Prediction-Market

Prediction Markets are decentralized platforms where users trade shares based on the outcome of future events, ranging from elections to sports and crypto prices.By leveraging the "wisdom of the crowd," platforms like Polymarket provide highly accurate, censorship-resistant forecasting data. In 2026, these markets serve as a primary source of sentiment analysis and risk hedging. This tag covers the technology behind decentralized oracles, event-based liquidity, and the growing role of prediction markets in global information discovery.

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Created: 2026/02/02 18:52
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Robinhood (HOOD) Enters Betting Arena With NFL, College Football Prediction Markets

Robinhood (HOOD) Enters Betting Arena With NFL, College Football Prediction Markets

The post Robinhood (HOOD) Enters Betting Arena With NFL, College Football Prediction Markets appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Robinhood (HOOD) has partnered with Kalshi, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-regulated and blockchain-based prediction market, to let users trade on the outcomes of NFL and college football games. The betting market will be available through Robinhood’s Prediction Markets Hub, available across the U.S. through Kalshi, the popular trading platform said in a blog post on Wednesday. “Customers can now trade on the outcomes of the most popular pro and college football games, including all regular season pro matchups, and all college Power 4 schools and independents,” according to the post. Robinhood is positioning the move as an alternative to traditional betting platforms. Rather than routing through sportsbooks, these trades are executed on Kalshi’s federally regulated exchange and treated like commodities, not wagers. “Unlike sports betting, where the firm sets a line, event contracts leverage the power and rigor of financial market structure and are offered in a marketplace where buyers and sellers interact to set the price,” the blog post said. With this move Robinhood could be coming after some of the traditional betting platforms, such as DraftKings (DKNG) and Fanduel parent Flutter Entertainment (FLUT). Regulated sports betting The launch marks Robinhood’s latest move into prediction markets after previously signaling interest in the space. In March, the company rolled out a broader “Prediction Markets Hub” available through CFTC-regulated exchange Kalshi, following the popularity of crypto-native platforms like Polymarket, where users bet on outcomes ranging from elections to inflation rates using USDC. While Polymarket operated in a regulatory gray zone in the U.S., it recently said it is preparing an official return to the U.S. through the acquisition of QCX, a regulated derivatives exchange, following a federal investigation into Polymarket’s operations that was dropped. However, Robinhood sidestepped those regulatory concerns by partnering with Kalshi, which is an exchange already licensed…

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Robinhood Expands Sports Betting by Launching Football Prediction Markets

Robinhood Expands Sports Betting by Launching Football Prediction Markets

The post Robinhood Expands Sports Betting by Launching Football Prediction Markets appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Robinhood has expanded its prediction markets to include pro and college football. The move highlights the company’s aggressive strategy to grow its “predictions hub” into major new categories like sports. The new offering will become available to customers in the coming days, starting with contracts for the season’s first two weeks. A Growing Prediction Markets Hub Robinhood announced today the launch of pro and college football prediction markets within the Robinhood app. The new feature allows customers to trade on the outcomes of major games, including all professional regular season matchups and games involving Power 4 and independent college football teams. “Football is far and away the most popular sport in America. Adding pro and college football to our prediction markets hub is a no-brainer for us as we aim to make Robinhood a one-stop shop for all your investing and trading needs,” said JB Mackenzie, VP & GM of Futures and International at Robinhood, in a press release.  Robinhood Derivatives, LLC will offer these new contracts through KalshiEX LLC, a federally regulated exchange. Robinhood will soon launch pro and college football Prediction Markets directly within the Robinhood app, per $HOOD release; PMs will include all NFL and NCAA Power 4 conference regular season games; launch comes days after Kalshi announces its own expanded football PM offerings — Ryan Butler (@ButlerBets) August 19, 2025 The announcement expands on Robinhood’s existing prediction market offerings, which have already seen over 2 billion contracts traded. Unlike traditional sports betting, these are structured as financial markets where buyers and sellers set the prices, and users can manage their positions throughout a game. The new offerings will become fully available in the coming days. Robinhood will offer contracts for the first two weeks of the professional and college seasons at launch. The company plans to…

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Robinhood Partners with Kalshi to Launch Football Prediction Markets

Robinhood Partners with Kalshi to Launch Football Prediction Markets

The post Robinhood Partners with Kalshi to Launch Football Prediction Markets appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The financial services company looks to take on Polymarket in the sports betting arena ahead of the NFL and NCAA football seasons. Fintech giant Robinhood is expanding its prediction market offerings through a new partnership with Kalshi to offer NFL and NCAA football prediction markets on its app. Users will be able to speculate on the outcomes of the United States’ most popular sport, and the feature “will be available to all eligible customers in the coming days.” Robinhood’s plans to offer initial contracts for the first two weeks of the professional and collegiate seasons, and will continue to add weekly matches over time. The trading platform revealed its first prediction markets, known as “event contracts,” in March. With the launch, Robinhood is challenging not only Polymarket as a competing prediction market, but legacy sports betting platforms such as FanDuel and DraftKings. Unlike traditional betting platforms, prediction market contracts have the market set the prices and outcome odds, whereas legacy apps rely on professional bookmakers and prediction models. “Football is far and away the most popular sport in America,” said JB Mackenzie, VP & GM of Futures and International at Robinhood. “Adding pro and college football to our prediction markets hub is a no-brainer for us as we aim to make Robinhood a one-stop shop for all your investing and trading needs.” Kalshi, which is based in the United States, recently announced support for SOL deposits on its platform in addition to existing options such as BTC, USDC, and XRP. While the platform supports crypto deposits, crypto-natives tend to prefer Polymarket due to factors such as market liquidity, and Kalshi’s controversial tactics, which were allegedly used to slander Polymarket when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s home. Prediction markets have been exploding over the last…

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Robinhood launches NFL and college football prediction markets

Robinhood launches NFL and college football prediction markets

The post Robinhood launches NFL and college football prediction markets appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The logo of Robinhood Markets is seen at a pop-up event on Wall Street after the company’s initial public offering in New York City on July 29, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Robinhood announced Tuesday that the online broker is launching new prediction markets for professional and college-level football. Customers will now be able to trade on the outcomes of “the most popular” NFL and college football games on the Robinhood app. Robinhood said those games would include regular season pro matchups and all college Power Four schools games. The prediction markets are currently rolling out, according to Robinhood, and will be available to customers “in the coming days,” with plans to launch the first two weeks of the regular football seasons and eventually add weekly matchups. “Adding pro and college football to our prediction markets hub is a no-brainer for us as we aim to make Robinhood a one-stop shop for all your investing and trading needs,” Robinhood Vice President of Futures and International JB Mackenzie said in a statement. Jayden Daniels #5 of the Washington Commanders celebrates after rushing for a touchdown in the first quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals during the NFL Preseason 2025 game between Cincinnati Bengals and Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on August 18, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. Greg Fiume | Getty Images The new move comes as Robinhood is aggressively expanding its prediction markets and wades deeper into the sports wagering arena. On its second-quarter earnings call last month, CFO Jason Warnick said the company is seeing its strongest engagement in sports wagers, with CEO Vlad Tenev adding that the company sees “a big opportunity” in sports betting. The broker added that the football prediction markets will differ from sports betting, allowing buyers and sellers to engage with each other to set the…

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