HTX announces a second trading championship season with a $1.5 million prize pool, featuring three competitive formats.
HTX, a cryptocurrency exchange, has launched the second season of its trading championship, set to run from February 11 to March 23, 2026. This season boasts a substantial prize pool of $1.5 million.
Participants can engage in three different formats: a points competition for $400,000, a trading challenge with $500,000, and a team battle worth $600,000. The inaugural season, held in the fall of 2025, drew over 90,000 traders with a cumulative trading volume surpassing 14 billion USDT.
Points Competition: Win Physical Gold Prizes
The opening segment of the championship features a points competition from February 11 to 21, coinciding with the Chinese New Year. Participants earn "New Year lanterns" through spot and futures trades, which can be redeemed for actual gold.
The competition has tiered levels: first participation, silver, and platinum, with lanterns awarded for specific trading milestones. For example, reaching 10 million USDT in spot trading can yield up to 700 lanterns, while 300 million USDT in futures trading could generate as many as 3,800 lanterns. Lanterns must be redeemed by February 28.
The prizes include various gold items such as investment bars and commemorative coins, with the highest reward being a 20g gold bar for 5,000 lanterns.
Trading Challenge Overview
Following the points competition, the trading challenge will commence on February 21 and run until March 8, featuring a prize pool divided equally between spot and futures trading categories, each offering $250,000 in HTX tokens.
Participants will be assessed based on trading volume, absolute profit, and percentage return, accommodating traders of all investment sizes. The top performers will split $140,000 in prizes based on their trading volume, in addition to $50,000 allocated for PnL and PnL% rankings.
New users will enjoy additional incentives, including a triple multiplier on their performance metrics and a $3 reward in HTX tokens for their first trade.
Team Battle Format
On February 21, registration for the team battle will begin, with the trading phase from March 8 to 23. Teams must have a minimum of three for spot trading and five for futures, with a total team size cap of 100. The total prize pool for this segment is $600,000, divided between the two trading tracks.
Ranking will be determined by trading volume, with the top teams receiving a share of the prize pool. Like previous formats, new and returning users will benefit from multipliers on their performance.
The first season of the HTX championship was notably successful, featuring a prize pool of over $1 million and attracting significant participation.
