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FinMedia Group Launches B2B Advisory for Prop Trading Operators Overbuilding Before Validating Demand
SingaporeSingapore-headquartered media network helps new prop firms launch lean and scale tech, marketing, and infrastructure based on validated revenue — not vendor sales pitches. FinMedia Group (FMG), the Singapore-headquartered finance and trading media network, has launched FundedTrading B2B Consulting, an advisory service for entrepreneurs and operators entering the proprietary trading sector. The service responds to […]
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Singapore-headquartered media network helps new prop firms launch lean and scale tech, marketing, and infrastructure based on validated revenue — not vendor sales pitches.
FinMedia Group (FMG), the Singapore-headquartered finance and trading media network, has launched FundedTrading B2B Consulting, an advisory service for entrepreneurs and operators entering the proprietary trading sector.
The service responds to a pattern FMG has observed across more than 100 firm reviews since 2022: new operators routinely overbuild before validating demand — sinking launch capital into enterprise-grade tech stacks, oversized marketing campaigns, paid advertising at scale, and full operational infrastructure before they have generated their first traders. The result is exhausted budgets, no proven channels, and nothing left for the activities that would have built the business sustainably.
“We’ve watched too many firms burn through their entire launch budget before they’ve validated a single channel. Enterprise-grade risk systems before they have a single trader. Five PSPs before their first transaction. Six-figure ad spend on audiences they haven’t tested. Proprietary platforms instead of what their target traders already use. Then they realise the budget is gone and they still have no proven way to acquire traders. The problem in this industry is not capability — it’s sequencing. Spend should follow validation, not lead it.”
— Karol Cempa, CEO, FinMedia Group
The Lean Launch Approach
FMG’s advisory is structured around what the firm calls a needs-based launch: minimum viable infrastructure at go-live, with the technology stack, marketing investment, and operational complexity scaled up as revenue justifies.
In practice, that means:
- White-label challenge platforms rather than custom builds — most providers offer profit-split arrangements with no upfront monthly cost, ideal for operators starting from zero.
- Selective trading platform choice based on actual audience preferences in the target geography, rather than offering every platform on day one.
- Risk management tools deferred in the first months of operation, when transaction volume rarely justifies the cost.
- Single PSP matched to target geography, rather than payment aggregators built for scale the firm does not yet have.
- Manual processes initially, automated once volume justifies it.
- Marketing spend held back until channels are validated — small, measured tests before scaling paid acquisition, not six-figure campaigns into untested audiences.
- Maximum effort allocated to distribution — SEO, media coverage, affiliate relationships, and credibility signals — from before launch, not after.
“Operators get sold the full enterprise stack on day one because that’s what vendors are incentivised to sell. The firms that survive are the ones that launched lean enough that distribution could prove the model before more capital went into the stack.”
— Karol Cempa, CEO, FinMedia Group
Built on Three Years of Industry Coverage
FundedTrading.com, FMG’s core property, has been covering the prop trading industry since 2022. The site has reviewed, stress-tested, and analysed more than 100 firms across the sector — tracking which approaches scale and which collapse under their own infrastructure costs.
That dataset forms the foundation of FundedTrading B2B’s advisory work, which includes:
- Business model design informed by data from 100+ live firms — challenge structures, drawdown rules, account tiers, profit splits, and scaling logic.Warm introductions to vetted vendors — white-label platforms, PSPs, liquidity providers — sized appropriately for the operator’s stage.
- Media coverage at launch across FMG’s six properties: FundedTrading.com, FundedTrading.id, MyTradingReviews.com, DailyFXWire.com, FinPR.com, and the FMG newsletter network.
- SEO and content advisory mapping the keyword landscape for the prop trading vertical.
- Compliance orientation on jurisdictional and structural gaps that typically catch new operators off guard.
- Affiliate and partnership introductions to active partners in the niche.
Engagement Structure
Engagements are scoped individually based on client stage and objectives. The process begins with a complimentary 30-minute discovery call. Pre-launch clients typically engage for business model design, vendor introductions, compliance orientation, and media setup. Post-launch clients engage for distribution support, affiliate introductions, SEO advisory, and growth strategy.
FundedTrading B2B operates on a fee basis and does not take equity or revenue share in client firms.
Editorial Independence Preserved
FMG has maintained a clear separation between FundedTrading.com’s editorial review operations and the B2B advisory service. Reviews on FundedTrading.com continue to reflect actual trader experience, independent of any B2B engagement.
