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What Is Staking?

What is Staking? And how can you earn passive income from staking your cryptocurrency assets at Coinmetro?

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Written by Sophie
Updated over a week ago

Staking is a simple and powerful way to earn passive income on your crypto. At Coinmetro, staking means locking your assets into a staking plan and earning real-time rewards — with zero technical hassle!

This article covers how staking works, where rewards come from, and which assets you can stake on Coinmetro right now.

⚙️ How Does Staking Work?

Just choose an eligible crypto, lock it in one of our available staking plans, and start earning rewards — all in a few clicks. Easy!

Here’s how it works:

  1. You stake your crypto in a supported plan.

  2. Sit back and let the rewards accumulate.

  3. Cash out rewards every 24 hours, directly to your Coinmetro wallet.

⏱️ Rewards are accrued in real-time and are visible in your staking dashboard.

💸 Where Do Staking Rewards Come From?

Coinmetro shares up to 90% of its staking-related earnings with users.

Here’s how:

  • Your staked assets participate in smart contract agreements.

  • Coinmetro earns revenue through these agreements.

  • That profit is passed on to you in the form of staking rewards.

✅ It’s a win-win — your crypto works in the background while you earn daily returns!

💎 What Can I Stake on Coinmetro?

You can stake a variety of popular assets with different APRs and minimum amounts. Here's an overview:

Staking Program

APR %

Minimum Staking Amount

Up to 4% + bonus multi-asset rewards (MARs)

100 XCM

Up to 6%

0.001 BTC

Up to 4%

3 ADA

Up to 14%

50 FLUX

Up to 12.2%

0.1 KSM

Up to 8%

2000 LILAI

Up to 12.8%

1 LTO

Up to 11.8%

10 DOT

Up to 4.8%

1 MATIC

Up to 4.25%

1 XTZ

Up to 8.2%

1000 THT

Up to 4%

10 VSP

🔢 APR = Annual Percentage Rate. The actual rate may vary depending on market conditions.

⏳ Estimated Bonding Period for ETH Staking

Ethereum (ETH) staking has a bonding period when entering or exiting a plan.

  • This is due to how the Ethereum network handles validator entries and exits.

  • The current bonding time is displayed in the ETH staking screen.

  • Bonding times are subject to network conditions.

💬 Need Help?

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FAQs

💵 How often do I earn rewards?

Rewards are accrued in real-time and become available to cash out every 24 hours. Once cashed out, they’re added to your Coinmetro wallet and will appear in your transaction history.

⏱️ Can I unstake early?

Yes, you can end a staking plan before its end date. However, if you unstake early, you will incur a 50% penalty on your earned rewards, or a 100% penalty for BTC staking plans.

🪙 What's the minimum amount required to start staking?

Each staking plan has its own minimum:

  • 100 XCM for XCM Staking

  • 0.001 BTC for BTC Staking

  • 0.01 ETH for ETH Staking

  • 3 ADA for ADA Staking

  • 2000 LILAI for LILAI Staking

  • 50 FLUX for FLUX Staking

  • 0.1 KSM for KSM Staking

  • 1 LTO for LTO Staking

  • 10 DOT for DOT Staking

  • 1 MATIC for MATIC Staking

  • 1 XTZ for XTZ Staking

  • 1000 THT for THT Staking

  • 10 VSP for VSP Staking

📉 Are staking rewards guaranteed?

The APR for all of our staking plans is variable and can change based on market demand, network conditions, or the terms of the underlying smart contracts used to generate staking revenue.

🧾 Are there any fees for staking?

There are no direct fees to stake on Coinmetro. However, Coinmetro keeps a small portion of the profits generated by the staking mechanism. The APR shown already reflects this, so what you see is what you get.

💼 Is my crypto locked when I stake it?

Yes, once you stake an asset, it is locked for the duration of the selected plan. For most assets, you choose between different plan durations (1 month, 3 months, etc.). Unstaking before the end date will result in a penalty: either 50% or 100%.

🧠 How is staking different from earning interest?

Staking usually involves locking your crypto to help support a blockchain network or a platform’s ecosystem. Unlike interest-earning savings accounts, staking involves network-level or smart contract operations, and rewards depend on performance, not fixed rates.

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