Most prop firms pay traders by bank transfer or through payment apps. Drift Fund pays in crypto — USDT or USDC — straight to a wallet you control, and publishes most payouts with their on-chain transaction so anyone can check them. If you trade crypto, that is the natural rail: no bank in the middle, the same process in every country, and a receipt that lives on a public blockchain instead of in a screenshot.
This guide explains how it works, end to end.
What you can be paid in
When you request a withdrawal you choose one of three options:
- USDT on Tron (TRC20)
- USDT on Ethereum (ERC20)
- USDC on Ethereum (ERC20)
The network matters more than the coin. A Tron address and an Ethereum address are not interchangeable, so paste an address from the network you selected — the form checks the address format for the chosen network before the request is accepted. Not sure which to pick? Look at which network your wallet or exchange deposit address uses. Tron transfers usually cost less in network fees.
Before your first withdrawal
A payout comes from a funded account — one you earned by passing an evaluation, or an Instant Funded account. You can request your first withdrawal once:
- The account is at least 14 days old.
- You have traded on at least 5 separate days.
- Your profit is at least 3% of the initial funded balance.
- No single day makes up more than 40% of your winning days' total — the consistency rule. It delays a withdrawal; it never ends the account.
- Your identity is verified (KYC).
After that there is no fixed calendar: you can request again each time the account is back to at least 3% profit, because the threshold resets after every withdrawal. You keep up to 90% of the profit — 100% with the Profit Split add-on chosen at checkout.
One wallet, one account holder
Use a wallet you personally control. A payout address shared between different account holders — even friends or family — is not accepted and triggers a review, because on a blockchain the wallet is part of the identity check. It protects you as much as it protects us.
Checking a payout yourself
Every crypto transfer has a transaction hash — a public receipt that anyone can look up:
- Tron (TRC20): paste the hash into tronscan.org and look for the USDT transfer, its amount and time.
- Ethereum (ERC20): paste it into etherscan.io — the "Tokens Transferred" line shows the USDT or USDC amount.
That is exactly how our payouts page works: most payouts are listed with their transaction, with the trader's consent, and each one opens on the blockchain explorer. We wrote a step-by-step guide in Do Prop Firms Actually Pay? — use it on any firm that says it pays in crypto.
Paying for a challenge in crypto
The same rail works the other way. At checkout you can pay by card or in crypto: USDT on Tron or Ethereum, or USDC on Ethereum (USDC isn't available on Tron). A crypto order creates a one-time address for the exact amount, and once the transfer confirms, the account activates automatically.
Why crypto payouts suit crypto traders
- The same everywhere. No bank-transfer restrictions, no currency conversion.
- Verifiable. A transaction hash is proof anyone can check; a screenshot isn't.
- Quick to arrive. Once a payout is sent, it confirms on-chain in minutes.
A note on tax: crypto payouts count as income in most countries. We don't give tax advice — check the rules where you live.
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