Staking of supported assets is available to Coinbase customers who have an account in good standing and who live in a jurisdiction where we offer staking for that asset. Some jurisdictions require tax identification information for compliance. Coinbase can change eligibility requirements anytime, even after assets have been staked. We don’t guarantee that customers will receive staking rewards.
We verify eligibility daily. If a customer becomes ineligible, we’ll let them know that we’ll unstake their assets after a 14-day grace period or that we may be unable to pay out staking rewards until they restore their eligibility. Some customers may be able to remediate and restore eligibility by updating or verifying certain information. Customers will continue to earn rewards on staked balances while reward payouts are being withheld or during the 14-day grace period until their assets are unstaked, as applicable (but rewards won’t be restaked).
If you have reviewed the eligibility requirements for staking and believe your account was incorrectly marked as ineligible, contact our support team.
Eligible tokens
Depending on the token you stake, the reward value will differ. You can view these values by going to the Earn tab on Coinbase.com or the Coinbase mobile app.
Any assets that are eligible to earn staking rewards will have both a primary and an earning balance.
Primary balance: the amount that isn’t staked and isn’t currently earning rewards
Earning balance: the amount that you have staked, including any automatically restaked rewards
Cryptocurre | Minimum Balance Needed | Rewards Payout Rate | Protocol Unstaking Period | Additional Coinbase Unstaking Processing Time | Earns Rewards While Unstaking? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cosmos (ATOM) | 0.0001 ATOM | Every 7 days | 21 days | Up to 48 hours | Yes |
Ethereum (ETH) | No minimum balance | Every 3 days | Minimum 27 hours, longer in periods of high demand | Up to 48 hours | Yes |
Tezos (XTZ) | 0.0001 XTZ | Every 3 days | 0 days | Up to 48 hours | Yes |
Cardano (ADA) | $1 worth of ADA | Every 5 days | 0 days | Up to 48 hours | Yes |
Solana (SOL) | $1 worth of SOL | Every 3 days | 3 days | Up to 48 hours | Yes |
Polkadot (DOT) | No minimum balance | Every 1 day | 28 days | Up to 48 hours | Yes |
MATIC (POL) | No minimum balance | Every 5 days | 4 days | 4 days | Yes |
Eligible regions
Staking is available in most jurisdictions. Please refer to your Coinbase.com account to see if staking is available to you.
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