Author: Chain Wire

Ebene Cybercity, Mauritius, June 19th, 2026, FinanceWire

IUX has released an educational analysis examining how periods of heightened economic volatility, particularly following major macroeconomic announcements, may influence Force Sell risk in leveraged trading. The publication comes as recent economic data releases have once again highlighted the impact that unexpected market movements can have on leveraged positions when outcomes diverge significantly from market expectations.

From central bank rate decisions to inflation reports and labor market data, financial markets often experience rapid repricing as investors adjust their outlooks. While such events may create trading opportunities, they can also increase exposure to risk for participants using leverage across foreign exchange, commodities, and index markets.

Economic announcements such as Consumer Price Index (CPI) releases, Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP), Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reports, and Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data are among the most closely monitored indicators by market participants. When actual results differ materially from consensus forecasts, price movements may accelerate within a short period of time, potentially affecting margin levels across leveraged positions.

According to market observers, periods of elevated volatility may increase the likelihood of stop outs, also known as force sells or forced liquidations. These automatic risk-management mechanisms are commonly used by trading platforms to close positions when account equity falls below predefined margin requirements.

The process is designed to help limit further losses and, in some cases, may reduce the risk of account balances becoming negative during extreme market conditions.

Industry data has consistently shown that leverage can significantly amplify both gains and losses. While leverage allows traders to gain larger market exposure with a relatively small capital outlay, it may also accelerate equity drawdowns when markets move against open positions.

As a result, risk management practices continue to be a key focus among experienced traders. Maintaining sufficient margin buffers, monitoring economic calendars, applying stop-loss strategies, and sizing positions appropriately are commonly cited approaches for navigating periods of heightened uncertainty.

Trader engagement with economic-event-related content may increase around major macroeconomic announcements, as market participants often focus more closely on such events during these periods. This may reflect growing awareness among retail traders regarding the relationship between market volatility, leverage, and account risk management.

Economic events can be significant drivers of short-term market volatility. During these periods, understanding how margin requirements and leverage work may help traders better assess and manage their market exposure.

Market participants increasingly recognize that successful trading involves more than identifying potential opportunities. Risk management, particularly during major economic announcements, remains a critical component of long-term participation in financial markets.

While no strategy can eliminate risk entirely, educational awareness of concepts such as margin levels, stop out thresholds, and leverage mechanics may contribute to more structured decision-making during volatile market conditions.

About IUX

IUX is a global multi-asset trading platform. IUX Markets (MU) Ltd is regulated by the FSC Mauritius (License: GB22200605).

Disclaimer: CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 76% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Contact

IUX Education
Education@iux.com

Stockholm, Sweden, June 19th, 2026, Chainwire

PremiumBlock brings leveraged prediction markets, liquid 24/7 FX perpetuals and Web3 poker together in one wallet-native platform via premiumblock.org

PremiumBlock today announced the launch of its non-custodial risk hub for decentralized prediction markets, perpetual futures and Web3 poker, giving crypto users one wallet-native destination to create markets, trade outcomes, access perps and participate in on-chain poker without relying on a centralized custodian.

PremiumBlock is built around a simple idea: the next generation of crypto speculation will not be limited to order books or one-directional prediction markets. Users want to price real-world events, express conviction with leverage, trade crypto volatility, and control their bankroll from the same wallet. PremiumBlock brings those use cases together in a single interface designed for speed, maximal liquidity and instant withdrawals.

The platform’s prediction market layer allows users to create and participate in markets around crypto, sports, politics, culture, macro events and world news. Unlike platforms where market creation is tightly curated, PremiumBlock is designed for user-created markets, giving communities the ability to surface the questions they believe deserve liquidity.

PremiumBlock also supports leveraged prediction-market positions, with up to 2.5x leverage available on selected markets. The feature gives experienced users a way to express stronger conviction on event outcomes while operating inside a defined collateral framework. As with any leveraged product, participants should understand volatility, liquidation risk, and market-resolution rules before entering a position.

Alongside prediction markets, PremiumBlock offers crypto perpetual futures for traders who want long or short exposure without traditional expiry dates. The perps layer brings a familiar derivatives format into the same wallet-native environment as the platform’s event markets, reducing the need for users to move capital between separate prediction-market, exchange and gaming applications.

