Velotrade Launches Crypto Funded Trading Platform With Up to $200K Accounts

Velotrade, a fintech firm founded by former institutional derivatives traders from JPMorgan Chase, Dresdner Kleinwort, and Bank of America, has launched a crypto-funded proprietary trading platform that allows traders to access significant capital without risking their own funds.

The platform offers funded trading accounts ranging from $5,000 to $200,000, enabling traders to operate with company capital while sharing profits. Velotrade says the model is designed to align the company’s revenue with trader success rather than relying primarily on challenge fees.

The new platform is operated by Velotrade Re Limited, a Hong Kong-incorporated entity established in November 2025. It functions separately from Velotrade Management Limited, the group’s trade finance business, which has reportedly facilitated more than $2.5 billion in client payouts since 2016.

Velotrade is live.

We’re opening the platform to the first 2,000 traders.

Crypto prop trading challenges with two shots per evaluation.

Most prop firms charge again when traders fail.
We give you a second attempt.

Start your challenge
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— Velotrade (@velotrade) March 13, 2026

According to CEO and co-founder Gianluca Pizzituti, the move into crypto prop trading was driven by what the team viewed as a gap in the market. 

A Prop trading model tied to trader success

Traditional proprietary trading firms often generate most of their revenue from evaluation or challenge fees paid by traders attempting to qualify for funded accounts. Velotrade claims its structure is designed differently.

The firm uses institutional liquidity bridges and AI-driven hedging systems to mirror selected trader positions in real markets. When funded traders generate profits, the company says it can earn alongside them by hedging or replicating those positions externally.

“We are not here to collect challenge fees and hope traders fail,”

Pizzituti said.

“Our revenue model depends on trader performance, which influences how the platform is structured.”

Meanwhile, a recent article revealed  that 2026 is shaping up as the year AI agents become economic actors, executing trades, purchasing cloud compute, and chaining workflows autonomously. 

Rules designed specifically for crypto markets

Velotrade also said its evaluation framework was built specifically for cryptocurrency trading rather than adapted from forex models. Many prop firms initially designed for foreign exchange trading apply restrictions such as strict consistency rules, bans on holding positions over weekends, or limits around major news events. Velotrade argues that such constraints can conflict with the 24/7 nature and volatility of digital asset markets.

Its platform removes several of those restrictions. Both programs operate on the DXtrade trading platform, providing traders with access to the funded crypto trading environment. The launch comes amid a broader shake-up in the proprietary trading industry, where roughly 13–14% of prop firms collapsed between 2024 and 2025 following regulatory scrutiny and platform disruptions tied to MetaQuotes, the developer of MetaTrader, alongside actions by regulators such as the Financial Conduct Authority.