Robinhood: Predicting the Market is Becoming the Fastest-Growing Revenue Stream
BlockBeats News, November 26th, Robinhood has stated that the prediction market has become one of its fastest-growing revenue streams and plans to expand the business by introducing a futures and derivatives exchange and clearinghouse. In a statement released on Tuesday, Robinhood mentioned that since partnering with the prediction market platform Kalshi in March of this year to launch the prediction market, over 1 million users have traded 9 billion contracts.
JB Mackenzie, Robinhood's Futures and International Business General Manager, stated, "We've seen strong demand from users for the prediction market, and we're excited to continue building on this momentum." Robinhood stated that it will further increase its investment in the prediction market field, including establishing a futures and derivatives exchange and clearinghouse to deepen its presence in the prediction market.
"Our investment in infrastructure will allow us to bring a better experience and more innovative products to customers," added Mackenzie.
Robinhood plans to launch a derivatives exchange in 2026, with the exchange being majority-owned by Robinhood and served by Susquehanna International Group (SIG) as the initial liquidity provider. As part of this business, Robinhood will also acquire MIAXdx, a derivatives clearing organization and swap execution facility licensed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Robinhood stated that the derivatives exchange is expected to commence operations in 2026.
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