Robinhood is expanding its prediction-market infrastructure by routing a selection of football event contracts to Crypto.com’s CFTC-regulated exchange and clearinghouse through OG.com. The move adds another venue as football season begins and prediction markets become an increasingly important part of the trading platform’s business.
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Robinhood Adds 1 Venue for Football Prediction Markets Trading
Robinhood will begin routing selected football event contracts to OG.com on September 8. The platform will continue using Kalshi, ForecastEX and Rothera, while the new partnership adds another regulated channel for customers as football demand accelerates.
JB Mackenzie, Robinhood’s VP and GM of Futures and Prediction Markets, said multiple venues can create a “stronger, more diverse and resilient marketplace.”
The strategy matters because prediction markets require sufficient liquidity and reliable clearing as participation grows.
Rather than relying on a single venue, the trading platform can route contracts according to availability across exchanges. For users, this means potentially broader contract access and greater market resilience, although liquidity and pricing can still vary between venues.
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Robinhood Prediction Markets Reach 13.6 Billion Contracts
The expansion comes after significant growth in the trading platform’s prediction markets this year. The company said 13.6 billion event contracts traded in the second quarter, while more than 5 billion traded during the World Cup.
By the end of August, customers had traded more than 45 billion contracts since prediction markets were launched roughly two years ago.
That scale explains why exchange and clearing infrastructure matters for the trading platform. Additional venues can distribute trading activity and give the company greater flexibility during periods of concentrated demand.
The development also shows how prediction markets are moving beyond a niche product toward a significant component of the trading platform’s broader trading ecosystem.
Robinhood Gains 1 Strategic Partner Through Crypto.com Deal
The partnership also has a strategic component beyond contract routing. The trading platform markets will hold equity stakes in Crypto.com and OG.com following OG.com’s spin-off.
The trading platform said the equity will be priced in line with Citadel Securities’ recent investment in Crypto.com Group, which valued the group at $20 billion.
For Crypto.com and OG.com, the arrangement provides access to the trading platform’s prediction-market customer base.
Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek described the agreement as the beginning of a strategic partnership and said OG.com aims to expand from prediction markets into futures and perpetuals. The relationship could therefore extend beyond football.
Robinhood Expands 2 Prediction Hubs Ahead of U.S. Midterms
The trading platform is also expanding the product itself for college and pro football. Its new trading experience adds better live data and a trading hub where users can filter contracts by week, team and conference, while player statistics and standings are planned later this fall. Contract types will include game outcomes, player contracts and custom combinations.
The timing connects football prediction markets with the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. The trading platform is launching an election hub with interactive heat maps and near-real-time vote-counting information planned for later this fall.
Midterm contracts currently route to Kalshi and Rothera, with potential expansion to Crypto.com and OG.com soon for the trading platform today.
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