About FinMedia Group
FinMedia Group is a Singapore-headquartered finance and trading media network operating six properties across the prop trading, CFD, and FX verticals. The group’s portfolio includes FundedTrading.com, FundedTrading.id, MyTradingReviews.com, DailyFXWire.com, FinPR.com, and a newsletter network reaching active traders and operators globally.
Since 2022, FMG has built one of the most established editorial and review operations covering the prop trading industry.
About FundedTrading B2B
FundedTrading B2B is the advisory arm of FundedTrading.com, supporting operators entering or scaling within the prop trading industry. The service combines industry data, vendor access, and integrated media distribution across the FMG network. More information at fundedtrading.com/start-a-prop-firm.
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Karol Cempa
Chief Executive Officer, FinMedia Group
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Bluwhale Makes Inc. 5000 Debut by Putting AI Agents to Work for Consumers
SAN FRANCISCO, CAFirst-time honoree is building a consumer operating system where AI agents manage and grow an individual’s financial life
First-time honoree is building a consumer operating system where AI agents manage and grow an individual’s financial life
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Bluwhale, the AI-native financial operating system bringing AI agents directly to consumers, today announced that it has been named to the Inc. 5000 for the first time, ranking No. 2372 on the 2026 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
The ranking reflects Bluwhale’s revenue growth from 2022 through 2025, when it scaled the decentralized AI network that now underpins its consumer-facing agent infrastructure. The company’s next chapter is focused on one of AI’s least-developed frontiers: agents that work continuously for individuals, not only inside enterprises.
Consumers are already looking to AI for financial guidance, but trust has not caught up. A new Gallup survey conducted with Edward Jones and reported by The Associated Press found that 18% of U.S. adults who sought financial guidance used AI tools in the past year, rising to roughly one in four among Gen Z and millennial guidance-seekers. Yet only 3% of U.S. adults expressed a great deal of confidence in AI’s financial expertise.
“Enterprise agents are built around workflows. Consumer agents have to be built around a person,” said Han Jin, co-founder and CEO of Bluwhale. “That means understanding the context of that person’s financial life, working within limits the user sets and being accountable for every action. The opportunity is not another place to ask questions. It is infrastructure that keeps working on the consumer’s behalf. Being named to the Inc. 5000 list is an honor and represents the growth and acceptance we have attained in the market.”
“Every company on the Inc. 5000 has a story of perseverance, smart decision making, and a refusal to sit still,” says Mike Hofman, editor-in-chief of Inc. “Their growth reflects more than strong financial performance–it reflects creativity, resilience, and the customer focus required to build companies that make a lasting impact. We congratulate all honorees on this significant achievement.”
Consumer agents need context, permission, and proof
To work on behalf of an individual, an agent needs more than a prompt. It needs current context across the user’s financial life and clear rules governing what it can access and do. Bluwhale connects bank accounts, cards, brokerages, exchanges, wallets and digital assets, then lets users set permissions around each agent. Blockchain infrastructure and zero-knowledge proofs provide a verifiable layer beneath the AI, creating an auditable record of what information the agent used, what it recommended and what it did.
Users can test agents with virtual USDT before connecting real financial accounts. The system is designed to monitor continuously, identify a relevant change and either recommend or carry out a permitted action, depending on the user’s settings.
“Trust is what turns an agent from a demo into a consumer product,” Jin said. “The agent should be able to act, but never outside the boundaries the user has set. People need to see what it saw, why it acted and what changed afterward. That record is as important as the action itself.”
The network behind the consumer product
Bluwhale’s consumer product is built on a decentralized network that now reaches more than 3.8 million unique users and has processed more than 100 million agent transactions across more than 80 chains. Its consumer platform reports 160,000 daily active users, $6.8 million in capital managed by agents and access to 6,000 financial products. In 2025, Bluwhale closed a $10 million strategic Series A backed by UOB Venture Management, SBI Holdings, Sui, Tezos, Cardano, Arbitrum and Movement Labs among others. In 2026, it extended that foundation into its consumer financial operating system across web and mobile.
The ranking also marks a return to Inc. for Jin, whom the publication named to its 30 Under 30 list in 2017 for his earlier company, Lucid VR.
About the Inc. 5000
The Inc. 5000 ranks U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit and independent companies according to percentage revenue growth over three years. For the 2026 list, companies were evaluated on revenue growth from 2022 to 2025 and were required to generate at least $100,000 in 2022 and $2 million in 2025. The complete list is available at inc.com/inc5000.