PremiumBlock’s Web3 poker product adds a third pillar to the platform’s risk ecosystem. Built for crypto-native users who value bankroll control, the poker experience is designed around fast deposits, instant withdrawals and non-custodial fund management. The goal is to offer a transparent alternative to legacy poker rooms where withdrawal delays, account controls and operator custody can create unnecessary friction.

“PremiumBlock was built for users who want direct market access without waiting on approvals, custodians or withdrawal queues,” said Baqir Hussain at PremiumBlock. “Prediction markets, perps and poker all revolve around information, timing and risk. Bringing them together in one non-custodial environment gives users a more flexible way to participate in the markets they understand.”

PremiumBlock enters the market as prediction platforms continue to move further into mainstream crypto conversation. Polymarket helped popularize event markets for crypto-native users, while Kalshi brought regulated event contracts into broader public discussion. PremiumBlock expands the category with a model focused on user-created leveraged markets, perpetual futures and wallet-based bankroll control.

The platform is available now for users seeking a crypto-native environment where event markets, leverage, perps and poker can exist side by side. PremiumBlock does not provide investment advice. Users are responsible for understanding applicable laws, smart contract risk, market volatility and the rules of any market or game before participating.

About PremiumBlock

PremiumBlock is a non-custodial risk hub for decentralized prediction markets, perpetual futures and Web3 poker. The platform combines user-created event markets, up to 2.5x leverage, crypto perps and instant withdrawals in a wallet-native experience designed for crypto users who want direct control over funds.

Contact

Farhat
Chadi
PremiumBlock
team@premiumblock.org

New York, United States, June 18th, 2026, Chainwire

Stratosphere, Pudgy Penguins and Streamex hosted a private Founders Table VIP Dinner in New York City during ETHConf 2026 and NYC Tech Week, bringing together leaders across digital assets, tech, AI, traditional finance and institutional capital.

The invite-only dinner took place on June 9th and gathered a curated room of founders, operators, funds, C-level executives and institutional leaders for an intimate evening of dinner and conversation.

Guests in attendance included leaders from Citi, BitMine, BitGo, Mirae Asset Securities USA, Experian, Pyth Network, Space and Time, MegaETH, B3, Stable, Antler, Delphi Digital, Fun, Linera, Vanta Trading, Streamex, PolyData, Horizen Labs, World Foundation, Zipcode, OpenLedger, Onyx, Definitive, Notalone Ventures and more.

The Founders Table format is intentionally simple: a selected guest list, a private room and no stage agenda. The goal is to bring the right people together in a setting where conversations can happen naturally.

The dinner was hosted by Stratosphere with Pudgy Penguins and Streamex. Stratosphere brought its network across founders, operators, investors and institutional teams. Pudgy Penguins added one of the strongest consumer brands and communities in digital assets. Streamex brought the institutional and real-world asset side of the conversation, with its focus on tokenized gold and commodity markets.

The Stratosphere team and its CEO, Hassan Shaikh, have continued to build Founders Table into a private dinner series around major industry conferences. After previous editions during Digital Asset Summit and Consensus, the New York dinner continued the same idea: high-quality rooms, selected attendance and conversations that are hard to recreate on a conference floor.For Stratosphere, the dinner reinforces the company’s position as an ecosystem partner for leading brands across tech, finance and digital assets. Established projects work with Stratosphere to deepen cultural relevance, strengthen market narratives and connect with founders, investors, institutions and operators across the industry.

“I’m optimistic about the next phase of digital assets, especially around the tokenization of commodities,” said Hassan Shaikh, CEO of Stratosphere. “These dinners give us a way to bring funds, institutions, and founders into the same room to talk about where the market is heading.”

The Founders Table series is expected to continue around major global conferences throughout the year, with future editions focused on bringing together founders, capital, institutions and leading brands in private, relationship-driven rooms.

For those interested in attending or getting involved in future Founders Table editions, reach out to the Stratosphere team.

About Stratosphere

Stratosphere is an ecosystem partner and growth consultancy for industry leaders in tech and finance, building the narratives, ecosystem partnerships, and distribution flywheels that create sustainable, repeatable growth.

