Robinhood upgrade spotlights prediction-market growth

Financialpost · 4 hours ago
Robinhood upgrade spotlights prediction-market growth
  • Morgan Stanley analyst Michael Cyprys said Robinhood’s prediction-market efforts demonstrate that the brokerage can continue expanding revenue.
  • Robinhood’s more than two million prediction-market users generated US$156 million of Q2 revenue while adopting additional products, according to the Morgan Stanley note.
  • Robinhood shares rose as much as 2.1% in Tuesday trading, while Robinhood Banking surpassed US$4 billion in assets and management identified prediction markets as the company’s fastest-growing business.
  • Morgan Stanley also cited perpetual futures, agentic trading and Robinhood’s Sept. 29-30 event as potential catalysts.

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Robinhood is “turning product velocity into stronger customer economics,Michael Cyprys
Rothera extends Robinhood’s distribution advantage into infrastructure,Michael Cyprys

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