Road to Budapest Trading Tournament

We’re thrilled to announce the start of the three-phase Road to Budapest Trading Tournament on the Crypto.com Exchange, which will give away a total of 70,000 USDC and 55 UEFA Champions League match tickets! 

The first two phases will determine the eligible participants of the Final Phase, where the winner will receive a pair of highly-coveted First Class tickets to the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League Final taking place in Budapest and 2,000 USDC. 

Overall Campaign Period: 19 Aug 2025, 7:00 UTC - 18 March 2026, 06:59 UTC

Phase 1: League Phase

The League Phase consists of eight separate trading competitions. Winners will share a 5,000 USDC reward pool and five pairs of tickets to a league phase match. 

How to participate:

1. Sign up or sign in to the Crypto.com Exchange
2. Register for the tournament in the Trading Arena (Guide)
3. Spot trade at least US$500 worth of any or a combination of the following trading pairs as a taker:
4. 1. Round 1 (Ended)
   2. 1. AVAX/USD, AXAX/USDT, AVAX/BTC, DOT/USD, DOT/USDT, AAVE/USD, AAVE/USDT
   2. Round 2 (Ended)
   3. 1. ARB/USD, ARB/USDT, HBAR/USD, HBAR/USDT, INJ/USD, INJ/USDT
   3. Round 3 (Ended)
   4. 1. ATOM/USD, ATOM/USDT, ATOM/CRO, ATOM/BTC, ICP/USD, ICP/USDT, SUI/USD, SUI/USDT, SUI/BTC
   4. Round 4 (Ended)
   5. 1. TON/USD, TON/USDT, TON/EUR, UNI/USD, UNI/USDT, FIL/USD, FIL/USDT, LION/USD, LION/CRO
   5. Round 5 (Ended)
   6. 1. AVNT/USD, AVNT/USDT, DOGE/USD, DOGE/USDT, DOGE/BTC, DOGE/EUR, PUMP/USD, PUMP/USDT, WLFI/USD, WLFI/USDT, XPL/USD, 2Z/USD, LION/USD, LION/CRO 
   6. Round 6 (Ended)
   7. 1. XRP/USD, XRP/USDT, XRP/EUR, XRP/BTC, XRP/PYUSD, ADA/USD, ADA/USDT, ADA/EUR, ADA/BTC, DOGE/USD, DOGE/USDT, DOGE/BTC, DOGE/EUR, SUI/USD, SUI/USDT, SUI/BTC, LINK/USD, LINK/USDT, LINK/BTC, LION/USD, LION/CRO
   7. Round 7 (Live Now)
   8. 1. BTC/EUR, ETH/EUR, SOL/EUR, XRP/EUR, MON/USD, LION/USD
   8. Round 8 (Upcoming)
   9. 1. To be provided at a later date

The top 20 participants ranked by trading volume (‘Selected Entrants’) will win prizes according to the table below. 

The Match Day of the winners’ Ticket Prize is determined by their Trading Period, where they can choose from one of the two displayed dates.

Phase 2: Knockout Phase

The Knockout Phase consists of four separate trading competitions. Winners will share a 5,000 USDC reward pool and 14 pairs of tickets to a play-off match. 

How to participate:

1. Sign up or sign in to the Crypto.com Exchange
2. Register for the tournament in the Trading Arena (Guide)
3. Spot trade at least US$1,000 worth of any or a combination of the following trading pairs as a taker:
4. 1. To be provided at a later date

The top 20 participants ranked by trading volume (‘Selected Entrants’) will win prizes according to the table below.

The Match Day of the winners’ Ticket Prize is determined by their Trading Period, where they can choose from one of the two displayed dates for each round.

Phase 3: UEFA Champions League Final Phase

The Final Phase consists of one trading competition. Winners will share a 10,000 USDC reward pool and a pair of tickets to the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League Final.

How to participate:

1. Participate in at least five out of the twelve previous Tournament trading competitions
2. Win at least one out of the twelve previous Tournament trading competitions
3. Spot trade at least US$1,000 worth of any or a combination of the following trading pairs as a taker:
4. 1. To be provided at a later date 

Trading Period: 25 February 2026, 07:00 UTC - 18 March 2026, 06:59 UTC

The top 50 participants ranked by trading volume (“Selected Entrants”) will win prizes according to the table below.

Campaign Rules: 

- The Road to Budapest Trading Tournament Limited Offer (the “Campaign”) is offered by Crypto.com to Crypto.com Exchange users. Only available in certain jurisdictions. 

- This campaign is unavailable in certain jurisdictions. For a full list of unavailable jurisdictions, please consult the Terms and Conditions governing this promotion. 

- Eligible trading pairs are subject to jurisdictional limitations.

- Participation in the Campaign is strictly voluntary on your part.

- In addition to these rules, please refer to the Official Rules for Limited Offer for further rules regarding eligibility. 

- Any trades that are executed through bad trading practices in Crypto.com’s absolute opinion, including, but not limited to, wash trades, false trading, self-dealing, or trades that display any attributes of market manipulation (“Disqualified Trades”) will not be counted toward the transaction volume of the participant.

- Participants of the Campaign must have successfully completed KYC verification, and all other onboarding procedures specified on the Crypto.com Exchange, and comply with all Campaign rules provided by Crypto.com to be eligible.

- Crypto.com will disqualify any entry from participants who do not meet the eligibility requirements as solely and absolutely determined by Crypto.com.

- Crypto.com reserves the right to cancel, suspend, or postpone the Campaign or amend the Campaign rules at our sole discretion without notice to you.

- The determination of Selected Entrants shall be subject to Crypto.com’s sole and final discretion. 

- Only spot-taker trades for the eligible trading pairs will be counted towards the rank for trading volume for this Campaign. 

- The rewards will be deposited in USDC into each Selected Entrant’s account on the Crypto.com Exchange within 21 days after the Campaign End Date.

- All Selected Entrants will receive a confirmation email within 21 days after the Campaign End Date.

- Specific details of ticket prizes e.g. seats shall be subject to Crypto.com’s sole discretion. 

- If the Recipient cannot be reached after a reasonable effort has been exerted and/or fails to respond to confirm their attendance within the time specified by Crypto.com from when the initial notification email is sent, no tickets will be awarded and an alternate Recipient may be selected.

- By participating in the campaign, the participant acknowledges having read these rules and the Crypto.com Global Marketing Privacy Notice, which is published at https://crypto.com/privacy/marketing, and acknowledges that Crypto.com will use the information provided for the purposes of identity verification, assessing the participant’s eligibility to participate in the Campaign, Leaderboard inclusion, and prize redemption.

- Nothing contained herein shall be construed to be financial advice. Nothing contained herein shall constitute a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Crypto.com to invest, buy, or sell any digital assets. Purchasing cryptocurrencies involves a high degree of risk, and there is always the possibility of loss, including the loss of all or a substantial amount of your purchase price. Please seek professional advice before making any financial, investment, or trading decisions.

- Leaderboard rankings do not confer, guarantee, represent or imply eligibility or entitlement for any competitions, giveaways, offers or other campaigns (“Events”), or prizes from such Events, during that period. Participation in any Event is subject to applicable rules and eligibility criteria, governed by the terms and conditions specific to that Event, and subject to confirmation at the sole and absolute discretion of Crypto.com.

- In the event of any dispute, Crypto.com reserves the right to make all final decisions regarding the Campaign.