Robinhood in Talks with Crypto.com to Expand Prediction Markets
Quick Look
Robinhood is discussing a partnership with Crypto.com to offer yes-or-no event contracts in its prediction markets hub, expanding its 2025-launched platform initially facilitated by Kalshi and later by ForecastEx and Rotella.
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Why It Matters
Robinhood launched its prediction markets in March 2025, initially with Kalshi, to comply with CFTC regulations.
The company behind the cryptocurrency and stock trading app, Robinhood, is reportedly discussing plans to expand its existing prediction markets offering with crypto exchange Crypto.com. According to a Friday Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the matter, Robinhood is in talks with Crypto.com to place yes-or-no event contracts supplied by the exchange. The trading company launched its prediction markets hub in March 2025, initially facilitated by Kalshi in order to comply with regulatory requirements from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and later using ForecastEx and Rotella. The reported move came just days after Bernstein analysts raised the firm’s price target on Robinhood (HOOD) stock to $160 from $130 per share, based on the company’s outlook for prediction markets and tokenized equities. They estimated Robinhood’s revenue including prediction markets could reach $1.7 billion by 2028.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Robinhood and Crypto.com will announce a formal partnership within the next quarter.
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Terms of the proposed partnership with Crypto.com
- Specific regulatory challenges anticipated
