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Robinhood Launches Predictions Markets Hub as 'March Madness' Set to Get Underway

Action in the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament championship game between the University of Connecticut and Purdue University, on April 8, 2024.
Action in the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament championship game between the University of Connecticut and Purdue University, on April 8, 2024.

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Key Takeaways

  • Robinhood customers will soon be able to trade on the outcome of "March Madness."
  • Trading platform Robinhood is getting into the events contracts game with a newly launched prediction markets hub within its app.
  • In February Robinhood suspended trading on the Pro Football Championship at the request of the CFTC.

"March Madness" is about to begin. Robinhood Markets (HOOD) is getting in on the action.

The online trading platform on Monday said it is launching "a prediction markets hub directly within the Robinhood App, giving customers the opportunity to trade on the outcomes of some of the world's biggest events."

The hub—which the firm said initially would be available across the U.S. via 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果𝓀体彩网:Commodity Futures Trading Commꦇission-regulated exchange KalshiEX—"will allow customers to trade contracts for what the upper bound of the (Federal Reserve's) target fed funds rate will be in May, as well as the upcoming men's and women's College Basketball Tournaments," Robinhood said.

This is the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:second time in just over a month that Robinhood is attempting to get into the sports 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:events contracts game. On Feb. 3, it said it would allow users to buy event contracts on which team they thought would win the "Pro Football Championship," but 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:suspended trading just a day later upon CFTC request.

This time, Robinhood noted that it has "been in close contact with the CFTC over the past several weeks and look forward to continuing to work with them to promote innovation in the futures, derivatives and crypto markets."

Contracts will be available to all elig♈ible customers in the coming days, said Robinhood.

Last fall, Robinhood launched event contracts 澳洲幸运5官方开奖෴结⛎果体彩网:tied to the U.S. presidential election.

Robinhood shares were up 9% in late trading Monday. They have soared 135% over the past 12 months.

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