IBKR Aims to Professionalize Prediction Markets

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Thomas Peterffy, chairman of Interactive Brokers (IBKR), outlines the company's strategy to professionalize prediction markets. This initiative aims to create a more regulated and transparent environment for users to engage in forecasting events. The move could attract institutional investors and increase the overall credibility of prediction markets.

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Bloomberg English Tracy Alloway, Joe Weisenthal 9 apr. 2026, 11:00 (acum 3 ore)

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Thomas Peterffy

Thomas Peterffy is a Hungarian-born American billionaire businessman. He is the founder, chairman and the largest shareholder of Interactive Brokers. As of November 2025, his estimated net worth is US$57.3 billion, making him the 27th richest person in the world.

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Interactive Brokers

Interactive Brokers, Inc. is an American multinational brokerage firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. It operates the largest electronic trading platform in the United States by number of daily average revenue trades. In 2024, the platform processed an average of 2.6 million trades per trading day. Interactive Brokers is the largest foreign exchange market broker and is one of the largest prime brokers servicing commodity brokers. The company brokers stocks, options, futures contracts, exchange of futures for physicals, options on futures, bonds, mutual funds, currency, cryptocurrency, contracts for difference, derivatives, and trading in prediction markets. Interactive Brokers offers direct market access, omnibus and non-disclosed broker accounts, and provides clearing services. The firm has operations in 36 countries and 28 currencies. As of December 31, 2024, it had 3.337 million institutional and individual brokerage customers, with total customer equity of US$568.2 billion. In addition to its headquarters in Greenwich, on the Gold Coast of Connecticut, the company has offices in major financial centers worldwide. More than half of the company's customers reside outside the United States, in approximately 200 countries.

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