Updated
Updated · robinhood.com · Aug 16
Robinhood Derivatives Launches XRP August 2026 Price Market With 55-Cent $0.99991 Contract
Updated
Updated · robinhood.com · Aug 16

Robinhood Derivatives Launches XRP August 2026 Price Market With 55-Cent $0.99991 Contract

3 articles · Updated · robinhood.com · Aug 16

Summary

  • Robinhood Derivatives is offering event contracts on XRP’s price at 9 a.m. EDT on Aug. 16, 2026, with one live strike paying $1 if XRP is $0.99991 or above.
  • The contract resolves using CF Benchmarks’ Real-Time Index, based on the simple average over the 60 seconds before the target time; if data is missing or incomplete, affected strikes resolve to No.
  • Trading runs 24 hours a day except Thursdays from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. ET, and payouts usually arrive within 1 hour after the event resolves.
  • The XRP market sits alongside similar crypto prediction contracts on SOL, ETH and DOGE, while Robinhood says exchange fees, eligibility limits and event-contract risk disclosures apply.

Insights

With Robinhood's XRP contracts resolving today at 9 a.m., could a 60-second benchmark glitch wipe out millions in trader payouts?
As traders bet on XRP hitting $1 today, will the IRS classify these Robinhood event contracts as investments or just digital gambling?
Does Robinhood's binary prediction market for XRP signal the ultimate gamification of crypto trading rather than legitimate price discovery?