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On its Tuesday earnings call, Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ: IBKR) – a leading online brokerage firm – stated it plans on onboarding utility companies into prediction markets during 2026.
What's the Scoop?
- Growing Institutional Interest: According to IBKR Chair Thomas Peterffy, the company's most frequently traded prediction markets have been temperature-related. The brokerage house is working to add electricity and natural gas contract support, allowing institutional clients (like utility companies) to efficiently hedge energy consumption exposure through a prediction market.
- Stablecoin Support: Last week, IBKR launched stablecoin account funding support, allowing clients to fund their TradFi investment accounts in seconds, with 24/7 availability (including weekends and banking holidays) using USDC on Base, Ethereum, or Solana.
- Banking License Application: In December, Interactive Brokers applied for a national trust bank charter with the OCC. The same license was secured earlier that month by five new banking entities created by digital asset-related companies.
At earnings, Interactive Brokers highlighting temperature prediction markets doing the most volume on platform
— Omar (@TheOneandOmsy) January 21, 2026
> The $IBKR roadmap effectively going to be the institutional playbook: add in electricity + nat gas mkts
> Over-time add full suite for clients to hedge specific… https://t.co/0xBSeDcS5R pic.twitter.com/8znXVfWRyG
