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Robinhood prediction market growth and revenue projections

Overview

Robinhood is experiencing a significant shift in its prediction markets business, as demand moves away from sports and election betting toward financial asset volatility. Contracts tied to Bitcoin, gold, and crude oil have become the platform’s fastest-growing products, allowing traders to bet on price movements without purchasing underlying assets. Technological advancements, such as shrinking cryptocurrency contract settlement cycles, are also accelerating this market.

Following this trend, analysts at Bernstein have issued optimistic revenue forecasts, predicting that Robinhood’s prediction market business could generate $1.7 billion in annual revenue by 2028. This projected figure is expected to surpass the company’s projected cryptocurrency trading revenue of $1.6 billion for the same year. Recent quarterly data shows event-contract revenue has already begun to outperform crypto trading revenue, marking a tenfold increase year-over-year.

Entities

Coinbase Global · Bernstein · Gautam Chhugani · Robinhood Markets

Timeline

  1. [BUSINESS] 4 sources
    Robinhood prediction market revenue projected to reach $1.7 billion by 2028

    Bernstein analysts project Robinhood’s prediction market revenue could hit $1.7 billion by 2028, potentially surpassing its cryptocurrency trading income.

  2. [BUSINESS] 6 sources
    Robinhood sees rapid growth in financial prediction markets

    Robinhood reports that prediction markets for Bitcoin, gold, and oil are outperforming sports betting, as traders increasingly use event contracts to hedge or speculate on financial volatility.

Sources

blocktempo.com · coinpaper.com · cryptobriefing.com · gamblingnews.com · it-boltwise.de · news.trijo.co · rande-academy.cz · tokenpost.com · zonadeazar.com