Website: www.stratosphere.vip

X: @StratosphereVIP

Contact

Yaroslav Provada
max@movimentum.io

London, United Kingdom, June 17th, 2026, Chainwire

Landmark transaction brings real operating company equity to Solana-based tokenised capital formation  

First Block deploys next-generation digital securities architecture for real- world operating business 

Onpharma’s medical device technology for dentistry brings recurring revenue, high gross margins and a significant market opportunity to a tokenised capital raise 

This offering is available for investment at sto.onpharma.com  

First Block, Inc., a digital securities and tokenisation infrastructure company, together with Onpharma Company (Delaware) and UK-based Crito Capital LLP, today announce the launch of what is believed to be the first Solana-based Security Token Offering (“STO”) for an established U.S. operating business, a structural turning point in the modernisation of global private markets. 

The Tokenisation Framework 

The STO deploys Solana blockchain infrastructure combining atomic settlement technology, programmable ownership architecture, and digital distribution capabilities, structured within existing U.S. securities law. Where traditional private markets have struggled with fragmented, multi-intermediary processes, the tokenised framework enables issuance, settlement, and cross-border distribution to qualified investors quickly, transparently, and at low cost. Secondary transactions occur on-chain across compatible wallets subject to KYC controls, delivering near-instantaneous settlement, secondary trading liquidity, and international accessibility under Regulation S and other applicable frameworks. 

The STO Structure 

A Security Token Offering represents and transfers ownership rights in a company’s common stock via blockchain-based digital tokens rather than traditional share registers. The Onpharma STO is structured as a Regulation S offshore issuance to non-U.S. investors, combining the legal certainty of an exempt securities offering with the operational efficiency of Solana infrastructure, settling and distributing at speed and cost traditional private markets cannot match. 

Onpharma: The Investment Case 

Onpharma occupies a distinctive position in global dental technology. Its Onset EZ local anaesthetic buffering product is already used to buffer millions of dental injections annually, addressing the slow, uncomfortable, and unreliable performance of dental local anaesthetic that has remained largely unsolved for decades. The Onset EZ Pen requires no assembly or specialist training, integrating directly into existing workflows for an improved patient experience. 

Onpharma sits at a post-validation, pre-scale inflection point: infrastructure, supply chain, regulatory compliance, and initial commercialisation are complete, while the growth phase is beginning. Septodont’s February 2025 market entry has validated anaesthetic buffering as an emerging standard of care, reducing category risk and increasing awareness. The disposable Onset EZ Pen provides operational leverage through scalable direct marketing, customer conversion, and repeat consumable revenue. The global dental anaesthesia buffering market is valued at $2bn and projected to reach $2.65bn by 2030. Capital raised will extend field sales and expand direct selling via the company’s recently deployed AI marketing tools. 

The Infrastructure 

First Block’s digital securities architecture underpins the transaction from issuance and compliance through to Solana-based settlement and distribution, compressing conventional private placement infrastructure, fragmented custodial arrangements, manual processing, multi-intermediary chains, into a single programmable, blockchain-enabled system built for the scale, speed, and wallet-level accessibility international investors increasingly require. Crito Capital LLP, an FCA-authorised investment banking and advisory platform focused on institutional capital formation, is providing structuring and advisory for the offering. 

“This is larger than a traditional financing,” said Daniel P. Cannon, CEO of First Block. “We believe this transaction represents the beginning of the convergence between capital markets and Solana-based securities infrastructure. The STO itself is the story, but it starts with a real operating company, a real product, and exceptional revenue growth potential.” 

“Onpharma has spent years building a real operating business around a simple clinical objective: making local anaesthetic better for dentists and patients,” said Matt Stepovich, Onpharma’s CEO. “This offering allows us to present a validated, revenue-generating medical device platform to a wider base of qualified international investors via a structure that reflects how capital markets are evolving. Combining Onpharma’s real-world commercial traction with First Block’s Solana-based securities infrastructure is an important step in making growth capital formation more efficient, accessible and transparent.” 

