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US AI & Tech Portfolio Challenge - week of 2026-07-30 NetMind.AI / Arena42 Prize / Competition open 2026-08-06 Online yes 200 CR prize; 50 CR entry fee
C:\>DIR Global Agentic Regulator Hackathon Financial Innovation for Impact (Fii) / C:\>DIR Prize / Competition open 2026-08-09 Virtual / optional Cambridge-Singapore showcase yes $100,000 total team prize pool: $35,000 first; $15,000 second; $10,000 third; $…
SoAI 2026 AI Algorithmic Trading Competition Society of Algorithmic Intelligence Prize / Competition open 2026-08-09 Online simulation; Singapore for cash presentation limited SGD 3,000 total prize pool; personal allocation not stated
US Financials Portfolio Challenge — week of 2026-08-03 NetMind.AI / Arena42 Prize / Competition open 2026-08-10 Online yes 250 CR Arena credits; non-cash reward
BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 amber.ac / OpenArena.to Prize / Competition open 2026-08-12 Online build; Singapore finals hybrid $50,000+ cash pool; $2,000/team finalist travel support
Trader Arena Season 2 Questflow Prize / Competition open 2026-08-13 Online yes $10,000 prize pool; rewards capped at $3,000 per participant
MiniBench — 2026-07-27 to 2026-08-14 Metaculus Prize / Competition open 2026-08-14 Online / worldwide subject to restrictions yes Performance-based distribution from $1,000 prize pool
Agent Builders Cup — Series 1 Botcamp / Hummingbot Prize / Competition open 2026-08-15 Online; finals livestreamed and winners announced at a Token2049 side event in Singapore yes $20,000+ total prize pool; $800 USDC starting capital per selected finalist age…
Datarails AI in Finance Challenge 2026 Datarails / FinanceOS Prize / Competition open 2026-08-18 Online / global yes Winner trip for entrant and one guest, approximate retail value $2,000; runner-…
Alpha Hackathon 2026 Lumiwealth / BotSpot Prize / Competition open 2026-08-19 Hybrid: online build/trading with San Francisco kickoff and finale limited $500 first team; $300 second team; $200 third team
AI-Enabled Investing Competition — September 2026 University of Chicago / Alex Cha Prize / Competition open 2026-08-21 University of Chicago; exact venue not stated limited Team prizes: 1st $15,000; 2nd $10,000; 3rd $5,000
Liquidity Arena 2026 LiquidityTech / LTP Prize / Competition open 2026-08-21 Online/live API trading yes $300,000+ total reward value; $100,000+ team cash-prize pool; AI credits and pr…
CFA European Quant Awards 2026 CFA Societies (CFA Institute) Prize / Competition open 2026-08-31 Remote paper submission; award ceremony in winner's application country limited €3,000 first; €2,000 second; €1,000 third
Reinforce.fi Challenge: Market-Action Arena Reinforce.fi Prize / Competition open 2026-08-31 Online yes $2,500 first; $1,500 second; $1,000 third
Global x402 Challenge Algorand Foundation Prize / Competition open 2026-09-01 Global; live finalist presentation at Devcon 8 India limited $100,000 USD + 500,000 ALGO project pools; top-five project awards: $25,000/$22…
Metaculus Cup Summer 2026 Metaculus Prize / Competition open 2026-09-01 Online yes $5,000 prize pool
Summer 2026 FutureEval Bot Tournament Metaculus Prize / Competition open 2026-09-06 Online yes $50,000 prize pool
Telegraph Hackathon — Season I (Hackathon 1), 2026 Telegraph Protocol Prize / Competition open 2026-09-07 Online yes $5,000 H1 USD pool: Miner $2,000; Script Author $1,000; Application $2,000; Sea…
2026 Finance AI Challenge Financial Security Institute (FSEC) Prize / Competition open 2026-09-07 South Korea hybrid ₩35,000,000 total team/project prize pool
The Smart Money Era: Build the Era BNB Chain Prize / Competition open 2026-09-09 Online yes $30,000 main-track winner; $10,000 TermiX track; 1,000 CAKE; 50,000 XP
Market Pulse Challenge 26Q3 Metaculus Prize / Competition open 2026-09-16 Global / online yes $7,500 prize pool
GPIF Finance Awards for Students 2026-2027 Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) Prize / Competition open 2026-09-30 Japan limited Certificate and publication of awardees and research on the GPIF website; no ca…
2026 Asset Management Hackathon FIAM / McGill Desautels Faculty of Management Prize / Competition open 2026-09-30 Online preparation/submission; in-person finals hybrid $35,000 total team prize money; listed awards $15,000/$10,000/$5,000/$3,000/$2…
College Fed Challenge 2026 Federal Reserve Board / Federal Reserve Bank of New York Prize / Competition open 2026-09-30 Hybrid; virtual submission/Q&A and in-person finals hybrid No monetary prize stated on official overview; finalists cover travel and lodgi…
Right! said FRED: Q3 2026 Finance and Economics Challenge Good Judgment Open Prize / Competition open 2026-10-01 Global / online yes No cash prize stated; top three receive a GJO badge; first-time top performer m…
The Economist: The World Ahead 2026 Good Judgment Open / The Economist Prize / Competition open 2026-10-09 Global / online yes Winner published in The Economist; no cash prize stated on official challenge p…
GLEE Competition 2026 — Games in Language-based Economic Environments GLEE Competition / IAB Workshop @ NeurIPS 2026 Prize / Competition open 2026-10-20 Online yes $6,000 total: Agent Track $5,000; Human Track $1,000; award certificates
US Midterms 2026 Metaculus Prize / Competition open 2026-11-04 Online yes $10,000 prize pool
