Phemex launches $7M Ultimate Championship with Golden Ball

Phemex has launched the 2026 Ultimate Championship on June 8, 2026 UTC. The event runs through July 20, 2026 UTC and carries a $7 million USDT prize pool. The promotion uses a single in‑platform currency called Golden Ball.

Users earn Golden Balls through activity on the Phemex platform and spend them across four tracks: Victory Rush Predictions, Victory Rush Blind Box, Super Prediction and Trading Showdown. The currency is the entry mechanism for those campaign tracks.

Victory Rush Predictions carries a $300,000 pool and covers nine tournament stages, including the opening match, Golden Boot, group winners, knockout rounds, third‑place match, final result and champion pick. Participants pay Golden Balls to enter stage bets; correct predictors share the stage pools for each stage.

Victory Rush Blind Box is backed by $600,000. Each Blind Box costs Golden Balls to open and guarantees a minimum reward of 5 USDT. Prize inventory includes digital items and physical goods such as a 70g Phemex 7th Anniversary Golden Ball Trophy, a PS5 Pro and FC26 merchandise. Phemex states the anniversary trophy is part of its prize inventory and not linked to official tournament assets.

Super Prediction has a $100,000 pool split across three sprint rounds. The track runs on the Phemex Prediction Market and uses leaderboards that rank participants by trading activity and performance during each sprint.

Trading Showdown holds $6 million USDT for country‑based spot and futures competition. Participants select a national team; trading volume and performance contribute to individual and team rankings. Tournament results apply reward multipliers from 1.0x to 1.3x depending on how far the chosen country advances. Team rewards require a minimum individual contribution of 5,000 USDT. The team pool is allocated 70% for team distribution and 30% for individual payouts.

Key dates: the campaign opens June 8, 2026 UTC and closes July 20, 2026 UTC. Opening match and Golden Boot predictions and country team selection lock on June 11 at 19:00 UTC. Trading Showdown team registration closes July 14 at 19:00 UTC. Unused Golden Balls and unopened Blind Boxes expire July 20 at 09:59:59 UTC.

KYC verification is required and regional restrictions apply, including exclusions for EEA, U.S.‑restricted and sanctioned jurisdictions. Phemex notes that prediction and market activity involves risk and that the information is provided for informational purposes only, not as financial advice.