Robinhood is expanding its prediction-markets business through a multiyear deal with Crypto.com and its prediction-market spinoff OG.com, while taking minority stakes in both companies.

Under the agreement announced September 8, Robinhood will add OG.com-backed event contracts to its platform and route some football contracts through OG.com’s federally regulated exchange and clearing infrastructure. Financial terms for Robinhood’s investments were not disclosed.

The deal gives Robinhood another source of prediction-market contracts as it prepares for a busy period for event trading, with the professional football season underway and the 2026 U.S. midterm elections approaching.

Robinhood Adds OG.com Event Contracts

OG.com was launched by Crypto.com as a prediction-markets business and was later spun out as a standalone company.

Robinhood said some football event contracts will be routed through OG.com’s regulated exchange, with the rollout beginning around the start of the football season. The companies are also planning to make additional event contracts available through the partnership.

Prediction markets allow users to trade contracts based on whether a particular event will happen. Sports have become one of the largest categories, with Robinhood already offering event contracts through several venues.

Table 1. Robinhood’s latest expansion across prediction-market infrastructure. 

Robinhood’s strategy is to source event contracts from multiple venues rather than rely on a single provider. The company already works with Kalshi and ForecastEX and has its own relationship with Rothera, a derivatives exchange operated by Susquehanna International Group.

Prediction Markets Become a Bigger Part of Robinhood

The Crypto.com agreement comes as prediction markets have become a larger part of Robinhood’s business.

Robinhood reported 13.6 billion event contracts traded during the second quarter, while more than 45 billion contracts have been traded on the platform since its prediction-markets offering launched. More than 5 billion contracts were traded during the World Cup alone.

The growth has pushed Robinhood to expand both the number of contracts available and the infrastructure supporting them.

The company has also been improving its football-related prediction-market experience. Planned features include player statistics and team standings, while a dedicated election prediction-markets hub is expected ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Crypto.com Pushes Further Into Prediction Markets

For Crypto.com, the deal expands OG.com’s reach beyond its own ecosystem. Crypto.com launched OG.com as a dedicated prediction-market platform and later spun it off as an independent company. The business has grown rapidly and is now being positioned as a venue for event contracts and other derivative products.

The two companies have also discussed additional financial products, including equity-linked perpetual futures. However, that product would require regulatory approval and is not part of the confirmed prediction-market rollout.

Crypto.com is also preparing for a potential initial public offering, although its chief executive has not provided a timetable for the listing.

Football and Elections Could Drive the Next Wave

JB Mackenzie, Robinhood’s vice president and general manager of futures and prediction markets, said the partnership arrives at a strategically important moment. 

Football season is getting underway, and the 2026 U.S. midterm elections are drawing closer, creating two major areas of potential interest for event-contract traders. 

“It’s something our customers want to trade,” said JB Mackenzie.

Mackenzie said the agreement should also help Robinhood provide more competitive pricing and expand the selection of contracts available to customers. The company is preparing an election prediction-markets hub that will offer near-real-time voting data after polls close.

Robinhood has positioned prediction markets as a way to trade on real-world events, but regulators continue debating whether some contracts fall under federal derivatives rules or state gambling laws.

What Comes Next

Robinhood is expected to gradually roll out OG.com-backed contracts to eligible U.S. customers while expanding its football and election prediction-market products.

The bigger question is whether Robinhood’s multi-venue approach can increase liquidity and contract variety without creating additional regulatory complications.

The Crypto.com partnership also gives Robinhood a deeper connection to the crypto industry through direct minority investments in both Crypto.com and OG.com. For Robinhood users, the immediate impact is a broader source of event contracts rather than a change to its core crypto trading service.

What This Means for You: Robinhood users who trade prediction markets could see more football, election, and other event contracts become available as the partnership rolls out. The Crypto.com connection also shows how major crypto companies are increasingly moving into prediction markets, but these products remain different from buying and holding cryptocurrencies and can carry their own trading and regulatory risks.