2026 Microcap Stock Picking Contest GeoInvesting / MS Microcaps Prize / Competition open 2026-11-07 Online / public leaderboard yes $2,500 first; $1,500 second; $1,000 third per contest; 4th-10th non-cash subscr…
MacroNations Global Economic Strategy Tournament 2026 MacroNations LLC Prize / Competition open 2026-11-30 Online / global yes Shared award fund for top finalists; amount confirmed at season close; top 8 qu…
In the News 2026 Good Judgment Open Prize / Competition open 2027-01-01 Global / online yes No separate cash prize stated on official challenge page
A Challenge of Interest! Good Judgment Open Prize / Competition open 2027-01-01 Global / online yes No prize or reward stated on official challenge page
International Trade Challenge Good Judgment Open Prize / Competition open 2027-01-01 Global / online yes Not listed on official page
Iran & Energy Challenge Good Judgment Open Prize / Competition open 2027-01-01 Global / online yes Not listed on official page
Artificial Intelligence in 2026 and Beyond Good Judgment Open Prize / Competition open 2027-02-01 Online yes No cash prize or other reward stated on official challenge page
In the News 2027 Good Judgment Open Prize / Competition open 2028-01-01 Global / online yes No separate cash prize stated on official challenge page
Global Economics: Purchasing Managers' Indices Challenge Good Judgment Open Prize / Competition open 2028-01-01 Global / online yes Not listed on official page
POTUS Predictions Metaculus Prize / Competition open 2029-01-03 Online / worldwide subject to restrictions yes $15,000 prize pool
Labor Automation Tournament Metaculus Prize / Competition open 2036-01-01 Online, worldwide subject to restrictions yes $35,000 prize pool
Allora Forge — live crypto prediction competitions Allora Foundation Prize / Competition open Not listed Online / Allora Forge yes Performance-based ALLO rewards by prediction accuracy; no salary
Prizefight — Agentic Trading Competition Prizefight Prize / Competition open Not listed Online yes Variable performance-based purse funded by entry fees; no fixed personal cash a…
Agent Trading Tournament Kuru Prize / Competition open Not listed Online/onchain arena limited $100,000 pool; $50,000 champion; $25,000 second; $7,500 each 3rd-4th; $2,500 ea…
US High-Growth Portfolio Challenge — week of 2026-08-10 NetMind.AI / Arena42 Prize / Competition open Not listed Online yes 150 CR Arena42 credits; non-cash reward
League of Traders — Warden Protocol Warden Protocol Prize / Competition open Not listed Online / global yes 5,000,000 $WARD current reward pool; personal share varies
FISG Non-Farm Payrolls Forecast Challenge FISG Prize / Competition open Not listed Online / FISG platform yes $140 perfect prediction; $40 prediction within ±0.1; gift set within ±0.2; firs…
Numinous: Predictive Agents For Real World Outcome CrunchDAO Prize / Competition open Not listed Online yes $5,000 USDC Phase 2 pool
NexHack 2.0 NexVerse-IITM Prize / Competition open Not listed In person; IITM Janakpuri, New Delhi no INR 37,000 cash prize pool: 1st INR 21,000; 2nd INR 11,000; 3rd INR 5,000
Recall AI Agent Paper Trading Competitions Recall Prize / Competition open Not listed Online yes Variable RECALL token rewards distributed by exponential decay
Agent Pay — MERGE Hackathon 2026 MERGE Prize / Competition open Not listed On site; Madrid no €25,000+ team/project prize pool
Agora Arena — Trading Arena Agora Arena Prize / Competition open Not listed Online yes $100 Trading Arena prize pool
BNB Hack: Online Edition (AI-Driven Trading on BNB Chain) BNB Chain / Solidus AI Tech Prize / Competition open Not listed Online yes $10,500 Solidus sponsor prize; BNB Chain main-track prizes of $10,000/$7,000/$3…
DataCrunch Equity Market Neutral #2 CrunchDAO Prize / Competition open Not listed Online yes Performance-based USDC rewards; current official listing states $1,000 USDC per…
HYPE Singapore 2026: Hyperliquid Hackathon & Conference Hype Global Prize / Competition open Not listed In person no $50,000+ combined cash and credits
Synth: Synthetic Price Data CrunchDAO / Synth Prize / Competition open Not listed Online yes $30,000 USDC fixed pool for the initial live phase
Virtuals Protocol AI Agent Arena Virtuals Protocol Prize / Competition open Not listed Online yes Up to $200,000 copy-trading pot for 7 days
Philip McCord Morse Lectureship Award — 2027 INFORMS Prize / Competition watch 2027-03-30 INFORMS Annual Meeting limited $2,000 honorarium + $5,000 travel fund
Forecasting the Future: A Modern Economics Challenge 2026 Bridgewater Associates / Global Citizen Prize / Competition closed 2026-08-01 Global yes $25,000 per winner

Quantiacs Contest 25 · Quant research challenge

Compete for $2M in strategy allocations.

Submit a unique trading system. The seven highest Contest Scores receive one-year notional allocations with performance fees currently based on a 10% profit share.

1st$1M
2nd$500K
3rd$250K
4th$100K
5th–7th$50K each

Unique systems only. Quantiacs applies a correlation filter, and allocations may be reduced or eliminated if a winner’s live Contest Score falls below its score at contest close.

Enter Quantiacs Contest 25 ↗ Official Q25 rules

Sponsored registration link. Prize amounts are notional strategy allocations; payouts are performance fees under Quantiacs’ Relative Performance Model. Winner allocations commence within 30 days after the contest ends. Eligibility and official rules apply; no purchase is necessary.