By The Weekly Edge desk ·
Online Poker Report reported that Robinhood was in discussions with Crypto.com about adding its event contracts to the brokerage’s prediction market hub. No agreement had been announced, and Robinhood said it would continue working with multiple exchanges.
A completed deal would add another contract supplier to Robinhood’s prediction market offering.
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Conflicting circuit decisions leave disputed whether federal law overrides state gambling rules for sports contracts.
The partnership assigns OG.com infrastructure and clearing responsibilities for Robinhood’s retail event contracts through its CFTC-regulated exchange and clearinghouse.
The applications could enable Blockchain.com to seek approval to bring prediction markets and regulated trading to US users.
Nine prediction market platforms face Connecticut cease-and-desist orders over sports event contracts offered to residents.
The ruling subjects disputed Nevada sports event contracts to gambling rules, while DraftKings and Flutter shares gained.
The orders require nine prediction market companies to stop offering sports event contracts to Connecticut residents.