DeriW launches the trading competition platform Edge Hour, exploring a new model for derivatives trading

March 26, 2026 ------ The decentralized perpetual derivatives trading platform DeriW officially launched the limited-time trading competition platform Edge Hour. This product is centered around the core concept of "Trade Big. Risk Small." and introduces a competitive challenge mechanism into crypto derivatives trading, providing traders with a brand new skill-based trading experience through extremely short cycles and low-entry participation methods.

The first phase of Edge Hour sets a prize pool of $1 million. Users can participate in the challenge with a fee of just $5, completing trading goals within a limited time of 1 to 8 hours, with the opportunity to earn rewards up to 10 times their participation fee based on their challenge performance.

Since its mainnet launch last August, DeriW has attracted over 67,000 users globally to register for trading, with a total trading volume exceeding $37.4 billion. With the launch of Edge Hour, DeriW is extending trading from a mere market activity to a verifiable and competitive trading skill challenge.

From Weeks to One Hour: Trading Challenges Enter the "Fast-Paced Era"

In recent years, trading products with competitive attributes have gradually gained attention in the crypto market. However, current trading competitions typically last for several weeks or even months, with leaderboard models often favoring large capital users; while traditional proprietary trading platforms emphasize trading ability, they have long evaluation periods, and users usually receive trading quotas rather than direct profits.

Edge Hour was born to fill this market gap.

In this model, users can choose challenge durations of 1, 2, 4, or 8 hours, set profit targets and drawdown limits, and pay a fee ranging from $5 to $200 to participate in the challenge. Once the challenge begins, all participants will receive $10,000 in virtual trading funds to trade perpetual contracts under unified rules.

If users successfully complete their profit targets within the limited time, they can receive corresponding rewards based on platform rules.

Compared to traditional trading competitions, Edge Hour compresses the challenge cycle from "weeks" to 1 hour, allowing users to more quickly test and enhance their trading abilities in a real market environment. Meanwhile, the platform sets a low participation threshold of $5, enabling more users to confidently and calmly engage in trading within a controllable risk range.

Skill-Oriented and On-Chain Transparency: Building a Fair Trading Competitive Environment

To ensure that trading results are more determined by strategy and ability, Edge Hour has systematically designed its challenge mechanism and technical architecture.

All participants will receive a uniform scale of $10,000 in virtual funds at the start of the challenge, fundamentally eliminating the advantages brought by capital size, making trading strategy the key variable for winning or losing. At the same time, all trading actions and final settlements in the challenge are recorded on-chain and can be publicly queried, ensuring that the entire competitive process is transparent and verifiable.

In terms of trading rules, the platform has introduced multiple mechanisms to reduce purely speculative behavior, such as: each trade must hold for at least 60 seconds, single trade profits cannot exceed 75% of the target profit, and minimum trading volumes are set based on challenge duration; encouraging users to achieve stable profits through complete strategies.

On the technical side, Edge Hour operates on the DeriW public chain, which is built on the Arbitrum Orbit Layer 3 architecture, supporting zero gas trading and achieving millisecond-level trade confirmations through LP-optimized matching mechanisms. This means users can execute strategies more freely during the challenge without worrying about trading costs eroding profits.

Additionally, the platform has introduced social incentive mechanisms to enhance trading participation and user interaction. During the challenge, users can invite friends to participate in competitive challenges, earning up to 30% of their own challenge task progress as rewards, while invitees enjoy an additional 5% trading time and a 10% discount on participation fees.

Through unified virtual funds, time-limited challenge mechanisms, and on-chain transparent settlements, DeriW is attempting to create a new category of trading products: a skill challenge platform that combines competitiveness, gamified experiences, and real trading environments.

DeriW's PR manager Tharaka Kahaduwa stated, "The official launch of Edge Hour marks a new stage in the development of the DeriW platform. In the future, DeriW will continue to deepen its focus on decentralized derivatives trading, further enrich the platform's trading pairs, develop and provide more diverse trading product forms, and continuously refine platform technology and services to create a safe, reliable, and efficient decentralized trading experience for global users."

About DeriW

DeriW focuses on "zero gas fees" and is the first to open a new track for decentralized perpetual contracts—combining Ethereum-level security with Layer 3 scaling performance, replicating CEX-level smooth experiences within a full-chain architecture. With the technical support of an experienced fintech team within the CoinW ecosystem and a throughput capacity of 80,000 TPS, DeriW provides global users with a fast, secure, and transparent on-chain trading experience. For more information, visit the DeriW official website, or follow DeriW on X and join the DeriW Telegram group.

Disclaimer: This activity is a trading challenge and does not constitute investment advice or profit guarantees. Digital asset trading carries high risks, and users must assume full responsibility for their financial decisions. Service content may vary by jurisdiction and may not be available in all regions.