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Crypto.com and OG.com sign prediction-markets agreement with River Markets

The available source gives only a headline and does not establish the agreement’s terms or link it to OG.com’s independence, leaving the deal’s market significance unclear.

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What happened

The brief

Crypto.com Exchange, its OG.com prediction markets unit and prime brokerage River Markets have announced a memorandum of understanding, according to fxnewsgroup.com. The agreement brings the exchange and prediction-markets platform together with River Markets, whose order-routing technology is used across prediction-market venues.

River Markets has routed more than 150 million contracts to date, fxnewsgroup.com reported. The outlet says the technology allows institutional traders to manage exposure across venues without building fragmented systems in-house. That figure is presented as a cumulative total; the outlet does not give a period for it.

A statement from Crypto.com said River Markets users would gain access to Crypto.com Exchange’s liquidity pools and its range of digital-asset markets. The statement also called the partnership a step toward bringing institutional-scale liquidity to regulated prediction markets.

These are Crypto.com’s stated aims for the arrangement, rather than independently established outcomes. OG.com was originally established by Crypto.com and is now an independent trading platform, following a spin-off announced in September 2026, fxnewsgroup.com reported.

The announcement therefore names both Crypto.com Exchange and the separate OG.com platform as parties to the memorandum with River Markets. The Financial Times headline, also carried by TradingView, frames the broader story as crypto exchanges racing to offer prediction markets to U.S. customers.

BeInCrypto’s headline takes a wider look at the future of crypto exchanges heading into 2027; it does not state further details about this agreement. The outlet’s text characterizes prediction markets as having moved beyond a niche asset class and as serving global macro and quantitative trading desks.

The announcement connects River Markets’ trading infrastructure with access to Crypto.com Exchange markets, while Crypto.com presents the arrangement as supporting liquidity in regulated prediction markets. The account does not give a date for when access under the memorandum will begin, or specify other terms of the agreement.

Why it matters

  • The agreement could make prediction markets easier for institutional traders to access by connecting River Markets’ order-routing system with Crypto.com Exchange’s liquidity and digital-asset markets. Traders may be able to execute or hedge positions across venues more efficiently, while OG.com gains a potential channel to attract institutional volume as it operates independently of Crypto.com. The memorandum sets out a possible integration, not a confirmed launch or guarantee of increased liquidity.

What to watch next

  • Whether River Markets users gain access to Crypto.com Exchange’s liquidity pools and digital-asset markets under the memorandum.
  • Whether the parties provide further terms for the memorandum or specify when access will begin.
  • Whether Crypto.com’s stated aim of bringing institutional-scale liquidity to regulated prediction markets is reflected in a subsequent announcement.

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Timeline

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  1. The Commodity Exchange Act established federal oversight of commodity derivatives.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  2. Congress created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission through the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act.
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  3. The Iowa Electronic Markets began operating in 1988 as a research project at the University of Iowa, offering small-stakes contracts tied to political outcomes.
    Background · from our historical context
  4. In 2014, the CFTC authorized the nonprofit exchange to offer election-market contracts under a limited no-action position.
    Background · from our historical context
  5. Monaco, the company that later became Crypto.com, was founded.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  6. Kalshi, founded in 2018, later pursued a broader commercial model under the CFTC’s designated-contract-market rules.
    Background · from our historical context
  7. Monaco rebranded as Crypto.com.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  8. The CFTC barred Kalshi from listing contracts on control of Congress, saying they involved prohibited gaming.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  9. Crypto.com entered U.S. sports event contracts in December 2024 through its CFTC-regulated derivatives business, bringing prediction-style products into the same regulated-market framework.
    Background · from our historical context
  10. Crypto.com announced that its established prediction-markets platform, OG.com, would become an independent trading platform.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3

How we got here

In September 2024, a federal court allowed Kalshi to list U.S. election contracts, ruling that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had exceeded its authority in blocking them; the CFTC’s appeal made the case a key test of how event-based contracts could be offered under federal commodities law.

Crypto.com entered U.S. sports event contracts in December 2024 through its CFTC-regulated derivatives business, bringing prediction-style products into the same regulated-market framework.

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