NinjaTraderGroup, the retail futures brokerage acquired byKraken for $1.5 billion, today (Tuesday) launched NinjaTrader Connect, a new B2B platformdesigned to let brokers, fintechs, and trading firms build their own regulatedfutures and prediction markets businesses without constructing the underlyinginfrastructure themselves.Accordingto the press release, the offering, available through a single API, bundleseverything from client onboarding and funding tools to clearing, margincontrols, risk surveillance, and a white-labeled front-end trading platform.NinjaTrader is essentially packaging 20 years of its own operationalinfrastructure and offering it to third parties on a commercial basis.Turning Two Decades of NinjaTraderInto a Product"We'vespent more than 20 years building, operating, and scaling a retail futuresbrokerage in highly regulated markets," said Martin Franchi, CEO ofNinjaTrader Group. "NinjaTrader Connect takes the infrastructure behindthat success and makes it available to other brokerages. Instead of startingfrom scratch, partners can build on a foundation that has already beenbattle-tested at scale."That pitch- skip the build, borrow the backbone - is increasingly appealing to brokerswho want exposure to futures and prediction markets but don't want to absorbthe cost and complexity of becoming a registered FCM from scratch. NinjaTraderis already registered with the CFTC as a futures commission merchant and holdsNFA membership, two hurdles that typically take years and significant legalspend to clear.The movefollows a busy expansion period for the firm. In January 2026,NinjaTrader extendedaccess to EU retail traders as CFD brokers began showing interest in adding futures productsto their lineup, and last October the company jumped intoprop trading withtwo dedicated technology platforms.Prediction Markets Emergeas Key Infrastructure BattlegroundThe timingof the launch isn't accidental. Prediction markets - where users trade on theoutcome of real-world events - have gone from a niche curiosity to a seriousproduct category that brokers are actively trying to add. NinjaTrader Connectexplicitly includes prediction market infrastructure in its offering, puttingit in direct competition with a cluster of vendors racing to serve that samedemand.Leveratelaunched its own white-label prediction markets platform for brokers in February 2026,claiming 85% monthly retention rates and same-week deployment timelines. Beforethat, a partnership between Plaee and Crypto.com's CDNA unit broughtCFTC-compliant prediction market infrastructure to third-party platforms. The patternis consistent: rather than building proprietary products, platforms areincreasingly plugging into shared regulated infrastructure. A recentdeep-dive into broker technology stacks outlined how crowded and competitive thatvendor space has become.WhatNinjaTrader brings that most of those vendors don't is existing CFTCregistration and a live FCM operation with real clearing relationships.FCM Model Gets a B2BMakeover"Marketaccess alone is no longer enough," added Max Shanbrom, Executive VicePresident and General Manager at NinjaTrader Connect. "Modern brokeragesneed infrastructure that supports onboarding, funding, risk management, and aseamless trading experience that meets end-clients wherever they are in theirtrading journey."Thatargument, that clearing alone doesn't cut it anymore, reflects a broadertension playing out across the brokerage industry. As analysispublished last year on the B2B infrastructure shift noted, retail flow alone is becomingharder to rely on, and the firms building durable businesses are those that canoffer complete operational stacks, not just execution or liquidity.NinjaTrader'sB2B push also comes as the company works to expand its international footprint.In February, it appointedformer IG Group executive Christopher Tripp as General Manager for internationaloperations, based in the UK, with European growth as a stated priority.This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.