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<p>Last week, Coinbase began giving users access to prediction markets within its existing trading interface. Now, the company is accelerating that strategy with the acquisition of The Clearing Company, a startup led by founder Toni Gemayel and staffed by what Coinbase calls “prediction market veterans.”</p>
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   <li>Coinbase is deepening its push to become a one-stop trading platform by acquiring prediction markets startup The Clearing Company.</li>
   <li>The deal comes just days after the rollout of event-based trading to users.</li>
   <li>The move positions Coinbase to capitalize on growing demand for platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi, allowing users to trade on real-world outcomes alongside crypto, stocks, and derivatives.</li>
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<p>“Today, we’re building on that momentum by acquiring The Clearing Company, a startup with a strong vision for the future of prediction markets,” Max Branzburg, Head of Consumer &amp; Business Products at Coinbase, <a href="https://www.coinbase.com/blog/Coinbase-to-acquire-The-Clearing-Company-Powering-the-future-of-prediction-markets" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">wrote</a> in a blog post.</p>
<p>Terms of the deal were not disclosed.</p>
<p>Coinbase said Gemayel and his team will help scale prediction markets trading on the platform and advance its broader ambition to build the so-called “Everything Exchange” — a unified venue where users can trade across asset classes, from cash and crypto to equities, derivatives, and event contracts.</p>
<p>Prediction markets allow traders to speculate on outcomes tied to elections, economic data, sports, and cultural events. Coinbase sees the category as a natural extension of its platform, particularly as it seeks to offer regulated access through a familiar trading experience.</p>
<p>The company said combining regulated market infrastructure with event-contract expertise will allow prediction markets to expand over time as part of Coinbase’s broader trading ecosystem.</p>
<p>This is just the latest in a string of deals for Coinbase. Earlier this year it bought <a href="https://crypto.news/coinbase-to-acquire-deribit-for-2-9b-in-largest-deal-yet-report/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Deribit</a>, an options exchange; <a href="https://crypto.news/coinbase-snags-vector-adds-more-tokens-and-cuts-more-apps/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Vector</a>, a decentralized trading platform; <a href="https://crypto.news/coinbase-acquires-crypto-platform-echo-in-375m-deal/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Echo</a>, for onchain capital raising; and the <a href="https://crypto.news/coinbase-taps-sensible-founders-to-expand-consumer-focused-defi/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Iron Fish</a> team, for privacy tech.</p>
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Coinbase bets on prediction markets with Clearing Company acquisition

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