Crypto-only, or a multi-asset firm that also lists crypto?
The two are sold with the same words and they are not the same product. 16 of the 21 firms in this comparison trade crypto alongside forex, indices and metals; 5 trade crypto and nothing else. Here is what that changes, and what you are actually paying for.
The class is assigned by hand from the instrument list each firm publishes, printed as the firm words it in the table so you can check it. "Multi-asset" does not mean crypto is an afterthought: at several firms it is most of the volume. It means the platform, the rules and the payout rails were built for something else first. The badge cannot show how much crypto you get, so the instrument column does: Funded Trader Markets publishes roughly 40 crypto CFDs among 76 instruments, City Traders Imperium six pairs among 53, and the firms marked crypto only publish nothing else at all. The source link in each row goes to the page that row was read from and says which it is: "terms" for a terms, pricing or product page, "site" where the figures came from the firm's homepage and no deeper page states them.
| Firm | Scope | What it trades (as published) | Payout rails | Weekend holding | KYC timing | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HyroTrader | crypto only | 700+ cryptocurrencies, traded through Bybit or Binance | USDT, USDC | Allowed | Before activation | site |
| AquaFunded | multi-asset | Forex pairs, indices, commodities and crypto CFDs on the CFD accounts (crypto 24/7 at 1:2 leverage); separate futures product via AquaFutures | Crypto (BTC, ETH, USDC ERC20/TRC20), Rise (bank transfer or crypto) | Allowed | Not stated by firm | site |
| E8Markets | multi-asset | Forex, indices, metals, energies, stocks, crypto (Classic); crypto perpetual futures on the Hyperliquid feed incl. BTC, ETH, alts, 24/7 | Rise Works, WorkMarket, Aeropay | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| Blue Guardian | multi-asset | Forex, indices, gold and commodities, cryptocurrencies; crypto commission $0 | Crypto (BTC/ETH/USDT, $100 min, under $5,000), Rise Works (bank, $500 min) | Allowed | Before payout | terms |
| Breakout Prop Firm | multi-asset | Crypto (perpetual futures); the firm also lists equities and commodities | USDC (ERC-20) | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| Kraken Prop | crypto only | 60+ crypto pairs on perpetual-style contracts | USD to your Kraken wallet, USDG to your Kraken wallet | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| Funded Trader Markets | multi-asset | 76 instruments including roughly 40 crypto CFDs | USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL, Rise | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| Propr | multi-asset | 160+ perpetual futures on Hyperliquid: crypto, equities, indices, commodities and FX | USDC on-chain | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| City Traders Imperium | multi-asset | 53 symbols including six crypto pairs quoted in USD | Bank transfer, Crypto wallet, Dashboard wallet | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| FundedNext | multi-asset | CFDs on FX, indices, metals, energies, stocks and crypto | USDT (ERC-20/TRC-20), USDC (ERC-20), RiseWorks, Bank transfer | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| MyFundedPerps | multi-asset | Crypto perpetuals around the clock (BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, HYPE, ZEC and more) plus gold, silver, oil, indices, single US stocks and six FX pairs | Rise (cash), Store credit | Allowed | Before activation | site |
| Velotrade | multi-asset | 234 instruments including 104 crypto | USDC on Arbitrum, USDT on Arbitrum | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| Bitfunded | multi-asset | 100+ crypto pairs plus 20 TradFi pairs, both tradable on the challenge accounts; traditional pairs carry a 5-day holding limit | USDT | Allowed | Before payout | terms |
| Fundedbit | crypto only | Crypto pairs on Bybit | Crypto payouts (firm's zero-denial policy) | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| Crypto Fund Trader | multi-asset | 540+ crypto pairs, 39 forex pairs, indices, commodities and stocks | BTC, USDT, USDC, Deel | Allowed | Before payout | terms |
