Robinhood adds XRP prediction market after SOL and back-to-back HYPE listings
Robinhood has added an XRP price prediction market for September 15, 2026, and continues to expand its crypto contract lineup with same-day and 15-minute markets on SOL and HYPE. The XRP contract went live September 14 and pays $1 if the price prediction is correct. SOL and HYPE markets offer multiple strike levels with contracts priced between 0¢ and 99¢. Robinhood routes these event contracts through KalshiEX, ForecastEX, or its Rothera joint venture.
Robinhood's pace of new crypto contracts trains its retail base to expect 15-minute settlement windows, a frequency no competitor matches. That habit is hard for daily-contract venues to replicate. Kalshi faces the sharpest squeeze. It needs exclusive retail flow to justify its Bitcoin perpetual futures launch, yet Robinhood can shift volume across KalshiEX, ForecastEX, or Rothera at any moment.
This multi-exchange clearing option reduces Robinhood's dependence on any single partner and gives it leverage over supplier terms that pure-reseller platforms lack. Each new token raises the asset-coverage bar that slower rivals must clear to retain traders. Analyst pressure on Kalshi's margin sustainability intensifies with every listings update.
Robinhood has now listed crypto prediction markets on at least eight distinct token-date combinations in September alone, deepening the product velocity that drove Q2 prediction-market revenue past its legacy equities and crypto trading businesses.