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Fintech broker Plus500 expands into US prediction markets, shares hit record high
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 3, 2026
2 min readLast updated: February 3, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 3, 2026
2 min readLast updated: February 3, 2026
Plus500 partners with Kalshi to launch US prediction markets, allowing trading on economic and geopolitical events, marking a strategic expansion.
By Yamini Kalia
Feb 3 (Reuters) - Multi-asset trading platform Plus500 said on Tuesday it had launched event-based prediction markets on its U.S. retail platform through a partnership with Kalshi, boosting its potential revenue stream and sending shares to a record high.
The Plus500 Futures offering, in collaboration with the U.S.-based prediction markets exchange, will enable retail customers to trade contracts on economic, financial, and geopolitical events through the federally regulated Kalshi Klear LLC.
Prediction markets, which logged $47 billion in global trading volume in 2025, let people buy and sell contracts on real-world outcomes, with prices shifting to reflect how likely the market thinks an event is to happen.
"This is a major breakthrough moment for Plus500, as we continue to scale in the US and beyond," said CEO David Zruia, with finance chief Elad Even-Chen adding that prediction markets open up a "powerful new growth avenue" for the firm.
Plus500's shares jumped as much as 8.5% to a record high.
The launch marks Plus500's expansion into a rapidly growing segment of the trading landscape as prediction markets attract increasing interest from retail and institutional participants seeking regulated ways to bet on real-world outcomes.
Israel-based Plus500 announced its first foray into prediction markets in December last year, when it was appointed as clearing partner for CME Group and FanDuel's event-based contracts platform.
"This is an important new addition for PLUS500, on top of the FanDuel CME deal. As well as a major validation of PLUS's technology and reliability, this is a significant potential revenue stream," Jefferies' analysts said in a note.
(Reporting by Yamini Kalia and Nithyashree R B in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore and Janane Venkatraman)
Plus500 is a multi-asset trading platform that allows users to trade a variety of financial instruments, including stocks, forex, commodities, and cryptocurrencies.
A partnership in business is a formal arrangement where two or more parties agree to manage and operate a business together, sharing profits, losses, and responsibilities.
Trading platforms are software applications that allow investors to buy and sell financial instruments, providing tools for analysis, order execution, and portfolio management.
Market volume refers to the total quantity of shares or contracts traded for a specific security or market during a given period, indicating the level of activity and liquidity.
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