Updated: . Costed by The Funded Desk off each firm's own list prices and rule pages.
The short answer
One scored firm puts a perpetual order into a live book: HyroTrader, through a Bybit API connection
across 700+ USDT perpetual pairs. The remaining crypto prop firms for perpetual traders sell CFD
symbols or simulated accounts, and an exchange margin tier is described under the table rather than
scored beside them.
What decides it
1
One scored route reaches a real book: HyroTrader, through a Bybit API connection to 700+ USDT perpetual pairs.
2
What separates first place from second is not the market count: Crypto Fund Trader lists 715 crypto pairs and they are all demo.
3
FTMO calls its crypto a Crypto CFD and warns that weekend hours may vary with each platform's maintenance window.
4
A CFD symbol has no funding leg, so a strategy built on paying or collecting funding cannot be run on six of these eight programmes.
Weights: Cost of access 34 · Payout terms 26 · Evaluation model 14 · Risk rules 18 · Instruments 8 · how we rate
Crypto prop firms for perpetual traders, ranked on instruments
Ordered by the instruments criterion alone: 6 points where an order reaches an exchange book, plus 4
for a published market count of 100 or more and 2 for a smaller one. Programmes level on that
criterion share a place and are listed by their overall score. The Markets column repeats each firm's
own count, published as 700+ by HyroTrader and 250+ by SabioTrade; "n/a" marks a firm that publishes
no crypto market count on the pages we read.
Prices are each firm's list price for $100,000 of trading nominal. Equal totals share a place. Eligibility is set by each firm's own terms and by where a trader lives. Terms read on 22 September 2026 in each firm's own documentation. Fees are the firm's list price for $100,000 of trading nominal; where a firm sells no $100,000 tier, the nearest one is scaled and the method page says so. "=" marks programmes that share a place.
1. HyroTrader — fit: perpetual pairs on an exchange connection
HyroTrader is the one evaluation here whose funded orders leave the firm's own system. Execution
runs through a Bybit API connection across 700+ USDT perpetual pairs, with Tealstreet and Cleo as
alternative terminals. A $100,000 account costs $579, returned with the first payout, and profit
is paid on demand above $100 in about twelve hours.
Programme gives
Funded orders execute through a Bybit API connection across 700+ USDT perpetual pairs
The $579 fee comes back with the first payout, and payouts run on demand above $100
Programme takes back
Mandatory stop-loss and consistency requirements are part of the rule set
Breaching the 4% daily drawdown or the 6% maximum loss forfeits the account
Not for: a trader who wants to open a position without a stop attached to it.
Crypto Fund Trader publishes the widest instrument list on this page — 715 crypto pairs plus
forex, indices, stocks and commodities on MetaTrader 5, Match-Trader or Bybit, with leverage up to
1:100. A count is not the same as access: the firm says in its own words that it is all demo, no
real capital involved. A $100,000 account costs $660.
Programme gives
715 crypto pairs and four other asset classes on a single account
No deadlines and no minimum trading days on the evaluation
Programme takes back
Capital is simulated throughout, so no real market position is created for the trader
A payout is checked against a rule that no single day holds more than 40% of total profits
Not for: a trader who wants a funding payment rather than a platform quote.
SabioTrade lists 250+ assets including cryptocurrencies and runs one assessment instead of a
ladder, at $119 for a $20,000 balance and $289 for $50,000, with an 80% split from the first
payout and weekly withdrawals. Crypto sits at 1:3 leverage, which the firm ties to the highest
leverages allowed by the ESMA.
Programme gives
An 80% split from the first payout, with no scaling requirement to reach it
Weekly payouts and a single assessment rather than a two-phase ladder
Programme takes back
Crypto leverage is capped at 1:3, the lowest in this comparison
Requesting a withdrawal resets the trailing drawdown to the starting balance
Not for: anyone sizing a perpetual position, because the crypto leverage cap sits under every other programme here.
