Breakout is a crypto-native proprietary trading platform that gives qualified traders access to funded accounts without requiring personal trading capital, beyond an evaluation fee. Breakout's Twitter Score is 101 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #7,083 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Breakout was founded by Alex Miningham, who serves as co-founder and CEO, and operates under Breakout Trading Group, LLC. The platform uses an evaluation-based model: traders pass a test to qualify for funded accounts, then trade without depositing personal capital. Breakout states it has issued over 20,000 funded accounts since 2023 and has paid out more than $50 million to traders. Funded traders may keep up to 90% of profits, with payouts available on-demand and issued exclusively in USDC via the Ethereum network (ERC-20).
Breakout offers access to 50+ crypto pairs, with up to 5x leverage on BTC and ETH contracts, and imposes no consistency rules and no profit caps. Kraken announced the acquisition of Breakout, effective September 1, 2025, to expand its product suite for advanced traders. Breakout is also affiliated with Payward Oceanic Ltd. as part of the broader Kraken group.
Breakout has published 4,900 posts and has been mentioned by 145 accounts a total of 850 times, reflecting active engagement within the funded trading community. Breakout has 55,579 followers as of August 2026 on the platform.
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The accounts that follow Breakout include 244 founders, 62 angel investors, 344 influencers and 5 VCs, among them Ansem, Laura Shin, Andrew Kang, Threadguy, Zhu Su and Luca Netz.