Base Trading Contest
Starting with $50,000+ in prizes — plus a growing prize pool.
🏆 When: Feb 18 → Mar 20, 2026
💰 Prize: Over $50,000 USDC + up to 50% of Definitive Base revenue
🥇 Winners: Up to 50 top traders by PnL on Base
Climb the leaderboard to win.
Overview
The contest is split into multiple rounds, with a minimum of $25,000 distributed to winners each round.
To give every trader more chances to win, the leaderboard and prize pool reset at the start of each round.
Round-specific prizes will be awarded out at the end of each round. End-of contest bonus prizes will be awarded at the end of Round 2. Prizes will be sent to the winners' Definitive trading vault on Base as USDC.
Round 1
Feb 18 – Mar 6, 2026
Round 2
Mar 9 – Mar 20, 2026
Prize Amounts
Each round starts with a $25,000 Base Prize Pool. The minimum prize amounts are awarded to the top 10 winner by PnL on Base:
1
$11,500
2
$5,000
3
$3,000
4
$2,000
5
$1,000
6
$500
7
$500
8
$500
9
$500
10
$500
Grow the prize pool, unlock more winners
More volume = more winners + bigger prizes.
Every trade adds to the prize pool - and as it grows, we'll be unlocking up to 50 winners.
We’ll be contributing up to 50% of our Base revenue to grow the prize pool and increase total winners for each round.
Increases in prize pool size will be tracked on the Leaderboard page by clicking Base, and will reflect the prize amounts for the winning ranks.
Winners unlocked by prize pool size (per round)
$25,000
10
$30,000
20
$40,000
30
$50,000
40
$60,000
50
End-of-contest bonuses
At the end of the contest:
The #1 trader by PnL wins 5% of all Definitive revenue on Base
Special bonus prizes will also be awarded (to be announced).
Refer and win
Not the best trader but know someone who is?
If you refer any trader who becomes a winner, you’ll earn 10% of their total prize value at the end of the contest.
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