Goat Funded Trader is the highest-scoring prop firm on this site's overall formula and one of four
at the foot of this page, because crypto pairs trade on the firm's own platform beside FX, stocks
and ETFs and no market count appears on the pages we read. A $100,000 one-step challenge costs $438, refundable,
with a 100% split paid within 24 hours of a request.
Programme gives
A 100% profit split with payouts on request, in crypto to a wallet if wanted
The fee comes back with the first payout, and there is no consistency rule
Programme takes back
Capital is simulated at every stage, so only the reward is real money
Rewards and the funded stage both require passing an identity check
Not for: a perpetual trader, because the crypto here is a platform symbol rather than an exchange contract.
Breakout prices the cheapest entry in this list, $330 for a 1-Step Turbo on $100,000, with payouts
on demand above $50 in USDC and no minimum trading days. Where the order goes is answered in its
own disclosure: the firm may record a trade idea as an internal administrative book entry and
calculate a hypothetical result without routing anything.
Programme gives
The lowest entry price here, with no minimum trading days and no time limit
Payouts on demand, 24/7, from $50 after the split, in USDC to a wallet
Programme takes back
A trade idea may never reach a market, because the firm can book it internally
Evaluation fees are non-refundable for each attempt once trading begins, whatever the outcome
Not for: a trader who needs the position to exist somewhere outside the firm's own ledger.
FTMO is the largest firm here by its own numbers, 4.5 million customers and $650 million paid in
rewards, and the plainest about what its crypto is. The symbol table lists Crypto CFD beside
forex, exotics, metals, cash indices and equities. A one-step $100,000 challenge costs €439,
refunded in full with the first reward, on MT4, MT5 or cTrader.
Programme gives
The one-time fee is refunded in full, 100%, with the first reward
No time limit on the evaluation, and a record of scale the firm publishes itself
Programme takes back
Crypto is a CFD, and weekend hours depend on each platform's maintenance window
Accounts are simulated throughout, so no position of the trader's reaches a market
Not for: anyone who wants a funding rate and a market that does not close for maintenance.
BrightFunded sells one-step and two-step evaluations from $5,000 to $200,000, at €477 for
$100,000, with a 4% daily and 8% total loss limit, five minimum trading days and no consistency
rule. Its own wording settles the instrument question, because all trading practices occur within
a simulation environment, so a perpetual here is a simulated symbol.
Programme gives
Up to 90% split as standard, rising through a loyalty programme
No consistency rule, and payouts guaranteed inside 24 hours
Programme takes back
Accounts are demo throughout, and rewards are paid on simulated performance
Several rules a trader would want — no minimum days, a 90% ratio, a fee refund — are paid add-ons
Not for: a perpetual trader, since the environment is a simulation by the operator's own wording.
EVEDEX Funded Trading, described rather than ranked
Not scoredExchange programme
Its orders reach a real book, which is why the page describes it, and it carries no total, because
four of the five criteria price capital a firm puts up and none is put up here. The
method page sets the decision out in full.
This is not a prop firm. The trader posts margin — 3,335 USDT for a 100,000 nominal — and trades that
nominal on the exchange's own order book across 52 perpetual markets. Nobody lends the capital and
there is no evaluation, so a challenge is not the same purchase.
Programme gives
No evaluation phase, no minimum trading days and no consistency rule
Orders reach the exchange's own order book, and the trader keeps 100% of profit
Programme takes back
The money at risk from the first trade is the trader's own margin, where a fee is the whole stake elsewhere
Funded subaccounts are web only, with no API access
The larger nominal is not firm capital, so nothing beyond the posted margin can be withdrawn
Not for: a trader with no capital of their own, which is the exact case the prop model was built for.
What changes when the order reaches a book
A perpetual future has no settlement date, and the mechanism that holds its price near spot is a
funding payment exchanged between the long and short sides of an order book. That payment exists
only because the book does. On a CFD account the price is a quote from the firm or its platform,
the position is an agreement with that firm, and there is no funding leg for the trader to pay or
collect at all.
