About us
Who writes this site, how it is funded, and what it is not.
Last updated 5 September 2026
Why this site exists
Crypto prop firms are a young industry with real money in it and almost no independent scrutiny. Most comparison sites are ranked by commission, most reviews are written by people who have never held a funded account, and the firms know it.
This site exists to do the boring version: buy the challenge, read the rulebook, request the withdrawal, publish what happened. Our methodology sets out exactly how that translates into a score.
Who writes it
R. Mercier — Editor, Payout Desk. Nine years trading crypto derivatives, four of them on funded accounts across eleven firms. Signs every firm review on this site and runs every test in the payout log.
Before launch: replace this with the real editor's name, a photograph, and at least one verifiable external profile. An unverifiable author is the single biggest E-E-A-T weakness a review site can have, and schema markup does not fix it.
What we are not
- We are not a prop firm and we do not fund traders.
- We are not a broker, an exchange, or a licensed financial adviser.
- We do not offer signals, courses, mentorship or account management.
- We are not affiliated with, owned by, or operated by any firm we review.
How we are funded
Affiliate commissions from some — not all — of the firms we list. This is disclosed on every page that carries such a link, and it is structurally separated from scoring: the formula is applied before any commercial conversation takes place. The full arrangement is set out in our affiliate disclosure.
Contact
Corrections, disputes and press enquiries: use the contact page. We publish corrections on the page they affect, with a date.