How the main event works, what a captain does, what each of the three boards rewards—and why team formation only stays open until July 9.
The last entry laid out BWTC 2026 in full. This one zooms in on the main stage—Futures Team Pro, the team event. It holds 80% of the pool, and it's the centre of this edition. If judgment is the character of this competition, Futures Team Pro makes it a collective thing: not one person's luck, and not one person's judgment either, but a team's coordination and choices.
One note first: this piece covers only what is already public and stable on the official Bitbase eventpage. The finer team rules—how grouping, advancement, and settlement work in detail—will roll out on the event page over time, and we'll cover them separately then. Today is the pre-event window; registration doesn't open until June 22.
The main stage: where 80% of the pool sits
BWTC 2026 has a promotion pool of up to 1,000,000 USDT, unlocking with the number of eligible participants, to a ceiling of 1,000,000. That pool is split between the two formats in fixed proportions: Futures Team Pro takes an 80% Promotion Share, Trophy Picks—the solo event—the remaining 20%. Eighty percent sits on the team side. That's why it's the main stage.
How a team competes
Futures Team Pro is contested by teams, and standing is collective rather than individual. Once the competition opens, an eligible participant can form or join a team and climb the boards alongside teammates. Each member's trading feeds the team total, and the team's rank decides the reward—that is the fundamental difference from the solo event.
Three boards: scale, efficiency, and leadership
The 80% allotted to Futures Team Pro is set across three boards, and they don't measure the same thing.
Top Team Volume Award: up to $400,000, shared by the top 20 teams by volume. This one is about scale.
Top Team ROI Award: up to $300,000, shared by the top 20 teams by return on investment. This one is about efficiency.
Top Captain Award: up to $100,000, shared by the top 20 captains, ranked by qualified participants brought together. This one is about leadership.
Three boards side by side means the competition doesn't only reward the team that trades the most. The ROI board is the telling one—it rewards not the heaviest positions but the most disciplined use of capital, the steady hand over the heavy one. It's of a piece with the last entry: this rewards judgment, not force.
The captain: convening, and leading
A team needs a captain. The captain brings members together and organises the team, and that work is scored on its own board—the Top Captain Award is ranked by the number of qualified participants a captain brings together. The design treats leadership itself as a measured skill: not only how well you trade, but whether you can assemble a team and bring it to the field. For participants with a community or a following, that's a distinct lane within Futures Team Pro.
The timeline: team formation closes July 9
This is the one timeline to remember. The team-formation window runs June 22, 10:00 to July 9, 09:59 (UTC+8); at July 9, 10:00, the main competition begins. In other words, to take part in Futures Team Pro you must form or join a team before July 9—after that the formation window is shut, and only the solo event remains open to enter. Registration itself stays open until July 23, but team formation closes first; the two dates are not the same. There's no need to rush during the pre-event window, but the earlier you understand this timeline, the readier you are when things open.
Reward form: trial credit and cash
One thing to be clear about. The boards in Futures Team Pro don't all pay out the same way: the Top Team Volume Award and the Top Team ROI Award 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. That distinction affects what a winner actually receives, and it's worth understanding before you take part.
Fair play and the bar
There's a bar to clear. Once the competition opens, a futures account whose equity stays above $100 for at least five minutes may register; to qualify for rewards, you must then reach the required cumulative futures (Perpetual Futures) volume over the competition, with the specific thresholds set on the official Bitbase event page. Rankings update every ten minutes and may be subject to data delays; market makers may not take part; and wash trading, self-trading, fake volume, mass account creation, multi-account coordination, and falsified KYC all lead, once identified, to disqualification and clawback. The final list of eligible participants and all calculations rest with the platform's review.
The finer rules, when the page opens them up
Futures Team Pro has more detailed rules—how teams are grouped, how advancement works, how rewards settle within a team. Those terms will become public on the event page in stages, and this column will cover them separately once they're live. Until then, the real-time display on the official Bitbase event page is what governs.
How to get ready
Registration opens June 22, 10:00 (UTC+8). Until then, you can explore the competition in full at the official eventpage and read how Futures Team Pro works and what it rewards; to be notified the moment it opens, follow Bitbase.
One trader can ride a single move on judgment; a team needs coordinated judgment to last a whole season. This edition's main stage is set right here.
Time sensitivity: The rules, prize pool, awards, schedule, and participation methods described here reflect information as of the publication date. The promotion pool scales with participation, some rules are not yet fully public, and parameters may be adjusted; the real-time display on the Bitbase official website and event page is authoritative. Where this article differs from the latest official display, the official display governs.
Verification: For key parameters such as pool size, eligibility thresholds, volume calculation, and payout timing and form, verify on the official Bitbase event page or Help Center before taking part.
Not financial advice: This is an informational overview of an event only. It does not constitute investment, trading, tax, or financial advice. Crypto assets are highly volatile; trading and holding them carry substantial risk, including the loss of principal. Taking part in the competition does not change this.
At your own risk: Whether and how to trade is your decision; assess your own risk tolerance.
Official channels: For any questions, verify through official Bitbase channels and beware of third parties impersonating Bitbase.
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