Three consequences follow, and none of them needs a figure to be true. A carry strategy built on
funding cannot be run on a CFD symbol. Weekend behaviour is set by a maintenance calendar rather
than by a market that never closes, which is why FTMO warns that weekend hours on cryptocurrencies
may vary on each platform because of weekly scheduled maintenance. And a fill on a simulated
account is produced by the firm's own engine, so what a trader reads as slippage is a modelling
decision rather than the depth of a book. Leverage sharpens all three: a position sized against a
nominal you do not own can be closed by a rule long before the market has decided anything.
How the instruments criterion is scored
Instruments is worth 10 of the 100 points in this site's formula and asks two questions. Does an
order reach an exchange order book, worth 6 points, and does the firm publish how many markets it
runs, worth 4 above 100 markets and 2 below. HyroTrader answers both at full marks, with a Bybit
API connection and 700+ USDT perpetual pairs. EVEDEX Funded Trading answers the first the same way
and the second with 52 perpetual markets, which is where the whole gap between first and second
place on this page comes from.
The middle of the table is the opposite trade. Crypto Fund Trader publishes 715 crypto pairs and
SabioTrade 250+ assets, so both collect the breadth points and lose the execution ones. Breakout,
Goat Funded Trader, FTMO and BrightFunded publish no crypto market count on the pages we read and
sell CFD or simulated symbols, so they sit level on this criterion and are separated only by their
overall scores. Nothing in this column says whether a firm pays.
What this desk actually read
Fee, target, loss limits, split, payout terms — all copied off each firm's pricing and rule pages on
22 September 2026, then run through one weighted formula, written 23 September 2026 before any of it
was read (the method). 7 programmes priced, none bought.
Simulated capital is the norm here: a payout comes off the firm's balance sheet, not a filled
position. Terms are promises, too — a fair rule set can still mean weeks of argument over a
withdrawal, which no document shows.
Questions traders ask
Which crypto prop firms let you trade actual perpetual futures?
Two of the eight programmes covered here. HyroTrader sends funded orders through a Bybit API
connection, so they land on an exchange book across 700+ USDT perpetual pairs. EVEDEX Funded
Trading, printed under the table rather than scored, works on the exchange's own book across 52
perpetual markets. The other six trade CFD symbols or a demo environment.
What is the difference between a crypto CFD and a perpetual future?
A perpetual is a contract traded against other participants on an order book, with a funding
payment passing between longs and shorts to hold the price near spot. A CFD is an agreement with
the firm quoting it. The screen can look identical; the counterparty, the funding leg and the fill
are not.
Do prop firm accounts pay or receive funding rates?
Only where the order reaches a book. On a CFD or simulated account there is no counterparty
exchanging funding, so a carry strategy has nothing to collect and nothing to pay. None of the
firms here publishes a funding schedule of its own, which is itself the answer for the six CFD
routes.
Can you trade crypto on a prop account at the weekend?
It depends on the platform rather than on the market. FTMO states that weekend trading hours on
cryptocurrencies may vary on each platform because of weekly scheduled maintenance. An exchange
book keeps no such calendar, and the EVEDEX Funded Trading terms describe perpetual markets
running 24/7, which is a different constraint entirely.
How does HyroTrader execution differ from the rest?
Its funded accounts run through a Bybit API connection, with Tealstreet and Cleo as alternative
terminals, over 700+ USDT perpetual pairs. That is an exchange account the firm controls, not a
demo server. The rule set pays for it: mandatory stop-losses, consistency requirements and five
minimum trading days.
Is EVEDEX Funded Trading a prop firm?
No. The trader posts their own margin and receives a larger trading nominal, so nobody lends them
capital and only the actual balance can be withdrawn. A prop firm sells an evaluation and pays a
reward calculated on its own simulated balance. Same word on the label, two different things to
buy.
Which programme publishes the most crypto markets?
Crypto Fund Trader, with 715 crypto pairs, ahead of HyroTrader's 700+ USDT perpetual pairs and
SabioTrade's 250+ assets across all classes. Breakout, FTMO, Goat Funded Trader and BrightFunded
publish no crypto count on the pages we read. A long symbol list and an exchange connection are
separate questions.