Additional details regarding offering structure and participation frameworks are available on the landing page for the STO offering linked here – sto.onpharma.com 

About First Block Inc.

First Block Inc. is a blockchain infrastructure and digital securities company focused on compliant tokenisation, STOs, real-world-asset digitisation and Solana-based settlement architecture for global markets.  

About Onpharma Company

Onpharma Company develops dental technologies focused on improving local anaesthetic in dentistry.  Its Onset EZ Pen buffering platform improves anaesthetic reliability, accelerates onset time, and makes the dental anaesthetic injection more comfortable.  

About Crito Capital LLP

Crito Capital LLP is a UK-based investment banking and advisory firm authorised and regulated in the UK, focused on institutional capital markets, strategic advisory, and emerging fintech. 

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding Onpharma Company’s (the “Company”) business strategy, anticipated growth, market opportunity, product development, commercialization efforts, expected revenues, financing plans, digital asset initiatives, tokenization initiatives, regulatory matters, and future operations. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, assumptions, and projections that involve significant risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation, market conditions, regulatory developments, financing availability, competition, technological developments, product adoption, operational execution, and other risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law. 

This press release is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any offering of securities referenced herein will be made solely pursuant to definitive offering documents and in compliance with applicable securities laws and regulations. The offering referenced herein is intended solely for non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act and is not directed to, or intended for, U.S. persons or investors located in the United States. 

Contact

Mr
Richard Morgan Evans
Sapience Communications
rmorganevans@sapiencecomms.co.uk

Road Town, British Virgin Islands, June 15th, 2026, Chainwire

Wallet V, a self-custody Web3 wallet, launched a public performance benchmark for the AI trading agents that its users have configured on the third-party decentralized derivatives platforms Hyperliquid and Aster. The benchmark publishes aggregate cohort performance and is hosted on the Wallet V website.

The benchmark covers 688 agents created by Wallet V users over the prior two months. Each agent was configured by the user, used a large language model selected by the user to generate trading decisions, and executed on Hyperliquid or Aster. Wallet V aggregates the on-platform performance of those agents by underlying model. Performance is refreshed as new agents are deployed.

The cohort spans seven large language model families. Across the cohort, 42 percent of agents recorded a profit and loss balance of zero or higher over the period. Peak agent-level return on investment in the dataset ranged from negative 30 percent on the lowest-performing model to positive 307 percent on the highest. Models represented by fewer than 10 agents in the cohort are reported as directional rather than statistically conclusive.

Agents in the cohort executed strategies as perpetual futures across four asset classes available on Hyperliquid and Aster. These include major digital assets such as BTC, ETH, and SOL; equities, including pre-initial public offering equity exposure; commodities including gold, silver, and oil benchmarks; and major foreign exchange pairs. All instruments are accessed through third-party venues.

“At Wallet V, the focus has been on building infrastructure for the next phase of crypto. This benchmark is what that next phase looks like up close. Users now decide which AI model to configure their agent in the same way institutions evaluate managers, by reviewing observable performance over time,” said Adam Cai, Founder & CEO of Virgo Group.

Wallet V plans to extend the benchmark in subsequent releases. Future releases include the addition of newer model families, support for prediction markets, advanced analytics features for copilot trading and personalized AI prompt generation tailored to each user’s trading style.

The Wallet V applications for iOS and Android are available at dl.walletv.io.

About Wallet V

Wallet V is a Web3 self-custody wallet that gives users access to third-party AI models to configure AI agents and execute user-defined trading strategies. The application connects to third-party platforms supporting cross-chain swaps, perpetual futures, prediction markets, and onchain exposure to tokenized equities.

Wallet V is an incubation project by Virgo Group, a digital asset service provider led by CEO Adam Cai. Virgo Group is backed by investors including Draper Dragon, OKX Ventures, Vaulta Foundation, Cobo Ventures, Waterdrip Capital, and Sora Ventures.

Disclaimer

Trading crypto, perpetual contracts, tokenized assets, and prediction markets involves significant risk of loss and is offered by third-party platforms. Wallet V is a software provider that connects to external platforms and does not offer trading services or AI automation tools directly or indirectly. Wallet V does not provide investment, tax, or legal advice. Access to certain products may be restricted in some jurisdictions.

