The World Trades Here: Bybit’s WSOT Is Coming Back With a Prize Pool of Up to 10 Million USDT

WSOT is Bybit’s annual trading contest, and the 2026 edition is being introduced as the next run of a competition that already reached a very large field in 2025. Bybit is tying the new edition to Dubai and to a broader set of market categories than a crypto-only contest. The structure matters because it shows how exchange-led competitions can be used to package trading activity as a recurring product rather than a one-off promotion.

For users, the practical change is that WSOT 2026 is not limited to one market type, since stocks, gold, and AI-assisted trading are now part of the event. That widens the range of tools and instruments participants may use inside a Bybit-branded competition. It also puts more emphasis on a platform setting where different asset classes sit alongside crypto in one environment.

WSOT sits at the point where exchange marketing, gamified trading, and multi-asset access meet. A competition with a prize pool measured in USDT and a record-sized participant base can pull attention toward trading behavior rather than toward the underlying risks of speculation. At the same time, adding stocks and gold into a crypto exchange event shows how far venue operators are pushing beyond a narrow digital-asset identity.

Still open is how many traders will enter WSOT 2026, what the final prize pool allocation will look like across categories, and how the new stocks, gold, and AI-assisted trading format will work in practice. The Dubai launch date is fixed, but the event details that will matter to participants are not yet spelled out in the material here.