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The prediction market is expected to grow from $51 billion in 2025 to more than $240 billion by the end of 2026 due to retail interest in political and event forecasting. More recently, investment firm Bernstein said the market volume is predicted to grow to nearly $1 trillion by 2030.

according to
cryptopotato.com
This week, “Major platforms like Kalashi and Polymarket have recorded trading volume of nearly $60 billion so far this year, surpassing the $51 billion recorded in 2025.”

He also noted, “According to a report by The Information, prediction market platform Polymarket is in discussions with investors to raise $400 million in new funding, which could take its valuation to around $15 billion. The move comes on the heels of competitor Kalashi closing a $1 billion funding round, valuing the company at around $22 billion.”

Prediction markets companies place bets on future events such as elections, economic data and sports outcomes. Major publicly traded companies participating in this increase include Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD), Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN), DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG), and Interactive Brokers Group Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR).

A new entrant, but aggressively seeking an attractive market, is High Roller Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: Roller) released a game-changing announcement on April 14. High Roller Technologies, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Crypto.com Derivatives North America to launch an event-based prediction market offering initially in the United States. The agreement will enable High Roller to offer CDNA event contracts in the United States, creating a new strategic growth opportunity for the company in finance, sports and entertainment and marking its entry into the rapidly emerging prediction market sector.

Third parties estimate that a mature US market opportunity could exceed $1 trillion in annual trade volume, while international opportunities further expand the addressable market potential for High Roller.

“High Roller brings a premium brand, strong online expertise and an established customer-facing platform to this opportunity,” said Chris Marszalek, co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com. “Together, we believe we can expand access to regulated event contracts in the United States through a differentiated and highly scalable offering.”

“We are thrilled to have reached a definitive agreement with Crypto.com to enter the prediction market,” said Seth Young, Chief Executive Officer of High Roller Technologies. “Over the past few months, we have been working toward preparing our product and other logistics for this transformational opportunity, and today marks an important milestone in that journey. We believe this partnership provides us with a strong starting position in a market with meaningful long-term potential, and we are confident in our ability to perform.”

Under the terms of the agreement, event contracts offered by the CFTC-registered exchange and clearinghouse and Crypto.com’s affiliate CDNA will be made available to clients through High Roller, which plans to operate a CFTC-registered introducing broker and establish a relationship with Crypto.com’s CFTC-registered futures commission dealer. The agreement establishes Crypto.com and its partners as providers of prediction contracts on High Roller’s distribution channels in the United States and is expected to create new revenue streams for High Roller.

The partnership will provide clients the opportunity to trade event contracts across all markets including finance, entertainment and sports, through a legal, regulated, attractive and user-friendly platform.

Following the successful execution of the agreement, High Roller intends to provide updates regarding its product, brand, launch timing and marketing partnerships.

Founded in 2016, Crypto.com is trusted by millions of users around the world and is an industry leader in regulatory compliance, security and privacy. Our vision is simple: Cryptocurrency in Every Wallet™. Crypto.com is committed to empowering the next generation of builders, creators and entrepreneurs to accelerate cryptocurrency adoption through innovation and develop a fairer and more equitable digital ecosystem. crypto.com | Derivatives North America (CDNA) is an affiliate of Crypto.com and is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a designated contract market and derivatives clearing organization; CDNA offers trading of prediction market contracts as well as economic and cryptocurrency event contracts. Crypto.com also operates a CFTC-registered futures commission merchant that provides connectivity to brokers to power and expand the prediction markets ecosystem.

Full news:

https://ir.highroller.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/145/high-roller-technologies-executes-definitive-agreement-with

On April 16, the company is building on momentum
announced It entered into a definitive strategic marketing agreement with Lines.com, a leading sports media platform owned by Spike Up Media, to accelerate customer acquisition and brand awareness for High Roller’s planned entry into the US prediction markets.

“This definitive agreement with Lines.com enables us to efficiently reach highly qualified, intent-driven consumers at scale,” said Seth Young, Chief Executive Officer of High Roller Technologies. “Their automation-based content engine and conversion performance make them an ideal partner as we work to bring a differentiated predictive marketing product to the US.”

“Prediction markets represent the logical evolution of the sports media and sports analytics ecosystem,” said Eric Ames, CEO of Spike Up Media. “Through this agreement, we will integrate High Roller’s upcoming product into our content and distribution channels, connecting informed, high-intent consumers to a regulated, event-based trading platform.”

Under the terms of the agreement, Lines.com will exclusively serve as a premier media and distribution partner to High Roller, leveraging its high-intent sports audience, advanced automation infrastructure and market-leading conversion capabilities to support the national rollout of High Roller’s prediction markets platform.

Lines.com operates one of the most comprehensive sports media ecosystems in the United States, covering the six major professional and collegiate sports leagues on over 100,000 indexed content pages. The platform includes a fast-growing, sports-focused social media network of over 4 million followers, with content reaching over 500 million views in the last 30 days.

This partnership is structured to introduce High Roller’s regulated prediction market offerings to an audience that is already familiar with implicit probability, odds-based decision making and event-driven trading dynamics.

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At the end of January this year,
Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) updated November 25 press release

Discuss their investments in the prediction markets. UPDATE: On January 20, 2026, the joint venture closed the acquisition of MIAXdx.

From the news:

“Robinhood is seeing strong customer demand for prediction markets, and we’re excited to build on that momentum,” said JB McKenzie, VP and general manager of Futures and International at Robinhood. “Our investment in infrastructure will enable us to deliver an even better experience and more innovative products for customers.”

The independent exchange is managed by Robinhood Markets, Inc. This will be done through a joint venture with Ltd. which will act as the controlling partner and provide strong retail demand and distribution. Market-making leader Susquehanna International Group has been brought on board as a key partner and day-one liquidity provider, with other liquidity providers to be added to ensure the best possible execution for clients. The enterprise is comprised of MIAXdx, a CFTC-licensed designated contract market (DCM), derivatives clearing organization (DCO), and swap execution facility (SEF) and Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIAX) (NYSE: MIAX) will accelerate the delivery of its services by acquiring a wholly owned subsidiary of MIAX. MIAX will remain invested in the exchange through a strategic 10% equity stake.

Forecast Markets has become Robinhood’s fastest-growing product line by revenue.

Robinhood said it expected more than $12 billion of event contracts to be traded in 2025. The turnover of event contracts in the fourth quarter was a record 8.5 billion.

Robin Hood (NASDAQ:HOOD) set a record of 3.4 billion event contracts traded in January 2026.

“This is the beginning of a ‘prediction markets supercycle,’ with prediction markets becoming their fastest-growing product,” Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said in a February earnings call.