Live updates: promos, term changes, new challenges, payouts.
Prop firm Goat Funded Trader has launched a separate project, Goat Funded Predictions. There, traders trade not currency pairs but contracts on the outcome of events, and the platform itself runs on Kalshi and calls itself the first prop firm on prediction markets.
On October 28, The Depository Trust Company (DTC) - the main US depository, through which clearing of trades on NASDAQ passes - activated the DTCC Tokenization Service. Traditional stocks and bonds can now be converted into tokens on a blockchain and sent to digital wallets while retaining the same ownership rights.
On October 28, the prop firm FundingPips announced that it is stopping enrollment in PRIME - a closed program for selected traders with account scaling and a personal mentor. Those already inside keep their terms; new ones are not accepted.
On October 28 and 29, prop firm Hash Hedge is running a promotion on $100K, $200K and $300K challenges: 25% discount with a promo code, a reduced phase one target, and for the first time a scaling program for the funded account.
AMD shares closed Tuesday, October 27 at $560.26 (+$28.98, +5.45%) - the best session in the entire current rally of the semiconductor sector. The reason is specific: the company announced that its Helios systems are installed and being tested at Meta, and it will invest $1 billion in Meta's share offering.
Payward, the parent company of the Kraken exchange, is set to become the first operator of perpetual futures on the Hyperliquid blockchain operating under the supervision of the US regulator CFTC. The announcement came out on October 26, 2026; no launch date was given.
GMO Internet's cloud hosting, where traders keep MetaTrader terminals and trading robots, was hacked. Broker OANDA Securities Japan postponed client payouts on October 22 to check applications for fraudulent transfers.
Yemen's Houthi movement said on October 22 that it had struck King Fahd Airport in Dammam, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense building and another Saudi Aramco facility. Following this, Saudi Aramco (the world's largest oil company and Saudi Arabia's state company) ordered the evacuation of personnel from its headquarters in Dhahran and their transfer to remote work.
The US Department of Labor reported: for the week ending October 17, initial jobless claims totaled 194K versus the expected 200K. This is one of the lowest levels in recent months, and the dollar immediately recovered part of its recent decline.
BTC's trip to $85,000 ended in a reversal: from a high of $84,840 the price fell to $81,500, down almost 3%. The trigger did not come from crypto - the market was disappointed by Tesla's earnings report, and $431 million in leveraged positions were wiped out in a day.
The company has launched a configurator and is giving gifts!
Strategy added 250 BTC for $21.5 million in a week, whereas two weeks ago it acquired 1,665 BTC. At the same time, the company allocated $192 million to buy back STRC preferred shares, almost nine times more than for Bitcoin.
The prop firm The Funded Way has expanded its available payment methods. Now traders can pay for accounts in rubles
We are relaunching our line of challenges. Starting August 1, Hash Hedge is switching to an updated trader selection model: instead of three stages, there are now two, and the starting capital in each plan doubles. The maximum account is now $400,000, and you can reach it without intermediate upgrades.
