Here are some hot sports and political events that may appear in the prediction markets next year.

January:
Australian Open
Ugandan General Election
Portuguese Presidential Election (possibly next month)

February:
Grammy Awards
Milano Cortina Winter Olympics (6th to 22nd)
Six Nations Rugby Championship
Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup (final probably next month)
Costa Rican General Election

March:
Milano Winter Paralympics
Academy Awards
World Indoor Athletics Championships
NCAA Final Four
NVIDIA GTC Conference

April:
End of US tax season, market forecasts Federal Reserve rate cuts/hikes in the first half of the year.
UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals

May:
UEFA Champions League Final
“Doping Games” in Las Vegas
OpenAI Spring Launch Event (possibly)

June:
2025-2026 NBA Finals
2026 North America, Central America, and Mexico World Cup Opening

July:
USA’s 250th Independence Anniversary
North America, Central America, and Mexico World Cup Final

August:
European Athletics Championships
World U20 Athletics Championships
Total Solar Eclipse/Partial Lunar Eclipse (weather events)
US Open Tennis Grand Slam Opening

September:
20th Asian Games (Japan)
iPhone 18 Series Launch

October:
MLB( Major League Baseball Championship Series
League of Legends S16 World Championship
NBA New Season Opener

November:
US Midterm Elections
New York Marathon
WTA Year-End Finals

December:
New Zealand General Election
South Sudan General Election (expected)
F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Year-end Christmas Market Forecast (e.g., S&P 500 index price prediction)

By 2026, I believe prediction markets will see broader application and ecosystem expansion, and large-scale events like the World Cup will be great opportunities for prediction platforms to capture market share.

This is just a partial list of hot events; I will update it regularly. Everyone is also welcome to contribute. Continuing to support the leading prediction market platform @Polymarket.