Contact

Peter Ip
marketing@walletv.io

Zug, Switzerland, June 18th, 2026, Chainwire

Range raises $8.3M Series A to build the platform for companies operating across stablecoins and fiat rails, with traditional fintech funds TX Ventures and SixThirty among the backers.

Range, the platform for companies operating across stablecoins and fiat, has raised $11M to date, including a new $8.3M Series A. The round was oversubscribed, closing in one of the hardest fundraising markets crypto has seen. Two of the backers are traditional fintech funds rather than crypto VCs: Swiss-based TX Ventures and US-based SixThirty. Crypto-native funds Maven 11 Capital and Onigiri Capital also backed the round.

For Range, the investor mix is a key signal for the industry. The capital that usually underwrites payments rails, banking infrastructure, and compliance software is now underwriting financial infrastructure that spans stablecoins and fiat. It shows the two converging into one finance operating model, with the control layer between the rails now real infrastructure in its own right.

Range is the platform for companies operating across stablecoins and fiat. The product is organized into two parts: UNIFY, the system of record across all sources, including digital assets and bank balances; and PROTECT, the control layer that screens transactions for risk, compliance, or business policy violations before the money moves. Range connects every bank account, custodian, wallet, and exchange into a single real-time ledger, runs pre-execution controls on every onchain transaction, and surfaces the intelligence finance teams need to move fast without trading off security or compliance. 

Companies adopting stablecoins operate two sets of rails at once, and the controls built for fiat were never designed for digital assets. Unlike traditional finance rails, stablecoins settle in seconds and cannot be reversed once broadcast. Yet most finance and risk teams still screen transactions after the money has moved and reconcile across rails by hand. Beyond the unified ledger, Range provides the onchain compliance and risk controls that fiat tools were never built for, and lets customers layer in their own compliance providers to supplement Range’s. The accounting tools a team already uses stay in place, fed with enriched onchain data.

Today, Range protects more than $30B in customer assets under management and carries 10,000+ integrations with banks, custodians, and wallets. It monitors 200+ networks and 100+ stablecoins in real time, tracks 99.41% of all stablecoin payments, and screens tens of billions in monthly payment volume – a breadth of coverage that gives its risk and compliance intelligence a depth few platforms can match. Range is used by Circle, The Solana Foundation, Stellar, Squads and Jupiter, among others.

“Stablecoins and fiat are converging, and finance teams need one platform to run both safely and at scale,” said Andres Monteoliva, co-founder and CEO of Range. “The hard part was never moving stablecoins. It was keeping control of them: knowing every balance in real time, screening transactions before they move, and staying audit-ready across both rails. This round lets us invest deeper in Unify and Protect, grow our engineering and go-to-market teams, and extend coverage across more networks and integrations. The mix of fintech and crypto investors in this round reflects where the market is heading.”

Why fintech capital backed a stablecoin company 

“Enterprises seek stablecoin efficiency alongside fiat-level operational rigor. Range provides this on a single platform by treating onchain money with institutional-grade controls by unifying accounts, screening transactions, and ensuring audit-readiness. By combining innovation with control and governance, Range unlocks modern financial infrastructure. It is why we backed this team.” Chandresh Iyer, General Partner, SixThirty Ventures

“Stablecoins are moving from crypto-native use cases into mainstream financial infrastructure. But for companies operating across stablecoins and fiat, the hard part is no longer just moving money, it is keeping control of it. That is why we at TX Ventures are proud to back Range in its Series A. Companies should be able to adopt stablecoins safely, compliantly and at scale, without giving up the controls they rely on in fiat.” Jens Schleuniger, Managing Partner at TX Ventures

“As assets are increasingly moving onchain, having a granular and comprehensive view of your financial flows becomes increasingly critical for both asset issuers and those facilitating and interacting with those assets. Range provides exactly this and will help unlock the next leg of growth for the stablecoin and RWA segments of the digital asset industry. We are very proud to partner with Andres and Michael.” said Mathijs van Esch, General Partner at Maven 11.

