Registration for the 2026 Glory of Legends has been open for ten days, and the Futures Team Pro prize pool has already unlocked to 40,000 USDT [1][2]. That is real momentum — but it isn’t the number a would-be team captain should be watching right now.

The one that matters is a date: July 9, when team formation closes and the main race begins [1].

Here is where things actually stand, and what it means if you want to lead a team onto the field rather than just join one.

Where the numbers stand right now

The Futures Team Pro pool doesn’t sit at a fixed size. It unlocks in tiers as more people register, climbing from 8,000 USDT at 1,000 participants all the way to 800,000 USDT at 100,000 [1].

As of 00:00 UTC on July 1, more than 9,500 people have signed up — enough to clear the second tier and unlock 40,000 USDT for the team competition [2][1]. Counting both BWTC tracks together, the team pool plus the individual Trophy Picks pool, 50,000 USDT is unlocked so far [2].

The next step up the team ladder arrives at 10,000 participants.

One thing to be clear about: the main race hasn’t started. The Futures Team Pro competition period runs July 9 to July 23 (UTC+8) [1], and trading volume only counts once it opens. So there are no standings yet and no leaderboard positions to chase — what’s happening now is registration and team-building. The tables turn on July 9.

A captain is simply whoever builds the team

In Futures Team Pro, captain isn’t a title you win — it’s a role you take by creating a team and filling it. And the rules put a hard floor under that role: every team must have at least five members, including the captain [1].

That floor has teeth. If a public team still has fewer than five members at 09:59 on July 9 (UTC+8), it is automatically disbanded, and its members — captain included — are randomly reassigned to other public teams [1]. Closed teams below the threshold are simply disbanded.

During the formation window, teams with fewer than five members can let members switch, and captains can remove members or disband the team themselves [1]. Put plainly: assembling a full five-person squad before July 9 is the captain’s real task.

What a captain actually wins

A captain’s reward comes from two places, and both are worth understanding — not as a reason to chase headcount, but because the mechanics genuinely differ from a regular member’s.

First, within a rewarded team, the captain exclusively receives 20% of that team’s reward. The top five members by trading volume or ROI share 40%, and all eligible members share the remaining 40% [1].

Second, there is a separate Top Captain Award. The top 20 captains — ranked by how many qualified participants they have — share that category, which currently stands at 5,000 USDT and reaches 100,000 USDT at full unlock, 10% of the grand total [1].

Two details set it apart: it’s judged on qualified participants, not on the captain’s own trading, and unlike the volume and ROI rewards, which are paid as USDT Futures trial fund, the captain reward is paid in USDT crypto [1].

A note on what “qualified” means here, because thresholds differ across the event: in the team competition, a participant needs a cumulative futures trading volume of at least 30,000 USDT during the main race to be eligible for rewards [1] — a different bar from the individual Trophy Picks track.

And a team only qualifies for the Top Team ROI pool if its total futures volume reaches 1,000,000 USDT [1].

The real countdown points to July 9

The pool will keep unlocking as more people register, and that’s worth watching — but the fixed line on the calendar is July 9. That’s when team formation closes and Futures Team Pro begins; the competition then runs through July 23, with rewards distributed within 14 days after it ends [1].

To sign up, your net asset value needs to stay above $100 for at least five minutes before you register, and market makers aren’t eligible [1].

If you want to captain a team, the window to build your five is open now. Full rules and live figures are on the official event page: https://www.bitbase.com/event/bwtc?ref=EZGZZE [1]

We broke down the team pool structure in EP7 and the individual Trophy Picks track in EP8 — this is where the captain’s seat fits into both.

THE FIELD. BITBASE.

Disclosures

Timeliness: All figures — including the 9,500-plus registrations and the 40,000 USDT unlocked team pool — are current as of 00:00 UTC on July 1, 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 00:00 UTC on July 1, 2026