Robinhood now makes more from prediction markets than from stock trading
generativist · x · 2026-09-07
Per StockMKTNewz, Robinhood ($HOOD) now earns more revenue from prediction market trading on its platform than from people trading stocks—a notable reversal showing event contracts becoming the retail brokerage's biggest growth engine.
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