Velotrade Opens Full API Access for Funded Crypto Traders
Velotrade has announced full API access across its funded crypto trading accounts, extending institutional-grade trading infrastructure to traders operating on the platform. The rollout enables automated trading, live market data streaming, custom execution systems, and quantitative strategy deployment without additional approval or fees. According to Velotrade, the initiative reflects its broader approach of backing skilled traders with professional infrastructure rather than relying on challenge fee models. The announcement also highlights growing adoption of systematic trading workflows and reinforces Velotrade’s expansion as a crypto prop trading firm founded by former institutional derivatives professionals.
Hong Kong crypto prop firm extends institutional grade infrastructure to funded trading accounts
Velotrade, the Hong Kong based crypto proprietary trading firm founded by former institutional derivatives traders from JP Morgan, Dresdner Kleinwort, and Bank of America, today announced that full programmatic access to its funded trading accounts is now available to clients through its API.
The release of open API access marks the latest step in Velotrade’s broader infrastructure rollout for crypto traders. Every Velotrade account, from a trader’s first evaluation challenge through to a funded account, now has access to the same programmatic interface used internally across the firm’s trading environment.
Traders can place, modify, and cancel orders, stream live market data and account metrics via WebSocket, and run custom execution systems, signal automation, or quantitative strategies through the API. According to the company, there is no additional fee or separate approval process required to access the feature.
API Access and Automated Trading Support
The company said the API rollout reflects increasing demand for systematic and automated trading tools within crypto markets. Velotrade stated that automated trading, systematic strategies, and external execution systems have been supported on the platform since launch.
Through the API, traders can connect external systems ranging from signal automation tools to fully automated quantitative trading frameworks directly to funded accounts.
“We are not here to collect challenge fees and hope people fail. Our entire model is built on finding good traders and backing them with capital. Once a trader has shown they can perform, we want them to have everything they need to keep performing. An institutional grade API is part of that.”
— Gianluca Pizzituti, CEO and Co-Founder, Velotrade
Pizzituti began his career on the equity derivatives desk at Dresdner Kleinwort in London before founding and operating a proprietary high frequency trading firm focused on FX and equity indices in Singapore. In 2016 he founded Velotrade in Hong Kong, scaling the original trade finance business to over USD 2.5 billion in disbursements worldwide before launching the firm’s crypto prop trading platform in March 2026.
What Traders Can Now Build
• Custom execution engines for algorithmic, systematic, and discretionary trading strategies
• Real time risk dashboards using live equity, drawdown, and margin data via WebSocket
• Signal automation systems connected to external market data feeds
• Portfolio management and multi account orchestration tools
Automated trading is permitted on the same terms as manual trading. The firm’s evaluation rules, including daily loss limits and maximum drawdown, apply to API activity in the same way they apply to discretionary trades, and traders are expected to design their systems to track account state and halt before any limit is breached.
Expansion of Crypto Trading Infrastructure
Open API access continues a broader infrastructure rollout introduced as part of Velotrade’s crypto trading platform. According to the company, the platform framework was designed around the liquidity and volatility profile of crypto markets and includes support for continuous market access, crypto settlement rails, and systematic trading workflows.
“We have already seen traders running everything from execution algorithms to full systematic strategies on Velotrade accounts. Opening the API formally removes the last friction between someone with a good idea and a funded account they can deploy it on.”
— Vittorio De Angelis, Executive Chairman, Velotrade
De Angelis spent over three decades in capital markets and risk management, holding senior derivatives and capital markets roles at JP Morgan, Dresdner Kleinwort, and Bank of America before moving into fintech and alternative lending and later joining Velotrade as Executive Chairman.
About Velotrade
Velotrade is a Hong Kong based crypto proprietary trading firm founded by former institutional derivatives traders from JP Morgan, Dresdner Kleinwort, and Bank of America. The firm offers crypto funded trading accounts ranging from USD 5,000 to USD 200,000 and provides up to 6 times leverage on selected cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum. The crypto funded trading platform is operated by Velotrade Re Limited, a separate Hong Kong entity incorporated in November 2025, alongside the original Velotrade trade finance business, which has disbursed over USD 2.5 billion to date.
Company Details
Organization: Velotrade Re Limited
Contact Person: Gianluca Pizzituti
Website: https://velotrade.com/
Email: press@velotrade.com
Country: Hong Kong S.A.R.
Release Id: 22052645372