Tonight is the last quiet night. Since registration opened on June 22, the BWTC Futures Team Pro has been about one thing — signing up and building teams. Tomorrow it becomes a race. Team formation closes at 09:59 on July 9 (UTC+8), and one minute later the main competition begins [1]. Everything about how you win changes at that whistle.
Here is where things stand on the eve: what closes tonight, what opens tomorrow, and how a team actually wins once the field decides.
Where things stand on the eve
Registration has climbed past 17,000 [2]. That has pushed the combined prize pool across both BWTC tracks to 100,000 USDT unlocked — 80,000 in the team competition and 20,000 in the individual Trophy Picks track [2]. More than 80 teams have formed so far [2].
The team pool sits at 80,000 because registration cleared the 10,000-participant tier; the next step up the team ladder comes at 30,000 participants, which would unlock 240,000 [1][2].
Tonight the building stops
At 09:59 on July 9 (UTC+8), team formation closes [1]. That deadline has teeth for anyone short of a full squad: a public team with fewer than five members at that moment is automatically disbanded, and its members — captain included — are randomly reassigned to other public teams; a closed team below five is simply disbanded [1].
Until formation closes, teams under five can still let members switch, and captains can remove members or disband the team themselves [1]. So tonight is the last window to complete your five.
Tomorrow the field decides
At 10:00 on July 9 (UTC+8), the main competition begins, and from that moment trading volume counts [1]. This is the switch the whole event has been building toward: until now the work was assembling a team; from the whistle, it is playing. One consequence worth stating plainly — there are still no standings tonight.
Nothing has been traded in the competition window yet, so there is no leaderboard to read. That starts tomorrow.
Two ways a team wins
Once play starts, a team has two separate paths to the pool.
The first is Top Team Volume — teams ranked by total trading volume. The second is Top Team ROI — teams ranked by return, with one condition attached: a team only qualifies for the ROI pool if its combined futures volume reaches 1,000,000 USDT [1].
Of the current 80,000 team pool, the volume category holds 40,000, the ROI category 30,000, and the Top Captain category 10,000 — a 4:3:1 split that holds as the pool grows (at full unlock, 400,000 / 300,000 / 100,000) [1]. The captain’s own reward — 20% of the team’s take, paid in USDT crypto — we covered in EP9 [1].
The last gates before kickoff
A few conditions decide who is actually in the running. To have registered at all, your net asset value needed to stay above $100 for at least five minutes before signup, and market makers are not eligible [1].
And to be eligible for a reward once play starts, each participant needs a cumulative futures trading volume of at least 30,000 USDT during the main race [1] — you can rank without it, but you cannot collect below it.
Rewards in the volume and ROI categories are paid as USDT Futures trial fund; the captain reward is paid in USDT crypto [1].
From the eve to the whistle
The shape of the next two weeks is simple: tonight is the eve; formation closes and the race begins on July 9; the main competition runs to 09:59 on July 23; rewards are settled within 14 days after it ends [1]. Full rules and live figures are on the official event page: https://www.bitbase.com/event/bwtc?ref=EZGZZE [1]
If your squad is still short, tonight is the night to finish it. We covered how teams and captains come together in EP9, and the individual Trophy Picks track in EP8 — tomorrow, all of it meets the whistle.
THE FIELD. BITBASE.
Disclosures
Timeliness: All figures — the 17,000-plus registrations, the 100,000 USDT combined unlock, the 80,000 USDT team pool, and the 80-plus teams — are current as of July 7, 2026, and shift as registration continues; the official event page is the authoritative source at any given moment.
Verification: Prize amounts, tiers, thresholds, and dates should be confirmed against the official BWTC event page before you act on them.
Not investment advice: This article explains an event mechanic. It is not a recommendation to trade, and nothing here should be read as investment advice.
Risk: Trading futures involves substantial risk, including the loss of principal. Rewards paid as trial fund carry their own terms. Take part only with what you can afford to lose.
Official channels first: Where anything here differs from the official event page or Bitbase’s terms, the official materials govern.
[1] Bitbase BWTC event page — Futures Team Pro (2026 Glory of Legends): https://www.bitbase.com/event/bwtc
[2] Bitbase official figures, as of July 7, 2026
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