Decrypt and FOMO HOUR’s Farokh Sarmad to Lead at NEXTPredict NY Summit

Preface

NEXTPredict NYC, The World’s Prediction Markets Summit, will convene industry leaders at Convene Hudson Yards on October 22–23. This announcement outlines a multi-brand partnership between NEXTPredict and DASTAN, the parent company of Decrypt Media, Rug Radio and Myriad Markets. The collaboration positions Decrypt as the summit’s exclusive Premier Media Partner, with DASTAN’s teams providing live coverage, onsite programming and extended promotion. The partnership also highlights the involvement of Decrypt’s FOMO HOUR and Myriad Markets in delivering content and industry engagement before, during and after the event.

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Decrypt will livestream the main stage, FOMO HOUR will broadcast from the floor, and Farokh Sarmad will moderate panels and speak—while Myriad Markets and Decrypt host an invitation-only closing reception. Live coverage, panel leadership and VIP networking are central to the partnership’s value.

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NEXTPredict.io, a leading organizer of conferences and media coverage for the prediction markets industry, has announced a strategic partnership with DASTAN for the upcoming NEXTPredict NYC summit at Convene Hudson Yards on October 22–23. DASTAN’s suite of brands—Decrypt Media, Rug Radio and Myriad Markets—will play prominent roles across communications, programming and networking initiatives tied to the two-day event.

Under the agreement, Decrypt will act as the summit’s exclusive Premier Media Partner. That designation includes comprehensive live reporting, editorial promotion across Decrypt’s channels and original onsite content produced by Decrypt teams. Decrypt will livestream the full Main Stage program through its X account, expanding the summit’s reach beyond the venue to a global audience. In parallel, FOMO HOUR will broadcast from the conference floor, delivering interviews, highlights and context to its audience and offering real-time access to the conversations shaping the prediction markets sector.

Myriad Markets, DASTAN’s prediction markets platform and a sister company to Decrypt, will participate as a Gold Partner and serve as the summit’s exclusive Wi-Fi partner. This integration underscores Myriad’s operational involvement in the event and aligns the platform with key industry stakeholders attending the summit.

DASTAN Co-Founder and President Farokh Sarmad will attend the summit with members of the Decrypt team. Sarmad is scheduled to moderate multiple panels, take part as a speaker and produce event-driven content for distribution across Decrypt, Rug Radio and FOMO HOUR. His presence is intended to connect the summit’s programming with Decrypt’s audience and to highlight the ongoing evolution of prediction markets at the intersection of crypto, finance, media and culture.

In the weeks leading up to the summit, Decrypt will introduce NEXTPredict to its readership and community through editorial features in the Decrypt Daily Dispatch newsletter, social media promotion and community-focused programming. These activities aim to prime the audience for the summit’s programming and to surface the topics and speakers attendees and remote viewers should watch.

Pierre Lindh, co-founder and managing director of NEXTPredict, emphasized the importance of bringing Decrypt and its affiliated brands into the event. Lindh noted that crypto communities helped elevate prediction markets from a nascent concept into a broader financial and commercial conversation, and that Decrypt has been a prominent media voice in tracking that transformation. By partnering with Decrypt, Rug Radio and FOMO HOUR, NEXTPredict expects to amplify the summit’s conversations to a wider community and to engage viewers who recognized the potential of these markets early.

The summit will conclude on the evening of October 23 with an invitation-only VIP networking reception co-hosted by NEXTPredict and Decrypt. The co-branded event will gather roughly 100 senior industry figures—founders, investors, regulators, market operators and media—for private conversations and relationship building.

Farokh Sarmad commented on the partnership and the summit’s significance, noting that prediction markets operate at the crossroads of crypto, finance, news and culture—areas central to Decrypt’s coverage and community engagement. He said NEXTPredict brings together the people building, funding, regulating and reporting on the market at a critical stage, and that Decrypt’s live coverage will enable their audience to follow these discussions closely and understand the likely directions for the industry.

NEXTPredict NYC is expected to draw about 2,500 participants, including operators, investors, regulators, market makers, founders, suppliers and media representatives. Across five stages, the summit will cover topics such as regulation, liquidity, market infrastructure, institutional capital, forecasting applications, product development and the role of media in distributing market signals. The programming is designed to facilitate discussion, deal-making and collaboration among the practitioners and stakeholders shaping the future of prediction markets.

For more information about the NEXTPredict Summit, visit: https://nextpredict.io/summits/the-worlds-prediction-markets-summit/

About NEXTPredict

NEXTPredict is a media and events platform focused on the global prediction markets industry. Created by the team behind NEXT.io, NEXTPredict provides independent news, analysis and convenings at the intersection of forecasting, finance, technology and public policy. Its flagship event, The World’s Prediction Markets Summit, will take place Oct. 22–23, 2026, at Convene Hudson Yards in New York City and will convene founders, executives, investors and policymakers to examine the evolving landscape of market-based forecasting.

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