Crypto expert Waqar Zaka wins global competition, receives 2026 Mercedes G-Wagon in Dubai

Technology entrepreneur, crypto expert and live leverage trader Waqar Zaka has won the TradFi Competition, a global solo trading tournament in which more than 3,000 participants from around the world traded remotely using their own money. He received a brand-new 2026 Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon in Dubai as the winnerʼs prize. Zaka has previously been officially recognised as a cryptocurrency expert in connection with his appointment by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to assist with cryptocurrency and blockchain-related initiatives.

Unlike a conventional cryptocurrency contest, TradFi required contestants to perform across stocks, gold, silver, commodities and cryptocurrencies through a single platform. There were no teams, referrals or promotional targets, as the competition was designed to evaluate each traderʼs ability to adapt across multiple asset classes and deliver the strongest overall profit-and-loss performance. Zaka emerged as the winner by demonstrating his ability to trade across both traditional and digital financial markets. A trader from South Korea secured second position, while a trader from China finished third

Unlike a conventional cryptocurrency contest, TradFi required contestants to perform across stocks, gold, silver, commodities and cryptocurrencies through a single platform. There were no teams, referrals or promotional targets, as the competition was designed to evaluate each traderʼs ability to adapt across multiple asset classes and deliver the strongest overall profit-and-loss performance. Zaka emerged as the winner by demonstrating his ability to trade across both traditional and digital financial markets. A trader from South Korea secured second position, while a trader from China finished third.

Zaka had finished eighth in a similar international trading tournament last year. During the latest competition, he initially climbed to fourth position before eventually securing first place. His victory marks the first time a Pakistani trader has reached the top of an international multi-asset online trading event of this nature.

Much like electronic sports, competitive online trading is gradually developing into a new form of digital competition in which participants are judged on strategy, mathematical analysis, adaptability, profitability and disciplined risk management. Zakaʼs victory has also renewed public attention around his early calls for the Pakistani government to purchase Bitcoin and place it on the countryʼs national balance sheet as a strategic reserve. Zaka repeatedly argued that Pakistan should build a Bitcoin reserve and use its long-term appreciation to help pay off the national debt and reduce the countryʼs dependence on the International Monetary Fund.