“Last year, Stellar processed $56 billion in stablecoin payments, and we know that stablecoins only deliver on their promise when the operations around them are safe, compliance-forward, and auditable. Range gives companies building on Stellar the controls to move money from stablecoins to fiat and back with confidence, and we’re proud to back the Range team.” Raja Chakravorti, Chief Business Officer, Stellar Development Foundation

About Range

Range is the platform for companies operating across stablecoins and fiat. Finance, compliance, and operations teams use Range to bring bank accounts, custodians, wallets, and exchanges into a single real-time ledger, with controls to screen, protect, and reconcile capital before and after it moves.

Range supports pre-execution controls for sanctions, fraud, and operational risk, while feeding enriched onchain data into the accounting and compliance tools teams already use. The platform secures more than $30B in onchain assets and tracks 99.41% of stablecoin payment activity across 200+ networks and 100+ stablecoins.

Range is used by teams including the Solana Foundation, Circle, Stellar, Squads, and Jupiter. More information available at range.org.

Contact

CMO
Syed Choudhury
Range
syed@range.org

Dover, Delaware, June 18th, 2026, FinanceWire

PropEd Capital today announced a new payout processing model designed to provide eligible traders with automated payout approvals and payout processing in one hour or less. The initiative is intended to increase transparency and reduce delays commonly associated with withdrawal requests in the proprietary trading industry.

According to the company, once a trader meets the applicable payout requirements and a withdrawal is reflected as available in the platform dashboard, the payout request is automatically processed without additional review steps. PropEd Capital stated that the new model is supported by an integration with Rise to facilitate automated payout processing.

The Payout Problem in Prop Trading

Most prop firms place friction between performance and payout.

That friction shows up in different ways:

• Manual approval processes
• Additional verification steps
• Hidden conditions tied to withdrawals
• Delays that stretch from hours to days

These systems protect the business, but they create doubt for the trader.

Over time, this leads to a bigger issue. Traders start adjusting behavior not to improve performance, but to avoid payout problems. That shift affects decision-making and consistency.

PropEd Capital removes that layer entirely.

A Transparent Payout Framework

The firm announced a payout processing model that includes a payout approval guarantee for eligible withdrawals.

According to the company, once applicable conditions are met, payout requests are processed automatically without additional manual review. The company reports current payout processing times of under one hour from request to payment.

To support this, PropEd Capital is integrating with Rise, a payment infrastructure that verifies payout history and allows for full automation. The goal is simple: make payouts instant and fully transparent.

This approach does two things:

• It removes uncertainty
• It builds trust through consistency

And in prop trading, consistency matters more than promises.

Removing Friction Beyond Payouts

Payouts are one part of the experience. The firm also removes friction across the entire trading process.

Traders can pass evaluation accounts in real time using unrealized profits. Once the profit target is hit and consistency rules are met, the system automatically progresses the account.

There are no minimum trading day requirements. Traders are not forced to stay active just to meet a rule. The focus stays on execution, not activity.

The fee structure is also simplified. There is a one-time fee. No activation charges. No monthly rebills.

These changes reduce pressure. Traders are not managing rules. They are managing trades.

The TrueRisk Model

One of the firm’s most distinct offerings is the TrueRisk account.

Traditional prop firm accounts often present large balances with tight loss limits. A trader might see a $150,000 account but lose access after a relatively small drawdown. This creates a disconnect between perception and actual risk.

TrueRisk removes that disconnect.

The rule is simple: the account must not reach zero.

There are no complex drawdown calculations or hidden thresholds. Traders always know where they stand. Progress becomes easier to track, and decision-making becomes clearer.

This model has quickly become the firm’s most adopted product.

It works because it reflects how traders already think: risk is controlled, and positions are kept within limits.

Built by a Trader, Not Just a Business

The firm’s structure reflects its origin.

PropEd Capital was built by a trader with over 15 years of market experience. That background shows in how decisions are made.

Instead of designing systems to protect the firm first, the focus stays on the trader’s experience. The goal is to remove unnecessary obstacles without lowering standards.

This approach also extends to partnerships. The firm connects traders with educators and platform providers that share the same philosophy.

It is not just about access to capital. It is about building a working environment that supports growth.

