Registration for BWTC 2026 opens June 22, 10:00 (UTC+8). With two days to go, this stretch doesn't have to be idle: there are a few things you can do now, and the earlier you do them, the readier you'll be when it opens. This entry gathers them into one list.

Start by getting the whole picture in a minute. BWTC is Bitbase's annual trading competition, and this edition falls in the 2026 football year. It has a prize pool of up to 1,000,000 USDT—not a fixed figure, but one that unlocks with the number of eligible participants, the more who take part the more unlocks, to a 1,000,000 cap. There are two tracks: Futures Team Pro, contested as teams, which holds 80% of the pool; and Trophy Picks, contested individually, which holds 20%. The yardstick isn't only volume—one board rewards return on investment, the efficient use of capital. This competition rewards judgment, not force.

The thing most worth settling before it opens is which track you'll enter. Futures Team Pro is contested by teams, with standing decided collectively—it suits those with partners and a willingness to coordinate; it carries one time constraint, in that once it opens, team formation runs only until July 9, after which only the solo track remains. Trophy Picks is a solo effort, with standing based on your own volume alone, no formation cutoff, and registration open all the way to July 23—a lower bar and a wider window.

Neither track is better; it's a matter of fit. If you lean toward a team, it's worth starting now to think through who you'd partner with and who would captain—because once it opens, the team-formation window closes before registration does.

Across the whole event, two points are the easiest to miss and worth putting in your calendar now (all times UTC+8). First, the early window runs June 22, 10:00 to June 25, 09:59—register early within it and you receive 20 USDT trial credit; it's the shortest stretch of the event, just a few days. Second, team formation closes July 9, 09:59—to enter Futures Team Pro, you must form a team before then. Registration itself stays open to July 23, but both of these windows close first.

Knowing how rewards are paid, ahead of time, saves surprises later. Most of BWTC's awards are paid as USDT futures trial credit; the Top Captain Award is paid in USDT cash. Trial credit works alongside your own funds as futures margin, and profits made trading with it are fully withdrawable—but the credit itself is not directly withdrawable, and it's valid for seven days. In short, what you'd win is mostly a bonus credit you can trade with, whose profits you can withdraw, rather than cash you can take out directly—worth knowing before it opens.

There's a bar to entry: your futures account equity needs to stay above $100 for at least five minutes before you can register. So getting your account and funds in place ahead of time means you won't be scrambling when it opens. As for how to register a Bitbase account, complete KYC, and make a deposit—the next entry covers those steps.

One last thing, and the simplest: explore the competition in full at the event page and read through the rules and rewards; and to be notified the moment it opens on June 22, follow Bitbase.

When the whistle goes, what decides the standings isn't luck—it's judgment. And judgment starts the moment you think through how you'll play, before the competition has even opened.

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