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5 cryptocurrency exchanges where you can stake cryptos & earn rewards

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Staking cryptocurrencies have grown to become widely popular amongst cryptocurrency holders.

This allows us to stake our cryptocurrencies in dedicated wallets and start earning interest.

One cryptocurrency exchanges are now offering staking to take part of this growing interest.

With low paying savings account, collapsing economies and unstable markets every investor is actively looking into every possible opportunitiy for both long term and short term investments.

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have through the years proved to be a lucrative alternative. A safe haven that might be able to withstand the worldwide economic downturns.

But investing in Bitcoin can still be considered somewhat uncertain. At least from a short term perspective. And it’s hard to plan after it due to its volatile nature.

And mining Bitcoins is a very unrealistic task from a profit standpoint. Fine if you are hobby miner that wants to do it because it’s fun. But from a financial standpoint, it doesn’t make much sense.

But what is making a whole lot more sense is staking cryptocurrencies.

This is a lot easier and cheaper to get started with. No need for expensive mining rigs.

And with staking not only done from personal computers set up as nodes but now also possible at various cryptocurrency exchanges it is easier than ever.

With that said I wanted to look into the market for staking directly from a cryptocurrency exchange.

It is growing to become very popular because of how easy staking can be.

I am a bit ambivalent around the concept of staking from an exchange.

Like many others I’ve been told that in crypto we should be our own banks. And I have written in the past about cryptocurrency exchange hacks.

So I am well aware of the risks of leaving our funds on exchanges. And I personally use hardware wallets for most of my cryptocurrencies.

But I know how popular this question is. So I do want to share my list of possible exchanges to use for staking.

5 cryptocurrency exchanges with staking enabled

What is great with these cryptocurrency exchanges is that not only is it very easy to get started with staking, you can also stop staking at any time.

I have only listed services with this feature available. So that you don’t need to lock your funds away for a long period of time*.

  • *However some of the exchanges offers both flexible and fixed staking. With fixed being an added option for those that are ok with locking their funds away and earn more in interest

1 ) Binance

Staking at Binance

One of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world is Binance.

And they have grown to become a leader due to its focus on providing customers with the most attractive features. Where staking is now one of them.

To start staking cryptocurrencies at Binance you really don’t need to do much.

In fact, all you need to do is buy or deposit a staking-enabled cryptocurrency. And then simply hold it in your Binance wallet.

After that Binance will pay out the staking rewards once per month.

And to start staking at Binance you need to buy or deposit a cryptocurrency with this feature possible (check that here).

2 ) KuCoin

KuCoin staking via Pool-X

Another cryptocurrency exchange with staking as an option is KuCoin. They call it soft staking. Which I guess draws a bit inspiration to cold staking, or due to the fact it’s done in an easy way.

Anyway it works like a bit differently to Binance but it is still simple. You need to to stake your assets via Pool-X.

And to not confuse you KuCoin actually have two different staking/bonus options on its site. One is this soft staking features, available now via their Pool-X exchange option (learn more how it works here).

The other bonus/staking options is that if you buy KuCoin Shares(KCS) cryptocurrency you automatically get a bonus.

This bonus is made out of the earnings that KuCoin makes from trading fees.

With KuCoin’s staking you can either use the flexible or fixed option. With fixed you can get additional rewards but then you will need to lock down your cryptocurrencies for the fixed period.

3 ) Kraken

Staking at Kraken exchange

Kraken also offers staking to its users. And they have two staking features available. One is called on-chain staking and the other is off-chain staking.

The first one, on-chain staking is provided to certain Proof of Stake protocol cryptocurrencies. With staking on Kraken you first need to be a verified starter level (minimum) at Kraken.

And then you of course need to buy or deposit the staking asset. After that you click on staking in the menu and select the asset to stake and click on ‘stake‘ and the amount to stake.

Kraken will then show you that you’ve sent your cryptocurrencies for staking and you will find more information under ‘Staked assets’.

To stop staking you simply click on ‘Unstake‘. So similar to KuCoin that you need to start the staking process. Whereas at Binance it is done automatically by holding it in your wallet.

And with off-chain staking, this is another feature only available to people from certain countries and with a more restricted staking pool. To see if off-chain staking is available for your country read more here.

4 ) Coinbase

Staking on Coinbase with Tezos

Coinbase also has staking enabled on its site/app. This is available for PoS blockchains. But at this point in time, it’s only available for Tezos (XTZ).

To start staking Tezos on Coinbase you go to Settings and Financial Services. From there you can opt in to start staking your XTZ.

And you of course first need to buy or deposit Tezos. You can buy XTZ from Coinbase directly.

5 ) Bitfinex

Bitfinex staking rewards for EOS, Tron, Tezos and other cryptocurrencies

You can also earn staking rewards on Bitfinex by staking your cryptocurrencies. Launched in April 2020 Bitfinex jumped onboard the staking train.

And now its users can stake popular cryptocurrencies such as Tron, EOS, Tezos and Cosmos amongst others directly from the exchange.

To start staking at Bitfinex you simply need to hold the asset in your account. And then you automatically start earning rewards from then.

Bitfinex pays out the rewards on a weekly basis.

Conclusion – which exchange to use for staking?

When it comes to selecting one of these exchanges to use for staking I would go by these factors:

  • Do they have staking available for the cryptocurrency that I want – Yes/No?
  • Then I would go with the exchange I use most often. If that’s Binance then go for them, if it’s KuCoin then use them.
  • Lastly for any choice I would to my due diligence. How secure are they? What are they doing to protect the users funds?

I’ve only included the cryptocurrency exchanges that I myself would use for staking. Some of these exchanges have been hacked in the past, like Bitfinex and Binance.

Have they learned from these past events? Yes. But is that definitely enough to always protect your funds? Maybe.

Therefore it is very important that you understand the risks and that you don’t make this decision to lightly.

I have written about how you can stake your cryptocurrencies by yourself and not use an exchange. And it is not that hard to get started. Especially with staking available at popular hardware wallets like Ledger.

Or with cold staking another smart invention.

Either way, I think if you don’t already stake your cryptocurrencies today that you should definitely look into it. It’s a great way to earn passive income!

Source: https://gocryptowise.com/blog/cryptocurrency-exchanges-with-staking/

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