Robinhood (HOOD) Stock Jumps on Prediction Markets Expansion, Coinbase Competition, and Fresh Analyst Forecasts — What’s Driving Shares on Dec. 18, 2025
Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) was higher in late-morning trading Thursday as investors digested a rapid stream of developments reshaping the retail brokerage landscape: a bigger push into sports-focused “event contracts” (prediction markets), intensifying rivalry from Coinbase’s move into stocks