DUBAI, UAE — June 12, 2026
Executive Summary
Mantle has announced the launch of InsightX, an AI-native prediction market infrastructure designed to transform forecasts into tradable, verifiable, and yield-generating on-chain positions. Built natively on Mantle, InsightX introduces a new InfoFi model that combines artificial intelligence, market execution, and productive capital mechanisms within a single network. The launch expands Mantle’s ecosystem ahead of the 2026 World Cup, enabling users to participate in markets spanning sports, crypto assets, macro trends, and real-world events while maintaining capital productivity throughout the market lifecycle.
Announcement Overview
InsightX introduces a new category of on-chain information finance infrastructure by combining AI-powered intelligence, prediction markets, yield generation, and blockchain settlement into a unified platform. Built on Mantle’s distribution layer, the platform enables users to convert forecasts into tradable market positions while continuing to earn yield from deployed capital. According to the announcement, InsightX is designed to address the traditional challenge of idle capital within prediction markets by integrating multiple yield sources directly into the market experience. The launch also strengthens Mantle’s growing focus on AI, DeFi, InfoFi, and agent-native applications, while bringing additional liquidity, market activity, and information-driven trading opportunities to the ecosystem.
Key Announcement Details
- Announcement Type: AI-Native Prediction Market Infrastructure Launch
- Announcement Date: June 12, 2026
- Announcing Organization: Mantle
- New Platform: InsightX
- Platform Category: AI-Native Prediction Market and InfoFi Infrastructure
- Launch Timing: Ahead of the 2026 World Cup
- Built On: Mantle Network
- Core Purpose: Transform forecasts into tradable, verifiable, and yield-generating on-chain positions
- Primary Innovation: Combines AI intelligence, prediction markets, capital efficiency, and blockchain settlement within a single network
- InfoFi Focus: Connects information, forecasting, and capital through on-chain market infrastructure
- Supported Market Categories: Crypto assets, macroeconomic trends, sports tournaments, and real-world events
- User Benefit: Ability to participate in prediction markets while capital remains productive and yield-generating
- Traditional Market Limitation Addressed: Idle capital during open prediction markets
- Yield Sources: Liquidity provision, protocol fees, stablecoin strategies, collateral assets, and AI-powered market making
- Infrastructure Model: Three-layer hybrid architecture
- First Layer: AI Intelligence Layer for transforming real-world information into live market signals
- Second Layer: Execution Layer for AI-powered pricing, liquidity provision, and trade execution
- Third Layer: Settlement & Verification Layer powered by Mantle
- Settlement Layer Functions: Asset security, transaction verification, transparent settlement, and scalable market infrastructure
- Network Advantages: Low-cost execution, transparent outcomes, scalable infrastructure, and support for productive capital between settlement events
- Trading Capabilities: Supports high-frequency trading activity
- Reason for Choosing Mantle: Low-cost infrastructure, scalability, and growing AI, DeFi, and InfoFi ecosystem
- Ecosystem Impact: Expands Mantle’s agent-native application ecosystem
- Expected Benefits for Mantle Ecosystem: Increased liquidity, greater market activity, and information-driven trading opportunities
- InsightX Vision: Build a predictive economic layer where information becomes a tradable on-chain asset
- Mantle Strategic Focus: AI-native, yield-generating, and composable financial infrastructure
- Broader Industry Theme: Convergence of AI, blockchain infrastructure, prediction markets, and information finance
- Mantle Ecosystem Assets: More than $2 billion in community-owned assets
- Core Mantle Ecosystem Projects: mETH, fBTC, MI4, and related ecosystem initiatives
- Notable Mantle Ecosystem Partners: Ethena USDe, Ondo USDY, and OP-Succinct
- InsightX Positioning: AI-native InfoFi prediction market
- InsightX Core Function: Converts data, judgments, expectations, and forecasts into tradable, verifiable, and settleable assets
- InsightX Value Proposition: Turns insights into yield and capital efficiency
- InsightX CEO Quoted: Florian J.
- Mantle Representative Quoted: Emily Bao, Key Advisor at Mantle and Spot Executive at Bybit
Mantle Launches First AI-Native Prediction Market with InsightX Ahead of the 2026 World Cup
Mantle announced the launch of InsightX, describing it as an AI-native prediction market infrastructure that converts forecasts into tradable, verifiable on-chain positions capable of generating yield.
Built directly on the Mantle network, InsightX enables participation in markets connected to:
- Crypto assets
- Macroeconomic trends
- Sports tournaments
- Real-world events
- Information-driven market outcomes
According to the announcement, the platform combines:
- AI intelligence
- Prediction markets
- Yield-generating capital mechanisms
- On-chain verification
- Scalable blockchain settlement
The launch arrives ahead of the 2026 World Cup and represents a significant addition to Mantle’s expanding ecosystem of AI-focused and information-driven financial applications.
Beyond Prediction Markets: A New InfoFi Layer on Mantle
Mantle stated that InsightX represents a new InfoFi layer, combining information markets and capital efficiency within a single ecosystem.
According to the company, traditional prediction markets often face a common limitation:
- Capital remains idle while markets are open
InsightX addresses this challenge by enabling capital to remain productive throughout the trading lifecycle.
The platform allows users to participate in prediction markets while simultaneously generating yield from multiple mechanisms.
