Eurex is considering a move into prediction markets as major US exchanges develop contracts allowing traders to bet on economic events. According to Risk.net, Zubin Ramdarshan, the global co-head of derivatives products and markets at Eurex, said the exchange has researched the concept for several years and frequently raised it in budget discussions.

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Eurex already lists dividend derivatives regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission as event contracts. Ramdarshan said this could form the basis for any future move into prediction markets.

Meanwhile, US exchanges including CME, Cboe, and Nasdaq are preparing binary contracts tied to asset prices and macroeconomic indicators such as inflation, unemployment, and interest rate decisions.

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CME is exploring ways to combine retail and institutional access, a model Eurex may study for its own framework. Non-bank market-maker Susquehanna International Group launched a prediction desk in 2023 targeting retail clients.

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Major Exchanges Race into Event Trading

Elsewhere, CME, the world's largest derivatives marketplace, launched event contracts in late 2022 for retail traders on benchmarks like S&P 500, oil, gold, and currencies.

By February 2026, these hit 100 million contracts traded in just eight weeks, covering financial indicators, cultural events, and sports—showing strong retail and expanding institutional uptake.

Cboe Global Markets actively develops regulated binary options for event-style trading, targeting S&P 500 outcomes by mid-2026 under SEC oversight. At the same time, Nasdaq is exploring binary contracts for asset prices and economic data but has not confirmed launches as of early 2026.

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