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The rules in one table

Two details are easy to miss. First, registering is a separate step: trading the pairs without pressing Join Now on the landing page does not enter you. Second, the vouchers expire. If you finish in the rewards but forget to redeem within 21 days of distribution, the reward is lost.

How the 400 BNB is actually split

The pool has two parts: a main tournament for the whole week and a "Sprint Reward" for two shorter rounds. You can win from both.

Main reward (320 BNB), ranked by cumulative volume over the full week:

Sprint reward (80 BNB): Round 1 runs from 9 October 10:00 UTC to 11 October 10:00 UTC, Round 2 from 11 October 10:01 UTC to 13 October 10:00 UTC. In each round the top five by volume receive 12, 10, 8, 6 and 4 BNB.

The per-person figures for the shared bands are our arithmetic from the announced pools (for example, 56 BNB divided among the 800 places from 201st to 1,000th is 0.07 BNB each). The structure creates a clear step: a trader ranked 1,000th receives 0.07 BNB, while a trader ranked 1,001st falls into the proportional pool, where the payout is your share of the volume of everyone ranked below 1,000, capped at 0.05 BNB.

What the minimum entry costs in fees

Binance lists its regular-user spot fee at 0.10% for both maker and taker orders. At that rate:

Volume counts both sides, so buying 250 USD of USUAL and selling it back reaches the 500 USD threshold. Before trading, check on the pair page whether either eligible pair carries a zero-fee promotion for your account: the rules exclude zero-fee volume, so a fee-free pair would not count toward the tournament at all.

The fee is rarely the biggest cost. Each round trip also pays the bid-ask spread, and between buying and selling you hold ZEC or USUAL, both of which can move several percent in minutes. A trader who churns 100,000 USD of volume through a thin pair can lose more to spread and slippage than any reward in the proportional band is worth. The tournament rewards volume, not profit.

Who this is worth it for

• Traders already active in ZEC or USUAL. If you would trade these pairs anyway, registering costs nothing and turns existing volume into a ranking. This is the clearest case.
• Small accounts aiming at the proportional pool. Spending 0.50 USD in fees for a reward capped at 0.05 BNB can make sense, but only if you close the position quickly and accept the price risk on the 250 USD you hold.
• Volume chasers aiming for the top 1,000. The jump from 0.05 BNB to 0.07 BNB and then to 0.43 BNB at the top 200 depends on how much everyone else trades, which nobody knows in advance. Check the leaderboard, which Binance says updates at least once every 24 hours, before adding volume.

Not worth it: buying tokens you do not want to hold just to qualify, or using leverage elsewhere to fund tournament volume.

Before you start

1. Confirm your account is verified and that you are not in the EEA or another region where the campaign is unavailable. 2. Press Join Now on the campaign landing page. 3. Trade only ZEC/USDC or USUAL/USDT on Binance Spot; nothing else counts. 4. Note the voucher deadline: rewards arrive by 30 October 2026 and expire 21 days after they land.

That rebate applies to all spot trading, including tournament volume. Partner links may earn NexuAlpha a commission paid by the exchange, at no extra cost to you.

Quick answers

Can one trader win both the main and the sprint rewards? Yes. The announcement says users can earn from the Sprint Reward and the Main Reward pools at the same time.

Does Binance Futures volume count? No. Only spot trading in ZEC/USDC and USUAL/USDT is eligible.

Are fees counted as volume? No. Transaction and gas fees are excluded from the volume calculation.

How current is the leaderboard? Binance updates it at least once every 24 hours, and the final update comes within a few hours after the campaign ends on 16 October.

How is the reward paid? As BNB token vouchers, redeemed under Profile > Rewards Hub. They must be redeemed within 21 days of distribution.

What we could not verify

Binance does not publish how much volume the 1,000th place needs, so we cannot estimate your rank. The announcement also does not say whether either eligible pair is zero-fee for every account type, and Binance reserves the right to change or cancel the campaign. This article reports the rules as published on 9 October 2026; it is not trading advice.