Early Traction and Growth

Before opening publicly, PropEd Capital worked with a smaller group of traders to refine its systems.

That phase helped shape the current model. Since then, more than 1,000 traders have joined the platform.

Growth has been steady. The firm reported over 20% month-over-month growth recently and is tracking higher in the current cycle.

The user base is global. While the firm is US-based, traders are joining from Europe, Canada, and Australia.

This early traction supports one key point. The model is not theoretical. It is already being tested in live conditions.

A Different Direction for Prop Trading

The prop trading industry continues to expand. New firms launch often, but many follow the same structure.

Complex rules. Delayed payouts. Limited transparency.

PropEd Capital takes a different path.

It simplifies rules to reduce confusion. It removes payout friction to build trust. And it aligns its model with trader performance instead of trader failure.

This does not make trading easier. Markets remain difficult. But it removes distractions that do not contribute to performance.

What Comes Next

The firm’s short-term focus is growth and stability.

In the medium term, it plans to expand programs like TrueRisk and deepen partnerships with educators and platforms that align with its approach.

Long-term, the goal is broader. A prop trading model where both sides benefit from trader success.

That idea is simple, but also rare in the current market.

PropEd Capital is building toward that direction, one step at a time.

About PropEd Capital

PropEd Capital is a proprietary futures trading firm dedicated to creating a transparent and trader-first funding experience. Built on the principles of fairness, clear risk management, and fast, reliable payouts, the firm provides traders with straightforward evaluation and funding programs designed to reward consistency rather than capitalize on failure.

Contact

Sunday Adenekan
Alpha Market Flow
support@alphamarketflow.com

Bratislava, Slovakia, June 18th, 2026, FinanceWire

The new online service from a securities broker licensed in Slovakia makes investing simpler. ETFobchodník provides a platform for investing in the world’s largest funds with zero fees and interest on cash balances.

ETFobchodník has introduced an investment service that enables users to invest regularly in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) without account management fees. The service is designed to provide access to ETF-based investing through a simplified investment process.

The new service responds to a situation in which money held in ordinary bank accounts is rapidly losing its purchasing power due to inflation, while traditional financial institutions offer people products with complex and hidden fees that deprive them of a large part of their returns. ETFobchodník therefore brings a solution based on so-called ETF funds, or Exchange Traded Funds. These work very simply: they represent a kind of “shopping basket” filled with the world’s most successful stocks. Instead of having to choose individual companies in a complicated way, by buying a single fund, an investor gains exposure to hundreds of major companies, such as Apple, Microsoft or Amazon, all at once. This also reduces the risk of sharp fluctuations in the value of their invested assets.

Why ETFobchodník is changing the investment landscape:

• No fees, including hidden costs: Traditional mutual funds offered by banks charge high fees for their managers to manually select stocks, which in the vast majority of cases does not lead to higher returns. ETFobchodník uses passive investing, where purchases are managed by an automated computer system. Thanks to this, fees can be zero.
• Cash balances earn interest: ETFobchodník’s rate is up to 3.75% per year. Interest is calculated daily and credited once a month.
• Money works on its own through automatic reinvestment: The platform exclusively uses so-called accumulating ETFs. This means that if companies in the basket pay out a dividend, meaning a share of profit, this money is immediately and automatically used to buy additional shares. This maximizes the power of compounding and helps savings grow faster.
• Training and tools for beginners: The product also includes a free demo account, through which every beginner can try investing without using real money. ETFobchodník also offers other practical visual tools, such as an inflation calculator or a savings calculator.
• High security: Clients’ assets are under strict supervision and protected by European consumer protection rules. ETFobchodník buys only real securities of the world’s largest companies and tracks proven global indices, such as the American S&P 500. The service completely avoids risky and speculative financial instruments.

Simplicity first

The entire process, from opening an account to monitoring how the money grows, takes place fully online via computer or mobile phone. People have a constant overview of their money and can change or pause their monthly deposits at any time free of charge or withdraw their money if needed without any penalties. The service thus brings complete freedom and fair conditions for everyone who wants to protect their savings and let them grow safely and intelligently.