About Bluwhale
Bluwhale is building an AI-native financial operating system for a world in which money is distributed across banks, brokerages, wallets, stablecoins and digital assets. By combining AI agents, financial intelligence and decentralized infrastructure, Bluwhale gives users one view of their financial lives and tools to act while retaining control of their data, accounts and permissions. For more information, visit bluwhale.com.
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Bluewhale Inc.
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Navy Veteran and Executive Protection Trainer Releases Practical Operating System for Daily Growth
KANEOHE, HawaiiNew book “Better Today Than Yesterday” translates high-stakes readiness principles into a sustainable framework for Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, and Physical progress
New book “Better Today Than Yesterday” translates high-stakes readiness principles into a sustainable framework for Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, and Physical progress
KANEOHE, Hawaii
Kevin L. Lewis, a Navy veteran, martial arts Hall of Fame inductee, and longtime trainer of military, law-enforcement, and private-sector security teams, has released Better Today Than Yesterday: A Practical Philosophy for Daily Growth. The book is now available in Kindle ($4.99) and paperback ($12.99) editions on Amazon at https://a.co/d/05CNOeMg.
Rather than urging dramatic transformation or intense motivation, the book presents a clear, workable operating system built around one simple standard: be better today than you were yesterday. Lewis draws the framework from years of operational experience in executive protection and high-stakes readiness training, then adapts those principles for everyday life.
The system centers on four interlocking domains—Spiritual (clarity of purpose and inner alignment), Mental (sharper thinking and better decisions), Emotional (steady presence under pressure), and Physical (the foundation that supports everything else). Readers learn practical methods for “bookending” the day with intentional morning and evening practices, using a simple daily and weekly review template, and applying concepts such as time, distance, opportunity, and options to ordinary decisions. The emphasis remains on consistent action over intention and on systems that can be sustained without burnout.
“Growth, education, and training must never end, or complacency will set in. Complacency kills,” Lewis states. The book reflects that same stance: progress is measured in daily, compounding actions rather than perfection or intensity.
Lewis is the founder of Universal Defensive Tactics, a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Krav Maga, a 1st Degree Black Belt in Shudo-Kan Karate, and a 2010 inductee into the Martial Arts Master’s Hall of Fame. He has prepared A-list actors for action roles in more than 20 major films and is the author of Idiot’s Guide to Krav Maga. He continues to train and teach from Kaneohe, Hawaii.
Better Today Than Yesterday is written for adults who have tried conventional self-help approaches and found them either too vague or unsustainable. It offers a calm, direct alternative focused on practice rather than theory.
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Krav Maga Hawaii
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“The Last Message,” A Powerful Movie Filmed In Ukraine, Will Screen Wednesday At The Chain NYC International Film Festival
New York CityOn August 12th at 7:00 PM, the powerful documentary “The Last Message” will screen at the Chain NYC Film Festival at Chain Theatre in Manhattan.
On August 12th at 7:00 PM, the powerful documentary "The Last Message" will screen at the Chain NYC Film Festival at Chain Theatre in Manhattan.
New York City
“The Last Message” movie is coming to New York City.
On August 12th at 7:00 PM, the documentary “The Last Message” will screen at the Chain NYC Film Festival at Chain Theatre in Manhattan. The movie has received an astounding 44 film festival awards and selections since February and is now in a campaign for an Oscar. https://thelastmessagemovie.com/
“The Last Message” tells the story of Ukraine not through statistics or news headlines, but through the personal journey of American singer Kelsie Kimberlin, who travels to a country at war and meets people whose lives have been changed by Russia’s aggression. She spent a month filming, including a week along the frontline while drones, artillery, and missiles attacked nearby.
Marharyta Vlasova and director Andrii Voloshyn developed the original concept and screenplay together. Andrii directed the film alongside Ukrainian cinematographer and director Oleksii Liebiediev.
But no film can be made alone. “The Last Message” is the work of a large Ukrainian-American team, and without their talent, experience, and dedication, this film simply would not exist.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Kelsie Kimberlin, Director Voloshyn, and cinematographer Dmitro Bondarenko.
“If you’re in New York — whether you work in film or journalism, are part of the Ukrainian community, or simply care about what is happening in Ukraine — please join us, said Kelsie. We will be honored to see you there and continue the conversation after the film.”
August 12 · 7:00 PM
Chain Theatre, 4th Floor
312 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018
Trailer:
https://lnkd.in/gy9vA7Jt
Film page at the Chain NYC Film Festival where to purchase tickets:
https://lnkd.in/gTQfh-T8
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Kelsie Kimberlin
Kelsie Kimberlin Foundation
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