Tria Launches First TradFi vs. Crypto Trading Competition
New York City, United States, August 5th, 2026, Chainwire
Fourteen-day event with Decibel will pit tokenized stocks, gold and oil against BTC, ETH and SOL in a first-of-its-kind self-custodial competition with a $25,000 USDC prize pool
One of the fastest-growing narratives in digital assets is about to face its biggest public test.
Tria, the self-custodial neofinance platform, today launched TradFi vs Crypto, the industry’s first trading competition to pit tokenized real-world assets directly against cryptocurrencies under identical conditions on a self-custodial platform. Developed in partnership with Decibel, the Aptos Labs-incubated perpetuals exchange, the fourteen-day competition allows traders to compete across two parallel arenas: TradFi and Crypto. Traders can access and trade across the full range of TradFi and crypto assets without being limited to any single market or asset class.
Trading competitions have become a fixture of the crypto industry, but they have almost exclusively focused on digital assets traded on centralized exchanges. TradFi vs Crypto marks the first time tokenized real-world assets and cryptocurrencies will compete head-to-head under the same rules, creating a rare public measure of where traders actually choose to deploy their capital.
The competition also represents a departure from the way nearly every major trading competition has operated to date. Rather than requiring traders to transfer assets into exchange-controlled wallets for the duration of the event, participants compete directly from wallets they control, maintaining self-custody throughout.
“Tokenized real-world assets have become one of the biggest stories in digital finance, but there has never been a straightforward way to measure how traders actually value them against crypto,” said Vijit Katta, Co-Founder of Tria. “For the next fourteen days, the market gets to answer that question. At the same time, we’re showing that traders no longer have to sacrifice self-custody to participate in large-scale trading competitions.”
Running from August 5 through August 19, the competition places both asset classes under identical conditions, creating one of the clearest public comparisons yet between demand for tokenized stocks, commodities and traditional crypto assets. Rather than simply rewarding trading activity, the event will produce a transparent side-by-side view of which market participants gravitate toward when the incentives, timeframe and rules are the same.
The competition features two independent leaderboards. The Crypto arena will award $15,000 USDC across its top ten traders, while the TradFi arena will distribute $10,000 USDC to its top ten finishers. First place will receive $4,000 in the Crypto arena and $2,500 in the TradFi arena. Traders may compete in both arenas simultaneously and qualify for rewards in each independently.
Participants automatically enter the competition upon placing their first qualifying trade, with no registration or claim process required. Traders who accumulate $15,000 in total trading volume during the competition window become eligible for leaderboard prizes, while those who trade $10,000 or more in a single day will automatically receive an entry into that day’s raffle for either a VIP tier upgrade or a cash prize.
Rewards will be paid directly in USDC to participants’ Tria Decibel Wallets.
Competition Details
TradFi vs Crypto runs from August 5, 2026, at 6:30 a.m. ET (10:30 UTC) through August 19, 2026, at 6:30 a.m. ET (10:30 UTC). Traders can access and trade across the full range of TradFi and crypto assets without being limited to any single market or asset class.
Additional details include:
- $25,000 USDC total prize pool
- $15,000 allocated to the Crypto leaderboard
- $10,000 allocated to the TradFi leaderboard
- Top ten traders in each arena receive prizes
- $15,000 cumulative trading volume required to qualify
- Automatic entry upon first qualifying trade
- Traders may compete in both arenas simultaneously
- Daily raffle entry earned with $10,000 or more in trading volume in a single day
- Rewards paid directly to participants’ Tria Decibel Wallets
About Tria
Tria is the leading self-custodial neofinance platform built for crypto-native users. The platform combines futures trading through Hyperliquid and Decibel, Earn across more than 100 protocols, Swap with BestPath routing, on-and off-ramp services, Tria Travel, and the Tria Card, offering up to 6% cashback. Tria is currently in private beta.