Decrypt Media and FOMO Hour’s Thought Leader Farokh Sarmad to Take Main Stage at NEXTPredict NY Conference
NEXTPredict has named DASTAN — parent company of Decrypt Media, Rug Radio and Myriad Markets — a multi-brand partner for its NEXTPredict NYC summit on Oct. 22–23 at Convene Hudson Yards. Decrypt will act as the event’s exclusive premier media partner, livestreaming the Main Stage on X while DASTAN co-founder Farokh Sarmad moderates panels and appears as a speaker.
Why It Matters
The partnership brings a major crypto and prediction-markets media network into the summit’s coverage, expanding live access to main-stage discussions and connecting NEXTPredict with Decrypt’s audience ahead of the event. That amplified reach could broaden public visibility of conversations around regulation, liquidity and infrastructure in prediction markets.
Key Facts
- Event: NEXTPredict NYC summit (The World’s Prediction Markets Summit)
- Dates: October 22–23, 2026
- Venue: Convene Hudson Yards, New York City
- Media partner: Decrypt Media (exclusive Premier Media Partner)
- Parent company: DASTAN (owns Decrypt Media, Rug Radio, Myriad Markets)
NEXTPredict has announced a multi-brand partnership with DASTAN for its NEXTPredict NYC summit, scheduled for Oct. 22–23 at Convene Hudson Yards. Under the agreement, Decrypt Media will serve as the summit’s exclusive Premier Media Partner, providing live coverage, onsite programming and promotional support across DASTAN’s network.
DASTAN co-founder and president Farokh Sarmad will attend the summit, moderating several panels, speaking on stage and producing event content for distribution across Decrypt, Rug Radio and FOMO HOUR. Decrypt plans to livestream the entire Main Stage program via its X account, while FOMO HOUR will broadcast from the conference floor to bring sessions and interviews to its audience.
DASTAN’s prediction-market platform Myriad Markets will participate as a Gold Partner and act as the summit’s exclusive Wi‑Fi partner. In the lead-up to the event, Decrypt will promote NEXTPredict to its audience through the Decrypt Daily Dispatch newsletter, social channels and community programming.
NEXTPredict expects roughly 2,500 attendees, including operators, investors, regulators, market makers, founders, suppliers and media, spread across five stages. Session topics listed for the summit include regulation, liquidity, market infrastructure, institutional capital, forecasting applications, product development and the role of media in distributing market signals. The conference will conclude on the evening of Oct. 23 with an invitation-only NEXTPredict-and-Decrypt co-branded VIP reception for about 100 senior industry figures.