Live and direct trading can educate users and traders about good practices. The event was organized by Whitebit, who cited 8 traders from different parts of the world. The global tournament organized by Whitebit on May 9 and 10 has the distinction of having been the first of its class, according to Exchange executives. But what is even more important: if life is fair (which is often not), its occurrence came from the hand of a potential effect, and hopefully durable, in the social dynamics of cryptocurrency trading; That is, the demonstration that competitive cryptocurrency trade can be attractive and exciting such as electronic sports, and combining education with entertainment in a professional and dynamic environment. I explain myself. If the ICTC 2025 event, which had a local headquarters but extended before the eyes of the world through videotreatment, penetrates the social imaginary and does not fader quickly, Then the social standards of trading will have begun to change (for better).
Users will begin to demand more transparency and credibility to traders before buying their subscriptions, acquiring their strategies, belonging to their groups, and will encourage those who demonstrate more proveing live. The requirements for copying will increase, and ideally, traders will build good reputation with live successful operations.
We call different opinion leaders (QLS) and traders with invitations to this event. Maybe 80-85% do not even answer us. But those who begin to talk with us say: guys, is everything transparent? Can you hide my red P&L and show only the greens? I say: guys, I repeat, we will be on stage, in live streaming, with all these boards, we cannot hide the red panels. It is an absolutely transparent approach (…). Alex Kozenko, how of Whitebit.
Demonstrates context. On May 9 and 10, 2025, the International Exchange with roots in Ukraine organized a show that had to be created by anyone with the ability to do so, but that never happened, because apparently nobody dared. It is not a mystery that the ICTC will arrive well, although late, to the cryptocurrency trading ecosystem, Well, it is an initiative that challenges yourself and be better. The ICTC 2025 was an educational purpose event and broadcast live among eight traders to erect a single winner. Each obtained balance to trading 50,000 USDTB (an internal asset for futures trade in Whitebit) in total. The 8 competed 12 hours distributed in two days for an award whose limit could ascend up to 5 million USDT.
The spectacle winner It was Max Hamaha. In addition to an economic incentive, it saw its name deployed on the LED screens of the stadium that housed on May 11 the Football Club Barcelona against Real Madrid, also called the Classic. It is one of the most important sporting events in the world. Hamaha had a Profit and Loss (RPNL, a net result of profits and losses made) superior to his opponents: it was the most profitable trader. While competing in the ICTC 2025, the traders' screens were filmed and shown, as well as their faces, while they did technical analysis and opened and closed operations. During those 12 hours a tense and exciting atmosphere was breathed, equivalent to the reputational prestige at stake. In the event, four hosts that were turned over six hours commented on the real -time operations of the traders, giving the competition a sports format, common to that of chains such as ESPN or Fox Sports, a format that was appreciated a lot and that managed to round the experience. Being real traders, The commentators shared close and relevant analysis about the actions of the traders. They also directed questions in real time, who gave an account of their strategies to the entire world in the midst of competitive tension. In general, I was surprised by the professionalism of the event, capable of proposing a coherent and stimulating television and sports format. Especially when trading, despite sharing common features with other forms of entertainment such as video games, had not been the subject of a treatment like this, at least not on this professional scale. There was also a detail that I liked: ICTC 2025 transmitted a small documentary about Bitcoin and the person of Satoshi Nakamoto For a dead time. The presence of the mother cryptoactive cannot be missing in an event of great magnitude like this. Additionally, Whitebit limited the amount of external tools or accessories available to traders to execute operations. These They could not use trading bots, for example, or any kind of tools that will enhance real -time operations management. They could use tradingview with their analysis indicators and tools to design strategies on price graphics. An additional additional additional of the ICTC 2025 is that the traders were not just warriors, and the public not only spectators in a coliseum demanding blood. The role of the latter was more interactive, living and participant. This event amplified its radius of influence allowing traders around the world, via online, to compete during 6 hours in two days for awards. These virtual traders could compare their RPNL with those of the traders selected by Whitebit that starred in the live show, and demonstrate for themselves that they deserved to be there, in ICTC 2025, before other competition traders.
Imagine, you can be transported from your home to the sand. That was the idea of how to combine it. You cannot do this with any other sport, such as interactive competition. It would be as if FC Barcelona played football against fans. For example, you are a fan of Barcelona and you say: tomorrow is the classic, I can be a defender. I can play better than Cubarsí or Kounde. Alex Kozenko, how of Whitebit.
It is true that the competition was not exempt from some weaknesses at its rules that could slightly relieve the pressure on traders, although it was already high in itself, especially at the reputational level. For example, the funds they used were supplied by Whitebit. To use real funds from your own pocket, it is likely that your risk tolerance, or at least the boldness to trade cryptocurrency pairs, It would have better reflected the emotional reality of trading. Some traders could have experienced LAG (response latency) when executing operations at specific times. In any case, Alex Kozenko, how of Whitebit and other members of the Exchange team assured that the ICTC will appear again in 2026, so it is expected that the event will be even better next year.
Alex Kozenko, how of Whitebit. Source: LinkedIn The event of this 2025 had a particular flavor thanks to a timely coincidence: before the start of the event, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a strong rise, as well as that of the ETHER (ETH) and other Altcoins. BTC, in particular, cost about $ 93,000 on May 6. Three days later, when the event began, Bitcoin had already strongly broken the $ 100,000 line. This coincidence gave the ICTC competitors with what they need most to take advantage of the market: a volatile, oscillating environment; A promising climate to trading.
Alex Kozenko, how of Whitebit, had words about this coincidence of events during an interview on the occasion of the ICTC 2025: «Three weeks ago or maybe months, we had a meeting. My colleagues also asked me: Alex, I am very worried about the market situation for our ICTC. (…). And last week Bitcoin went up.» His repetition next year, of happening, will indicate that this event is here to stay. And what I like to perpetuate is, precisely, traders should strive to earn user credibility. In this sense, I wish long life to the ICTC organized by Whitebit, and also at the birth of new projects that promote professional transparency as this contest achieved.