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Ryan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
5402 total appearances

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Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

I know Robinhood is basically there's white labeling a bank.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

There's a bank in the back end.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

So

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

This has nothing to do with any sort of bankless values, but I do appreciate good UX in 2026.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

And nothing else comes close in terms of the financing world, like personal finance world as to like the UX of Robinhood.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

And I even got a Robinhood debit card.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

It's amazing.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Interesting.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

I do know that a lot of Asian exchanges are looking at the U.S.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

market a little bit more hungrier than usual.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

And this is just based off sponsor conversations with Mantle slash Bybit, same, same, and also BitGet.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Like for some reason, the Asian exchanges are looking towards the United States a little bit more aggressively than they have in the past.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

I don't know what the timing is with that other than maybe just like, you know, all the regulatory clarity and approvals that we've been getting domestically.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

But I do know that that is something that they are eyeing on.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

There's a third duopoly that we have to talk about.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Kalshi versus Polymarket.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Who wins the prediction market wars in 2026?

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

The volume of where people are participants, like prediction market participants, where they're placing their money is very different.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

If you're on Kalshi versus Polymarket, Kalshi is predominantly sports betting and Polymarket is a little bit more diversified.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Kalshi is a little bit more United States, domestic.