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Robinhood Prediction Market:- Last year in November 2025, Robinhood announced a joint venture with Susquehanna International Group to build its own prediction market exchange. The move appeared to be an infrastructure investment rather than a major product launch.
At the time, the company said it would build a CFTC-licensed exchange and clearinghouse dedicated to futures, derivatives, and prediction markets.
Six months later, that vision is now finally beginning to take shape through Rothera.
Just last week, Robinhood started routing prediction-market products through Rothera. That’s beginning with new World Cup event contracts and a revamped pricing model. What looked like a back-office acquisition is now finally becoming the foundation of Robinhood’s next major growth engine.
Rothera, in simple words, is Robinhood’s own prediction markets platform. It is the regulated exchange and clearinghouse that emerged from Robinhood’s joint venture with Susquehanna.
The project was built through the acquisition of MIAXdx, a CFTC-licensed derivatives exchange. It gave Robinhood immediate access to the regulatory infrastructure required to operate prediction markets at scale. The acquisition closed in January 2026, giving the company control over a licensed marketplace rather than relying exclusively on external venues.
In practical terms, Rothera serves as the marketplace where event contracts can be listed, matched, and cleared.
This comes as Robinood’s next big move after it launched AI crypto trading.
Rothera is not merely a partner platform.
It is effectively Robinhood’s attempt to own the full prediction-market stack.
Until now, Robinhood’s event contracts largely depended on outside infrastructure providers. By building Rothera, the brokerage gains greater control over product development. It can now do its own contract listings, liquidity, pricing, and the overall customer experience.
JB Mackenzie, Robinhood’s General Manager and Vice President of Futures and International said on the launch, “It means better pricing for customers and a foundation for more innovative products down the road. Prediction markets are a growing and powerful financial tool, and we’re excited for what’s next.”
The significance of Rothera therefore extends beyond a single product launch. It represents Robinhood’s transition from a participant in prediction markets to an operator of the underlying marketplace.
At a basic level, both Rothera and Polymarket let people trade on the outcomes of future events, whether that’s an election, a sports tournament, or an economic decision.
The difference lies in how they operate.
Polymarket is a crypto-native platform built on blockchain technology. Users trade event contracts using cryptocurrencies, and the platform has become popular among crypto traders around the world.
Rothera, on the other hand, is a regulated U.S. exchange that is being built directly into Robinhood’s ecosystem. It does not require users to set up crypto wallets or use blockchain-based tools. Infact, Robinhood customers can access prediction markets through the same app they already use for stocks, options, futures, and crypto.
This gives Robinhood a major advantage. Rather than convincing people to join a separate prediction-market platform, it can offer event contracts to millions of existing users with just a few taps.
In other words, Rothera is bringing prediction markets to mainstream retail investors through Robinhood’s massive customer base.
Further, Rothera’s emergence is not just significant for Robinhood. It could also reshape the competitive dynamics of the U.S. prediction market industry. According to a Bernstein analysis cited in a Bloomberg report, Robinhood users accounted for nearly a quarter of Kalshi’s total trading volume in March 2026.
As Robinhood begins routing a portion of its event contracts through Rothera instead of Kalshi, this could reduce the flow of retail trading activity that has helped fuel Kalshi’s rapid growth.
Thus, by combining its retail distribution network with Susquehanna’s liquidity expertise and its own regulated exchange, Rothera is Robinhood’s big move. The company can not only compete with traditional prediction-market operators but potentially with the broader betting and derivatives industry as well.
What began as a joint venture announcement is increasingly looking like the early construction of a prediction-market empire.
Sneha Agrawal
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