Terms and explanatory notes

Bitpanda Pro Trading Competition “Go Turkey!”


1. General

The following Terms (“Terms”) govern the rules for participating in the Bitpanda Pro Trading Competition (“Competition”) of Bitpanda GmbH, with its corporate seat in Campus 2, Jakov-Lind-Straße 2, A-1020 Vienna (“Bitpanda”) and the legal relationship between Bitpanda and the Participant (as defined in Section 3 or “you”) arising thereof.

By participating in the Competition you confirm and accept these Terms and the applicable terms and conditions of Bitpanda which are an integral part of these Terms.


2. Promotion period, prizes and trading fees

This Competition begins on the 7th of December 2020, at 12:00 pm (UTC+3) and ends on the 21st of December 2020, at 12:00 pm (UTC+3) (“Competition Period”).

The top 20 Participants who generated the highest trading volume on Bitpanda Pro Turkish lira (TRY) pairs (i.e. BTC/TRY, ETH/TRY and LINK/TRY) within the Competition Period (each of them referred to as “Winner” and together the “Winners”) will be forwarded the prizes as set forth in the table (“Prize”). 

During the Competition Period, the Bitpanda Pro standard fee structure (which can be found here) will apply, regardless of your fee structure that was applied or agreed upon before the start of the Competition. Therefore, by signing up to the Competition, any orders executed on Bitpanda Pro during the Competition Period will be charged with the Bitpanda Pro standard fee structure. This is to ensure fair and equitable conditions for all Participants regardless of their usual (and individual) applicable fee structure. After the Competition Period, your usual (and individual) Bitpanda Pro fee structure will apply again. You acknowledge and accept that you do not have any legal claim against Bitpanda arising out of or in connection with the application of this fee structure.

You acknowledge and accept that only Participants who (i) meet all the requirements described in Section 3, and (ii) were not, for whatever reason, disqualified by Bitpanda in accordance with Section 5, are eligible to be selected as Winners.



Rank Prize
1 TRY 90,000.00 (max worth EUR 10,000.00)
2 TRY 30,000.00 (max worth EUR 3,000.00)
3 TRY 15,000.00 (max worth EUR 2,000.00)
4 to 10 TRY 1,000.00 (max worth EUR 150.00)
11 to 20 TRY 500.00 (max worth EUR 60.00)

The Prizes will be distributed to the Winners as defined in the table above. All of the Winners placed within the rank ranges provided in the left column of the table above shall be entitled to win their respective Prize. The Prizes distributed will be capped to the specific TRY to EUR market value as after the Competition Period and at the time of transfer to the Winners (stated as “max worth” in the table above). Therefore, Prizes paid out in TRY may be lower than shown in the table above should EUR appreciate in value against TRY. Bitpanda shall transfer the payment of the prizes in TRY within one month after the end of the Competition Period. Winners agree to retain their Bitpanda accounts until the expiration of this period; The deletion of Bitpanda accounts for any reason shall be construed as the Winner’s waiver of the Prize. You acknowledge and agree that said transfer may be delayed and Bitpanda shall not be liable for any losses arising out of or in connection with a late transfer (e.g. losses due to price changes). The Prize will be credited directly to the Winner’s respective Bitpanda TRY Wallet.


3. Requirements for Participation 

Only fully verified and registered, Bitpanda Clients that accept these Terms are allowed to sign up and participate in the Competition, as long as such a client is not any natural or legal person performing market making services or similar services (“Participant”). For the avoidance of doubt, all market makers are excluded from this Competition. Any volume the Participant may have generated on Bitpanda Pro prior to signing up to this Competition will not be taken into account and will not be included in the calculation on the trading volume. Any trading volume generated outside of Bitpanda Pro will not be taken into account. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby stated and clarified that any trading volume generated on the Bitpanda Broker does not apply to this Competition. 

You are aware and accept that Bitpanda, at its sole discretion may amend and/or call off the Competition as described herein at any time and you do not have any legal claim against Bitpanda arising out of or in connection with this Competition. 


4. Determination and notification of the Winners

All the Participants will be able to see their current rank during the Competition Period in their dashboard. There will also be a list with the current ranks published on the leaderboard on Bitpanda Pro, which will be available to the Participants as well as non-participants. 

Bitpanda will strive to ensure that the ranks on the leaderboard and in your dashboard are current at all times. However, due to technical or other issues, discrepancies between the ranks and the actual traded volume might occur. Furthermore, such issues might lead to a mismatch between your rank on the leaderboard and your rank in your dashboard.

You hereby acknowledge and accept that your rank on the leaderboard and your rank in the dashboard are not binding determinants regarding the actual traded volume and therefore do not determine the Winners of the Competition. Furthermore, you hereby acknowledge and accept that Bitpanda will not be liable for any direct or indirect losses resulting from any rank (on the leaderboard or in the dashboard) not representing the corresponding trading volume properly and that no right or claim against Bitpanda can arise thereof.

Participants, who are declared Winners in accordance with Section 2 will be notified accordingly via email on the email address they have stated on their Bitpanda account.


5. Disqualification

You hereby acknowledge and accept that Bitpanda may at its sole discretion disqualify a Participant from the Competition at any time for whatever reason, including but not limited to cases where Bitpanda suspects collusion between the Participants aimed at manipulating the volume and prices on Bitpanda Pro or any other manipulation by the Participants which is deemed unfair by Bitpanda.

You hereby acknowledge and accept that any breach of these Terms or any other terms and conditions of Bitpanda and/or its subsidiaries may result in disqualification.

You hereby acknowledge and accept you may not share your assigned Nickname with any other Participants during the Competition Period and that failure to abide by this obligation may result in disqualification.  

Bitpanda is not responsible for the correctness of the data provided by you and may disqualify a Participant if the registered Bitpanda user email address is not valid.

If disqualified, you hereby acknowledge and accept that you will not have any claim against Bitpanda including but not limited to any direct or indirect losses you might have accumulated in connection with the participation in the Competition.


6. Data protection

Bitpanda collects your personal data on the basis of your consent in accordance with Article 6 Section 1 letter a General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and insofar as this is necessary for the establishment of the legal relationship with the Participant and for the subsequent implementation and handling of the Competition.

For more information regarding your personal data, how, why and how long it is processed and which rights you have according to the GDPR, please click here: https://www.bitpanda.com/en/legal#privacy


7. Contact 

For further questions regarding this, please contact support.

Please note: In the event that there is a discrepancy between the different language version(s) of these Terms, the English version shall prevail.