The NFL is back and we’re dropping our biggest contest yet, a $20K NFL Survivor with 0% rake and no cap on entries.
The prize pool starts at a guaranteed $20k. If entries push it higher, every dollar stays in the pot. While the season plays out, the full prize pool is deployed onchain, and the players who are still alive vote every week on where it goes next.
An NFL season is too damn long for the prize pool to sit in cash. Markets don’t stop moving between Sundays. The bag shouldn’t either.
Enter NFL Survivor for 50 USDC.
Survive the NFL. Stay long crypto.
NFL Survivor is simple. Every week, each entry picks one NFL team to win. You can only use each team once. Pick a favorite now and you won’t have them later. Save them and you may get knocked out before you ever use them.
If your pick doesn’t win, your entry is out. If one entry is left, it takes the pot. If multiple entries remain when the contest ends, they split it.
Over the course of the NFL season, the full prize pool moves into different onchain assets based on player votes.
Every surviving entry gets a market vote alongside its NFL pick. Each week, the app presents four onchain spot trades across Base markets. The option with the most votes wins and the entire prize pool moves into that position for the next week.
Swaps route through 0x.
Every week, you make one football decision and one market decision. Your NFL pick determines whether your entry survives. Your market vote helps decide the position the remaining field rides together.
The contest is competitive. The trade is collective. You are trying to outlast everyone while sharing the same upside or drawdown between Sundays.
For the full mechanics behind entries, votes, treasury movement, and claims, read Bald Sports Explained.
Every weekly vote will show four available spot trades in the app. Supported asset include AAVE, AERO, cbBTC, cbETH, MORPHO, SOL, VIRTUAL, VVV, weETH, WETH, wstETH, USDC.
The pool can move across majors, stables, Base-native assets, and higher-risk tokens. Players choose the exposure each week and the winning vote moves the entire pot.
These are real market positions. The prize pool can go up and it can go down. You are never responsible for more than your entry, but the money everyone is playing for takes market risk throughout the season.
Entries are open now. Each entry costs 50 USDC.
Entries close Sunday, September 13, 2026, at 11:30 AM ET. Week 1 picks must be submitted by 12:00 PM ET that day.
Wednesday and Thursday games will not be included in Week 1.
Enter using card or crypto. Make your weekly pick before lock. Vote where the prize pool moves next. Survive the field and claim your share at the end.
As always, the bag goes to work.
Bald.