These yield sources include:
- Liquidity provision
- Protocol fees
- Stablecoin strategies
- Collateral assets
- AI-powered market making
According to Mantle, this structure allows both information and capital to move together across the network.
Key InfoFi characteristics highlighted in the announcement include:
- Tradable information
- Verifiable market outcomes
- Capital productivity
- On-chain settlement
- AI-assisted market intelligence
- Yield generation during active market periods
The company stated that InsightX transforms prediction markets into a broader information-finance network where forecasts can become economic assets.
Three-Layer Architecture
InsightX is built using a hybrid architecture consisting of three core operational layers.
AI Intelligence Layer
The first layer focuses on transforming real-world information into actionable market signals.
According to the announcement, this layer is designed to:
- Process information inputs
- Generate intelligence-driven signals
- Support prediction market activity
- Translate information into market opportunities
The AI Intelligence Layer serves as the analytical foundation supporting information-based market participation.
Execution Layer
The second layer is responsible for market operations and trading functionality.
Key functions include:
- AI-powered pricing
- Liquidity provision
- Trade execution
- Market activity management
According to the company, the Execution Layer enables efficient interaction between participants and market opportunities.
Settlement & Verification Layer (Mantle)
The third layer is built directly on Mantle and focuses on settlement, security, and verification.
According to the announcement, this layer:
- Secures assets on-chain
- Secures transaction activity
- Provides transparent outcomes
- Supports scalable market infrastructure
- Delivers low-cost execution
- Enables productive capital between settlement events
- Supports high-frequency trading activity
Mantle stated that this architecture creates a framework capable of supporting information-driven markets at scale.
Why InsightX Is Building on Mantle
According to the announcement, InsightX selected Mantle as its infrastructure foundation because of the network’s focus on scalability, efficiency, and emerging financial innovation sectors.
Key considerations highlighted by the company include:
- Low-cost infrastructure
- Scalable blockchain architecture
- Growing AI ecosystem
- DeFi-focused development
- InfoFi ecosystem expansion
- Efficient transaction execution
As a prediction market platform, InsightX stated that it benefits from infrastructure designed to support:
- Fast execution
- Transparent settlement
- Autonomous participation
- Large-scale market activity
- Scalable financial applications
The launch also contributes additional activity to Mantle’s broader ecosystem through information-driven trading and liquidity participation.
According to the announcement, the partnership strengthens Mantle’s position as a platform supporting next-generation financial infrastructure.
Ecosystem Expansion and Market Activity
Mantle stated that the launch expands its ecosystem of agent-native and AI-focused applications.
The introduction of InsightX is expected to contribute:
- Additional liquidity
- Expanded market participation
- Information-driven trading activity
- New economic use cases
- Broader ecosystem engagement
The company described the platform as part of its broader effort to connect information, capital, and blockchain infrastructure within a unified network environment.
By introducing a dedicated InfoFi layer, Mantle continues expanding ecosystem capabilities beyond traditional decentralized finance applications.
The launch also introduces a new use case where market participants can interact with information as an economic asset while maintaining capital productivity throughout the process.
Leadership Statements
Florian J., CEO of InsightX, commented on the company’s vision for information-driven financial markets and the role Mantle plays in supporting that objective.
“The financial markets of tomorrow will not just be markets for assets, they will be markets for information. Mantle gives us the high-performance, low-cost foundation to build that future. We are not just building a prediction market. We are building the predictive economic layer that Mantle’s ecosystem deserves.”
According to the company, InsightX aims to create infrastructure where information can be transformed into tradable and verifiable economic activity through blockchain-based markets.
Emily Bao, Key Advisor at Mantle and Spot Executive at Bybit, highlighted the strategic significance of bringing AI-native information infrastructure to the Mantle ecosystem.
“InsightX represents exactly the kind of infrastructure Mantle ecosystem has been building toward, AI-native, yield-generating, and deeply composable with the distribution layer. Transforming cognitive judgment into on-chain assets that can be traded and verified is a natural evolution of the RWA thesis. Where real-world value flows, real-world information should follow.”
The company stated that the launch reflects Mantle’s continued focus on infrastructure supporting AI, information markets, and on-chain financial innovation.
About Mantle
Mantle positions itself as a distribution layer connecting traditional finance and on-chain liquidity while providing access to real-world asset opportunities.
According to the company, Mantle supports institutional participation through infrastructure focused on:
- Liquidity
- Scalability
- Distribution
- Real-world asset connectivity
- Institutional-grade infrastructure
The ecosystem includes more than $2 billion in community-owned assets and is anchored by $MNT within the broader Mantle ecosystem.
Core ecosystem projects include:
- mETH
- fBTC
- MI4
Mantle also maintains partnerships with organizations and protocols including:
- Ethena USDe
- Ondo USDY
- OP-Succinct
The company stated that its objective is to power how real-world finance connects with on-chain markets and liquidity networks.
About InsightX
InsightX is an AI-native InfoFi prediction market platform designed to transform data, judgments, forecasts, and expectations into tradable, verifiable, and settleable assets.
According to the company, the platform focuses on:
- Information-based market participation
- Yield generation
- Capital efficiency
- On-chain verification
- Prediction market infrastructure
InsightX aims to create an environment where information can function as an economic asset while supporting productive capital deployment throughout market activity.
