When you stake your assets , you earn crypto rewards while adding to blockchain security. You retain full ownership of your crypto and can request to unstake it at any time.
After you verify your identity and meet eligibility requirements, you can stake your asset from your Coinbase account.
Assets must be unstaked before they can be traded or transferred.
Stake
Sign in to your Coinbase account or open the mobile app.
Select Crypto under Home page.
Scroll down and select Stake more or Buy and stake as available to you.
Select Stake all to stake all available assets, or select the Edit icon to enter a different amount.
Review the details and confirm.
Unstake
Sign in to your Coinbase account or open the mobile app.
Select Crypto in your Home page.
Select an asset to unstake.
Scroll down and select Unstake and choose Continue to unstake.
Enter the amount you want to unstake.
Select Preview unstake.
Select how you want to unstake:
Standard: No fee, subject to wait times
Instant: Fee applies. Instant unstaking may not always be available and may be subject to limitations.
Select Unstake.
Convert a pending unstake
Instant unstaking may not always be available and may be subject to limitations.
Sign in to your Coinbase account or open the mobile app.
From your Staking Home, Asset Details Page, or Transaction Details, select the asset you are unstaking.
Select Skip Wait.
Review the transaction details including the fee, then select Confirm Instant Unstake.
If you have multiple pending requests, you will be prompted to select which specific transactions you’d like to convert.
Select Done.
Your funds will be credited to your primary balance immediately minus the fee for instant unstaking.
Auto Staking
Note: Auto staking is not currently available in Canada or the United Kingdom.
Auto-staking lets you automatically stake future purchases of eligible assets.
Set up and manage auto staking
Sign in to your Coinbase account or open the mobile app.
Go to My Crypto and select the staking section.
Under Staking, scroll down and select Auto-stake buys.
Enable the All eligible assets toggle to auto-stake future purchases of all eligible assets, or select Show assets to enable auto-staking for individual assets.
Turn off auto staking by repeating the steps above and disabling the toggle for all eligible assets or individual assets.
Enabling or disabling auto-stake buys applies to all purchases of eligible assets, including recurring buys. Turning off auto-stake buys does not unstake any assets that are already staked.
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