to IHC (International Holding Company), the largest investment holding company in the UAE.
The IHC is headed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family and the Vice President of the UAE, which provides Finstreet with extremely strong financial backing and sovereign-grade credit support.
ADI Chain and Token Economics
ADI Chain is an Ethereum Layer 2 network developed by the ADI Foundation. It is built using zkSync's Atlas and Airbender technology stack, has EVM compatibility, supports zero-knowledge proofs, and features rapid proof generation, scalability, and security. ADI Chain's business focuses on RWA, stablecoins (including the planned UAE Dirham stablecoin), and compliant scenarios in emerging markets.
In this collaboration, all forecast transactions and settlements will consume ADI tokens as gas fees, directly giving the tokens a clear utility need.
ADI is the native token of ADI Chain, used to pay transaction fees, incentivize and govern the network. Its total supply is fixed at 999,999,999 tokens, with no additional inflation mechanism.
According to the official documentation of the ADI Foundation, the token allocation ratio and unlocking schedule are as follows:
- The community fund accounts for 35% (72-month linear unlocking, 1.39% unlocked at TGE).
- Treasury reserves account for 25% (108 months linear unlocking, 5% unlocking at TGE).
- Private equity investors hold 12% (72-month linear unlocking, including a 12-month lock-up period).
- The partner holds 10% (72-month linear unlocking, including a 12-month lock-up period).
- The team owns 10% (72-month linear unlocking, including a 12-month lock-up period)
- The token incentive pool accounts for 4% (100% available during TGE).
- The liquidity pool accounts for 4% (100% unlocked during TGE).
The official statement indicated that the initial unlocking schedule would involve gradual releases on fixed dates each month, with subsequent adjustments made flexibly based on ecosystem needs.
As a mature sector in the crypto field, prediction markets have already seen platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi gain popularity through political and sports events. However, FIFA's decision to partner with the up-and-coming ADI Predictstreet, giving it official endorsement, greatly enhances its mainstream acceptance.
During the 2022 Qatar World Cup, several DeFi projects attempted to predict the matches, but none obtained official authorization. FIFA's official entry into the field may be a crucial step for the prediction market to move from the fringe to the mainstream.
