Betr said it will add Polymarket event contracts to its mobile app through a multi-year partnership. The companies did not disclose financial terms, and Betr said the product would launch later in 2026.
The deal adds prediction-market contracts to Betr’s mobile offering alongside its existing products.
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DraftKings chief executive Jason Robins said he had become more receptive to cryptocurrency event contracts after seeing early positive signs, according to a report of his remarks at the NEXTPredict Summit. The report said DraftKings routes these contracts through Crypto.com and may be considering bringing the activity in-house; it also cited analyst estimates that timed digital-currency contract volumes rose 44-fold in the first seven months of 2026.
DraftKings chief executive and co-founder Jason Robins said at the NEXTPredict Summit in New York City last week that he had become more open to cryptocurrency event contracts after seeing early positive signs, according to a report of his remarks. The report said DraftKings routes these contracts through Crypto.com rather than its own DKeX exchange, and cited an analyst as saying the company may be examining bringing the activity in-house.
It was reported that DraftKings offers sports event contracts in 18 states where it has no online sportsbook. It offers none in the 27 states where it operates an online sportsbook.
DraftKings offers sports event contracts in the 18 states where it does not operate an online sportsbook, and in none of the 27 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico where it does, according to the company's availability page. The page, headed "DraftKings is available nationwide for sports," assigns each state to one of three lists: online sports betting, prediction sports markets, or free-to-play sports contests. No state appears on two lists.
Gemini announced a partnership with Apex Fintech Solutions on 24 August, under which Gemini will be the exclusive listing venue for cryptocurrency event contracts distributed by Apex’s Futures Commission Merchant to brokerage customers. The companies did not disclose financial terms.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. launched institutional block trading in event contracts on Kalshi, acting as an introducing broker. The service initially operates through Kalshi’s block-trading framework, with Cantor planning to add other venues; Susquehanna Predictions will provide liquidity.
Kalshi has filed a federal lawsuit against Illinois over a new 15% levy on gross receipts from sports-event contracts on prediction markets. The law, part of a $56bn annual budget signed by Governor JB Pritzker, takes effect on 1 July. Kalshi is seeking a temporary restraining order and accuses the state of violating the US Constitution's Supremacy Clause.