{"id":75699,"date":"2026-07-21T08:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/europes-top-official-urges-fifa-to-act\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:07:37","slug":"europes-top-official-urges-fifa-to-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/europes-top-official-urges-fifa-to-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s Top Official Urges FIFA to Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The Secretary General wants FIFA talks on an integrity framework for the 2030 World Cup.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Berset says player-action betting and FIFA\u2019s prediction deal widen fraud risks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">FIFA says its partner already uses live monitoring and information sharing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- --> <\/p>\n<h2>FIFA\u2019s Promised Safeguards May Not be Sufficient<\/h2>\n<p>Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset called on FIFA to begin an international dialogue on protecting the integrity of the 2030 World Cup, declaring that \u201cthe next crisis has already begun.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/portal\/-\/before-the-final-whistle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In a statement<\/a> published on the day of Sunday\u2019s final, Berset said the sport\u2019s emerging crisis had \u201ctwo names: money and power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berset proposed a \u201cthird half\u201d in the form of talks between FIFA and the Council of Europe aimed at building an integrity framework before the next World Cup. The intervention is a proposal from the organization\u2019s secretary general, not a resolution adopted by its 46 member states or a binding instruction to FIFA.<\/p>\n<p>As has been the case elsewhere, markets determined by individual player actions rather than match results are the source of primary concern. Berset said bets on cards, corners, passes or other incidents that one participant can influence without changing the final score create an \u201copen door to fraud,\u201d which he argued FIFA has directly widened by bringing a prediction market into the World Cup\u2019s official sponsorship program for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA named blockchain-backed ADI Predictstreet its first official prediction-market partner in April under a multi-year agreement. The platform used FIFA data to offer markets involving match results, tournament statistics, standout players and key moments, while also presenting FIFA\u2019s free-to-play bracket challenge.<\/p>\n<p>ADI Predictstreet subsequently opened its real-money platform in Gibraltar and reached <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/fifa-prediction-partner-adi-predictstreet-opens-to-us-traders-despite-licensing-questions-ahead-of-world-cup\/\">US traders<\/a> through Fanatics Markets, while DAZN added a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/dazn-adds-adi-predictstreets-free-to-play-predictions-for-the-fifa-world-cup-2026\/\">free-to-play experience<\/a> to its World Cup coverage.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA said when announcing the partnership that ADI Predictstreet would operate under a \u201ccomprehensive integrity monitoring framework.\u201d The governing body said safeguards would include real-time monitoring of suspicious trading and structured systems for sharing and reporting information. It said those controls would protect fairness, transparency and participants.<\/p>\n<p>Berset\u2019s statement did not allege that manipulation occurred on ADI Predictstreet or identify a suspicious World Cup trade. Instead, it questioned whether monitoring arrangements are sufficient when markets allow traders to take positions on events that individual players can deliberately produce.<\/p>\n<p>The warning followed an earlier Council of Europe statement on July 13 that described so-called negative bets as particularly vulnerable to manipulation. It said one player or one action may determine such a market without affecting the match result, making these products <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/portal\/-\/sport-must-remain-fair-safe-and-free-from-undue-influence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an \u201cinsidious\u201d integrity threat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>European gambling regulators had already cautioned sports organizations against commercial relationships with prediction platforms. A coordinated <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/kalshis-messi-fronted-world-cup-push-meets-a-nine-nation-european-warning\/\">nine-regulator warning<\/a> issued before the tournament cited unauthorized gambling, weak age controls, money laundering and sports-integrity risks.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA and the Council of Europe have had <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.fifa.com\/organisation\/president\/media-releases\/council-of-europe-and-fifa-sign-memorandum-of-understanding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a formal cooperation agreement<\/a> since 2018. Their memorandum covers integrity, good governance, major sporting events and operational coordination, and specifically committed the organizations to strengthening the fight against match-fixing.<\/p>\n<p>Berset cited that history of international cooperation as the model for his proposed 2030 framework. The Council of Europe previously developed binding conventions on stadium safety, doping and competition manipulation, but his latest proposal has not yet produced an agreed process, timetable or new rules for FIFA and its prediction-market partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/the-next-crisis-has-already-begun-europes-top-official-urges-fifa-to-act\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways The Secretary General wants FIFA talks on an integrity framework for the 2030 World Cup. Berset says player-action betting and FIFA\u2019s prediction deal widen fraud risks. FIFA says its partner already uses live monitoring and information sharing. 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