Tokens and regions eligible for staking

Please review the United States section below for eligibility in your state.

On June 6, 2023, state securities agencies in Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin issued notices and orders related to Coinbase’s retail staking services in those states. Some of those state orders impose restrictions on Coinbase’s ability to offer staking services in those states, and we encourage customers of these states to click the links above to read and understand their state’s current notice or order. We are engaging with each of the states directly.

In order to stake tokens, you must meet several eligibility requirements. Coinbase does not guarantee that you’ll receive staking rewards, any specific reward, or any staking return over time.

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

Beginning August 16, 2023, Coinbase will be upgrading our key storage systems for our Cosmos (ATOM) staking service to better serve you. This technical upgrade requires Coinbase to undelegate and then redelegate ATOM on the new key storage system, and will take approximately 3 months to complete.

We will perform this migration progressively, in order to minimize disruption to customers.  The migration will occur in 4 phases, migrating one quarter of customers’ staked ATOM during each phase. The Cosmos protocol does not pay out rewards during the 21 day period required to undelegate ATOM, so customers staking ATOM with Coinbase should expect lower protocol rewards during this transition. 

No action is required by customers who stake ATOM. Customers will remain eligible to earn rewards and can unstake at any time. The safety of our customers' funds is our top priority. As always, we store your assets one-to-one and they never leave our custody, even when you choose to stake.

Token

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

Eligible regions

The table below reflects eligibility of staking in different states, and will be updated as appropriate. Preliminary orders issued by securities regulators in four states (CA, NJ, SC, WI) currently impose restrictions on Coinbase's ability to offer staking to residents of those states, although proceedings are ongoing in those states.

While we are fully complying with all applicable orders, we continue to vigorously defend our customers' right to stake. For more, please see our blog post on Why We Stand by Staking.

Staking eligibility address is based on your most recent document verification.

State

What to Expect

CA

No new principal can be staked. Current stakers can remain staked and continue to earn rewards. Customers can unstake at any time. Unstaked principal or rewards earned cannot be restaked. Assets staked on or after June 6, 2023 (including accrued rewards) will be unstaked.

HI

Not eligible for staking. Pre-existing regulations continue to prevent us from offering staking to residents. 

MD

No new principal can be staked. Current stakers can remain staked and continue to earn rewards. Customers can unstake at any time. Unstaked principal or rewards earned cannot be restaked. Assets staked on or after June 6, 2023 (including accrued rewards) will be unstaked.

NJ

No new principal can be staked. Current stakers can remain staked and continue to earn rewards. Customers can unstake at any time. Unstaked principal or rewards earned cannot be restaked. Assets staked on or after June 6, 2023 (including accrued rewards) will be unstaked.

NY

Not eligible for staking. Pre-existing regulations continue to prevent us from offering staking to residents. 

SC

No new principal can be staked. Current stakers can remain staked and continue to earn rewards. Customers can unstake at any time. Unstaked principal or rewards earned cannot be restaked.

WI

No new principal can be staked. Current stakers can remain staked and continue to earn rewards. Customers can unstake at any time. Unstaked principal or rewards earned cannot be restaked. Assets staked on or after June 6, 2023 (including accrued rewards) will be unstaked.

AL, IL, KY, VT, WA

Coinbase has received notices in these states, but residents can continue to stake.  Coinbase continues to engage with regulators in these states, but residents remain eligible to stake at this time. Eligibility is subject to change.

All other states

No impact to staking.  Our staking services remain fully available in all other states. 

  • Angola

  • Benin

  • Botswana

  • Burkina Faso

  • Burundi (Staked ETH only)

  • Cameroon

  • Cape Verde

  • Central African Republic

  • Chad

  • Comoros

  • Côte d'Ivoire

  • Djibouti

  • Equatorial Guinea

  • Eritrea

  • Ethiopia (Staked ETH only)

  • Gabon

  • Gambia

  • Ghana

  • Guinea

  • Guinea-Bissau

  • Kenya

  • Lesotho

  • Liberia

  • Libya

  • Madagascar

  • Malawi

  • Mali

  • Mauritania

  • Mauritius

  • Mayotte

  • Mozambique

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • Reunion

  • Rwanda

  • Sao Tome and Principe

  • Senegal

  • Sierra Leone

  • Somalia

  • South Africa

  • Swaziland

  • Togo

  • Tunisia

  • Uganda

  • Western Sahara

  • Zambia

  • Azerbaijan

  • Bahrain

  • Bangladesh (Staked ETH only)

  • Bhutan

  • British Indian Ocean Territory

  • Brunei Darussalam

  • Cambodia

  • Hong Kong

  • India

  • Indonesia

  • Kazakhstan

  • Kuwait

  • Kyrgyzstan

  • Laos

  • Macau

  • Maldives

  • Mongolia

  • Nepal

  • Philippines

  • Qatar

  • South Korea

  • Sri Lanka

  • Taiwan

  • Tajikistan

  • Timor-Leste

  • Turkmenistan

  • Uzbekistan

  • Aland

  • Albania

  • Andorra

  • Armenia

  • Aruba

  • Austria¹

  • Belarus

  • Belgium

  • Bosnia

  • Bouvet Island

  • Bulgaria

  • Croatia

  • Czech Republic

  • Denmark

  • Faroe Islands

  • France

  • Georgia

  • Germany

  • Guernsey

  • Gibraltar

  • Hungary

  • Iceland

  • Ireland

  • Isle of Man

  • Italy¹

  • Jersey

  • Latvia

  • Liechtenstein

  • Lithuania

  • Luxembourg

  • Macedonia

  • Moldova

  • Monaco

  • Netherlands

  • Norway¹

  • Poland

  • Portugal

  • San Marino

  • Serbia

  • Slovakia

  • Spain

  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

  • Sweden

  • Switzerland

  • Turkey

  • United Kingdom

¹This country is currently not eligible for staked ETH rewards.

  • Jordan

  • Lebanon

  • Pakistan

  • Palestine

  • UAE

  • Anguilla

  • Antigua & Barbuda

  • Bahamas

  • Barbados

  • Belize

  • Bermuda

  • Canada

  • Cayman Islands

  • Costa Rica

  • Curacao

  • Dominica

  • Dominican Republic

  • El Salvador

  • Greenland

  • Grenada

  • Guadeloupe

  • Guatemala

  • Haiti

  • Honduras

  • Martinique

  • Mexico

  • Montserrat

  • Nicaragua

  • Panama

  • Saint Barthélemy

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Saint Lucia

  • Saint Martin (French part)

  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Sint Maarten

  • Trinidad and Tobago

  • Turks and Caicos Islands

  • Virgin Islands (British)

  • Australia

  • Heard and McDonald Islands

  • Kiribati

  • Marshall Islands

  • Micronesia

  • Nauru

  • New Zealand

  • Niue

  • Norfolk Island

  • Palau

  • Papua New Guinea

  • Solomon Islands

  • Tokelau

  • Tonga

  • Tuvalu

  • Vanuatu

  • Wallis and Futuna Islands

  • Argentina

  • Bolivia

  • Brazil

  • Chile

  • Colombia

  • Ecuador

  • Falkland Islands

  • French Guiana

  • Guyana

  • Paraguay

  • Peru

  • Pitcairn

  • Saint Helena

  • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  • Suriname

  • Uruguay

  • Venezuela

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