About the ETFobchodník project

ETFobchodník is a modern product whose goal is to make simple, safe and low-cost investing accessible to the general public. Thanks to full digitalization without the need for in-person meetings, it enables ordinary savers to conveniently build long-term wealth through global index funds, or ETFs. The operator of the service is a duly licensed and regulated entity supervised by the National Bank of Slovakia. More about the company here: https://etfobchodnik.com/en/about-us

Contact

Support
ETFobchodnik
support@etfobchodnik.com
+421 222 200 936

Limassol, Cyprus, June 18th, 2026, FinanceWire

B2PRIME, a global financial services provider, has launched an AI Assistant directly inside B2TRADER, its flagship trading platform. The tool delivers real-time market analysis, sentiment signals, and price outlooks without requiring traders to leave their workspace or consult a separate analytics service. It is the first public step in B2PRIME’s strategy to become a fully AI-native brokerage.

Moving Towards Market Interpretation

As financial markets become increasingly data-driven, traders are expected to process vast amounts of information across multiple sources while making decisions in real time. B2PRIME believes the next generation of trading technology will also help users understand them, going far beyond providing simple access to markets.

Instead of adding AI as a standalone feature, B2PRIME is going further by embedding intelligence directly into the trading workflow, creating a more connected and context-aware trading environment.

This way, the company is changing the very role of the trading platform: from a transaction-execution environment to an intelligent workspace that helps the user interpret the market directly at the time of analysis.

What the AI Assistant Does

The AI Assistant sits directly inside the B2TRADER interface and automatically adapts to whichever market a user is viewing at any given moment. Rather than requiring traders to switch between countless charts, research portals, news feeds, and analytics tools, it brings multiple layers of market intelligence into a single workspace. No tab-switching, no external subscriptions, no separate logins necessary.

The Assistant continuously analyses the selected market and presents a consolidated view of the factors shaping current conditions. Within one interface, users can access:

• An AI Score reflecting the system’s current assessment of the selected market
• A model-generated 12-month price outlook
• Bullish and bearish sentiment insights
• Technical, on-chain, and sentiment signal drivers
• Informational suggested actions
• Key market metrics, including trading volume, market capitalisation, and historical price levels

By combining these elements, the AI Assistant helps traders understand not only what is happening in the market but also the signals and data points influencing current conditions.

Why It Matters for Traders

Market analysis has historically required either expensive professional tools or significant time investment in self-education. Traders relying on instinct or fragmented information sources often face a structural disadvantage when navigating fast-moving markets.

The B2PRIME AI Assistant is designed to address this challenge on multiple levels.

Lower Barrier to Entry

Traditionally, accessing structured market analysis — sentiment breakdowns, technical signal aggregation, price outlooks — required either professional-grade subscriptions or building the analysis yourself.

The AI Assistant brings institutional-quality context in front of any trader, at the moment they need it, and regardless of their level of experience. Someone opening a position on a crypto asset or FX pair can see immediately what the signals say before they act, without needing to spend hours doing preliminary research.

A Practical Starting Point for Self-Education

For traders looking to build their market knowledge, the AI Assistant serves as a reference point rather than a replacement for independent thinking. By exposing users to sentiment analysis, technical indicators, and broader market signals within their normal workflow, it helps them better understand how different factors contribute to market behaviour over time.

What’s Next

“We are building infrastructure for the way professional traders actually work — under time pressure, with too much fragmented information and not enough contextual clarity,” said Eugenia Mykuliak, Founder and Executive Director of B2PRIME Group. “Embedding AI into B2TRADER is the first step in a longer journey toward a fully AI-native brokerage.”

The AI integration is available to B2PRIME clients via B2TRADER across web, iOS, and Android.

About B2PRIME

B2PRIME Group is a global financial services provider for institutional, professional and retail clients. Regulated by reputable authorities — including CySEC, SFSA, FSCA, FSC Mauritius, and DFSA (Dubai), and SCB (The Bahamas) — the group of companies offers access to competitive liquidity across multiple asset classes. Committed to the highest compliance standards, B2PRIME provides institutional-grade trading solutions with a focus on reliability, transparency, and operational excellence.

Contact

B2PRIME Group
sales@b2prime.com