| For Traders | multi-asset | 70+ crypto pairs, 24/7 including weekends, plus FX, metals, indices and futures | Bank transfer, Crypto | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| Instant Funding | multi-asset | 40+ FX pairs plus crypto CFDs, 9 majors as standard | USDC (ERC-20), Rise bank transfer | Allowed | Before payout | terms |
| DNA Funded | multi-asset | Forex, indices, commodities, stocks and crypto CFDs (BTCUSD, ETHUSD, SOLUSD, XRPUSD on the published instrument list); crypto commission 0.01% of notional | Crypto (USDT, BTC and other coins), International bank transfer | Allowed | Before payout | site |
| FX2 Funding | multi-asset | FX, metals, indices, energies and crypto CFDs | Crypto to wallet, Rise bank transfer | Allowed | Before activation | terms |
| FXIFY | crypto only | 80+ crypto CFDs quoted against USDT | Rise (bank rails), USDC/USDT where Rise is unavailable | Allowed | Before payout | terms |
| Upscale | crypto only | 105 cryptocurrencies, traded 24/7 including weekends | USDT (TON), USDT (Base), USDT (BSC) | Not allowed | Before payout | terms |
What you are getting into
A challenge fee is not a deposit. You are buying a simulated account and a set of rules. If you breach a rule the fee is gone, and no firm here publishes a refund policy for a breach. Everything below sits on top of that one fact.
Crypto moves when the forex market is shut. Bitcoin trades at 3am on a Sunday. A firm whose support desk runs Monday to Friday, and whose platform closes at the weekend, has sold you a crypto product you cannot manage through the two windows where crypto actually gaps. 20 of 21 firms here state that weekend holding is allowed; at the rest, a position carried into Saturday is a rule breach, not a choice.
Drawdown is measured in percent of a small balance, and crypto has 5% candles. A 6% static drawdown on a $25,000 account is $1,500. One bad hour in a leveraged altcoin position is that, and the rule does not care that the move was news. This is the single most common way a crypto challenge is lost, and it is not a trading skill problem.
The payout rail decides how much of a payout you keep. 14 of 21 firms here can pay in USDT, USDC or another coin. The rest pay by bank transfer, sometimes through an intermediary such as Rise or Deel, and the receiving bank's fee and the firm's own minimum apply before anything lands. A firm paying in USDT on TON is a different product from one paying by wire.
Verification timing is the trap in "no KYC". 7 of 21 firms check identity only when you request a payout, so the account is crypto-native until the moment money is meant to move and then it is not. Read the terms, not the marketing: the ones that say "no KYC" usually mean "no KYC until you withdraw".
Leverage cuts both ways on an instrument with no closing bell. 1:100 on a currency pair with a central bank behind it is not 1:100 on a coin that can move 12% on a weekend headline. Check the leverage figure against the instrument, not against the account.
Firms people ask about that are not in this comparison
The names that come up most when a trader asks "is this firm good for crypto" are the large multi-asset houses - FTMO and The5ers among them. Neither is on this list, and the reason is the rule this site was built on: a firm enters the comparison only if crypto is a market it actually serves and its terms were read from its own pages, with a date. Those firms are not crypto-first; crypto is one row in an instrument table built around forex.
That is not a judgement about them. A firm with a long track record, a real balance sheet and 100% splits can be the better buy for a trader who wants to trade EURUSD. It is a statement that their terms were not verified here, so their numbers are not published here - and if you are comparing them, compare them to the multi-asset rows above, not to the crypto-only ones.
How to tell which one you are being sold, in sixty seconds
- Open the instrument list, not the homepage. If crypto appears in a list beside forex, indices and metals, it is a multi-asset account. That is fine. It is not the same product as a crypto-native one.
- Search the rules page for the word "weekend". If holding over the weekend is a breach, the firm has sold a crypto instrument on a forex timetable.
- Find the payout method before you pay the fee. "Crypto payouts" is not a rail; USDT on a named network with a named minimum is.