Round 4: $100,000 USDC Trading Competition on Katana Perps
June 25th to July 8th, 2026
Three competitions in, and the Katana Perps community keeps trading harder every round. Competition 4 carries forward the structure that worked: two full weeks, a volume pool that grows with the size of the round, and a PnL leaderboard as a fixed bonus on top.
On June 25th we are hosting our fourth trading competition on Katana Perps. Users have 2 weeks to earn their share of up to a $100,000 prize pool in Vault Bridge USDC (vbUSDC).
The Pool
There are two buckets of USDC rewards:
Volume Pool - $10,000 to $90,000
Pro-rata share of total qualifying volume across all markets. Your payout is based on your share of qualified volume. We will publish a live leaderboard showing the top 50 wallets by volume.
The volume pool starts at $5,000 and grows with total trading volume:
$5,000 base pool, released once total volume reaches $10M
+$2,500 for every additional $5M in volume above $10M
$90,000 maximum, reached at $170M+ in volume
PnL Leaderboard - Fixed $10,000
Top 15 wallets by PnL percentage take this pool. Minimum $250 collateral deposit to qualify. Leaderboard updates every minute.
PnL leaderboard payouts:
Rank 1: $4,000
Rank 2: $2,000
Rank 3: $1,000
Ranks 4-5: $600 each
Ranks 6-10: $240 each
Ranks 11-15: $120 each
Creator Share Bonus - Fixed $500
Post your competition results (PnL results from a trade) on X tagging @katanaperps during the competition window. The team will award $500 in vbUSDC to the most compelling share. Must have qualifying volume to be eligible. Void where prohibited.
Incentives Scale With Size Up to $100K USDC
The volume pool grows with every milestone hit during the two-week window. Each time a volume threshold is reached, the pool increases and you will see it reflected on the competition page in real time, milestone by milestone. The more the community trades, the more there is to win.
Funded by Vault Bridge Yield
The prize pool is funded by Vault Bridge, a structural Katana advantage. On Katana, bridged assets are deployed into yield strategies on Ethereum mainnet, and the yield flows back to Katana as protocol revenue. This yield funds initiatives like this competition and boosts returns for liquidity providers and vault depositors. The more the chain grows, the bigger the rewards engine gets.
Eligibility & Rules
Minimum: $10,000 minimum trade volume to qualify for the volume pool.
Deposit: Maintain a balance of $250 or higher to qualify for the PnL leaderboard.
Markets: All markets are treated equally for both pools.
Opt-in: All participants must opt in on the competition page.
Wallets: Any connected wallet can earn from the volume pool and PnL leaderboard. A referral code is only required to earn referral rewards.
Disqualification: Wallets showing evidence of self-referrals or wash trading will be disqualified.
Not Eligible: Market maker partners are not eligible.
Payout: Up to a 7-day finalization period after the competition ends for wash trading review and final payout calculations.
Get Ready
The competition opens June 25 at 16:00 UTC and closes July 8 at 16:00 UTC. Fund your account and line up your strategy.
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