Below is the full winners list!
Total prize pool: $750.
This is $250 more than originally planned - merry Xmas!
Payout timing: we’ll send prizes early next week.
We judged the finalists on precision, clarity, and how well the post would actually persuade a DEX trader without drifting into vague hype.
1st place: @Velaryon69
Velaryon won because the entry hit the trader pain points fast (bad routes, slippage, idle assets), then gave a clear “do this first” action that makes people open the app and look around. It’s persuasive, readable, and structured like a real CT post.
2nd place: @sozdettrader
Prime’s post was the most technical and system-aware. It referenced routing, liquidity direction, and “reading the dashboard” before swapping. Strong accuracy vibe, just slightly denser than the 1st place entry, so it lands 2nd on clarity.
3rd place: @1974akkoca
Ugur’s post was clean and trustworthy, focusing on simplicity and reliability. It’s a good sell, just lighter on specifics, so it takes 3rd on precision.
Place | Handle | Winning post | Prize ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
1st | @Velaryon69 |
Stop Bleeding Money on Bad Routes
Traders, let me ask you a simple question about your bottom line: "Do you realize how much potential profit you are losing to high slippage and idle assets?" Stop treating DEXs like simple exchange booths. While others are just places to swap  | 120 |
2nd | @sozdettrader |
When I first came across @PumexFi , I thought “just another DEX.” I was wrong.
The first thing I noticed was that I didn’t have to chase the tx. The router auto scans native and whitelisted sources, I just see the result. No chasing slippage, no switching routes, no gas calc.  | 100 |
3rd | @1974akkoca |
Honestly, what I like about @PumexFi is that it doesn’t try to distract you with a million complicated features or aggressive "moon" marketing.
It feels like it was built by people who actually trade and got tired of the usual friction. It’s clean, it’s straightforward, and it  | 80 |
Prizes were progressive from the start, and we had some genuinely strong entries to choose from each round. A lot of you didn’t just post for the sake of it, you actually answered the prompt properly, kept it trader-first, and made other people want to click through and check Pumex out.
That’s exactly what this run was meant to do: keep the timeline active, keep the posts useful, and reward the people who executed cleanly.
Winner | Handle | Winning post | Prize ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | @burakarh216 |
When a position reaches the level I originally planned for, I’m satisfied. I don’t chase extra profits and risk giving back what I’ve already earned. I know when to be content. I also avoid trading coins everyone is talking about, especially those pushed by scammy accounts. My
| 10 |
2 | @anrstsapience |
Hey @BurakEth33 and @0xGutso , if you’re already trading on DEXes, you should join Pumex because the DEXmas run makes on chain trading feel fast and actually fun, plus daily rewards for staying consistent.
| 15 |
3 | @Sevilaga | 20 | |
4 | @bhrbkl35 | 25 | |
5 | @Hazmaniaxbt |
Wooaaa. that's the kind of question i like.
and yes, I'm a fan of Japan culture and samurais. i think my name would be "ZENI-ARASHI" (銭嵐). the meaning comes from combining the Japanese words Zeni, meaning metal coin, and Arashi, meaning storm. if i had a merchant title, it  | 30 |
6 | @elmidar996801 |
The snow knows me as Kurogane Frostveil, silent but relentless in the winter dojo.
I trade with calm hands and a frozen gaze, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Behind the mask, patience is my sharpest blade.  | 35 |
7 | @AqayevGAL |
For a Samurai, the greatest danger is an ambush. For me, that sneaky ambush in DEXs is 'Hidden Price Impact.' Just when everything seems fine, swinging my sword (making a swap) in a pool without deep liquidity means watching part of my balance vanish into the void. A sharp eye
| 40 |
8 | @anrstsapience |
Samurai present, I trade perps and I care most about routes, because clean routing means cleaner fills when the market gets noisy.
| 45 |
9 | @sozdettrader |
On a $900 swap on other DEXs, I lost nearly $140 purely to price impact. Liquidity looked fine on the surface, but once the trade executed, the fill told a very different story. No gas issues, no failed transactions, just quiet value loss through execution.
Since moving into the | 50 |
10 | @tckriptoss |
My relic is Limit orders
Instead of chasing the market, it allows me to wait for the price to come to me, so I can avoid impulsive decisions and make strategic and calm trades  A true samurai discipline | 55 |
11 | @Velaryon69 |
Lesson: I blindly bridged and swapped on Ethereum mainnet for a small trade, paying more in gas fees than the potential profit of the trade itself.
Change: I now calculate the break even point considering gas fees before any move and prioritize Layer 2 solutions (like Arbitrum | 60 |
12 | @1974akkoca |
Lesson learned: I blindly bridging and swapping a small transaction on the Ethereum mainnet and paid more in gas fees than the potential profit from the transaction. Change: I now factor in gas fees before making any moves. I sometimes perform my transactions on DEXs and
| 65 |
We’ll pay prizes early next week. Keep an eye on your wallet!
If we’re missing anything from you, we’ll DM from @PumexFi.
Be aware of scam accounts trying to DM you.
Massive thanks to everyone who took part in Samurai Winter and helped turn DEXmas into something that actually felt alive on the timeline.
Whether you won a day, pushed for the finals, or just showed up and posted anyway, you helped prove the point of the campaign: keep trading sharp, keep the content useful, and keep the clan active when most CT goes quiet for the holidays.
Extra respect to the finalists for putting real thought into the prompt and writing posts that were clear, trader-first, and not just noise.
From all of us at Pumex: enjoy the holidays, spend time with your people, and come back refreshed. We’ve got more planned in the new year.
- Pumex Team