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Robinhood's prediction markets revenue surged 10x+ YoY to $156M in Q2, topping stock and crypto for the first time as speculators shift to real-world event bets (Yueqi Yang/The Information)
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WHY IT MATTERS
This signals a meaningful shift in where speculative activity happens on retail platforms, with real-world event betting now outpacing traditional asset classes. For engineers building fintech products, prediction markets have moved from experiment to a revenue category worth designing infrastructure around.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
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Prediction markets revenue on Robinhood exceeded both stock and crypto trading revenue for the first time.
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The $156M Q2 figure represents a greater than 10x increase compared to the same period last year.
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Robinhood is positioning itself as a challenger to Kalshi in the prediction markets space.
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Robinhood's prediction markets revenue surged 10x+ YoY to $156M in Q2, topping stock and crypto for the first time as speculators shift to real-world event bets (Yueqi Yang/The Information)
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