Bybit’s annual trading competition is no longer limited to crypto. The exchange’s World Series of Trading 2026, or WSOT, now ranks participants by volume in both crypto and stocks.
Gold, oil and indices will be added on November 19. Bybit is offering up to 3 million $USDT for its Global Assets track alone.
How the competition is structured
WSOT 2026 will run from October 29 through December 2, 2026. Registration opens October 29 at 10 a.m. UTC.
The headline figure is the overall prize pool: Bybit is offering up to 10 million $USDT across the event.
The Spot leaderboard includes spot trading in crypto and stocks. Running from November 5 to November 26, it offers up to 1 million $USDT.
The TradFi Perps leaderboard runs from November 19 to December 2, with up to 2 million $USDT available.
Together, the two leaderboards make up the Global Assets track, with combined rewards of up to 3 million $USDT.
Squads, deadlines and last year’s participation
WSOT features team competition alongside individual rankings. Squads must be created by November 11, 2026, and the main competitions start on November 13.
The 2025 edition provides a benchmark: 520,451 participants took part, forming 1,474 squads.
Bybit says it has more than 80 million users. The exchange has been promoting the idea of a single platform where users can trade across asset classes.
Why Bybit is combining crypto and traditional markets
Adding gold, oil, stocks and indices to WSOT steers a crypto-native audience toward products resembling those offered by traditional brokerages or commodities desks.
The prize allocation stands out: the TradFi Perps leaderboard offers up to 2 million $USDT, twice the Spot leaderboard’s maximum.
TradFi Perps begins on November 19, two full weeks after the Spot leaderboard starts on November 5.
What this could mean for traders and the wider market
There are several things to watch. First, will participation exceed the 520,451 traders from 2025, especially once the TradFi Perps leaderboard opens on November 19?
Second, where will trading volume concentrate? In either case, the leaderboards, which run through December 2, should provide a public measure of how far that appetite extends.
Source: cryptobriefing.com. Adapted by NBTC.
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