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Crypto Prices & Staking Yields
March 2024

Our full list of the best cryptocurrency staking yields shows the best platform to stake your crypto with in order to maximise your staking yield. We include rates from both CeFi and DeFi platforms. We show the highest base level interest rate for each coin. This is the best instant access interest rate that requires no investment in the platform's own token. Higher yields may be available if you are willing to deposit your funds for a fixed term such as 30 days or longer. You can further increase your crypto earnings on some platforms by purchasing some of the platform's own token or by having your interest paid in their token. The rate shown is the base rate for the platform. Many platforms have tiered interest rates, with the rate reducing for deposits above a certain value. You can explore the range of available staking rates on our crypto savings accounts page.

Symbol Coin Name Price 7 Day Chart Highest CeFi Yield Highest DeFi Yield
Bitcoin logo BTC
Bitcoin
$63,684.67
-1.5% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
6%
APY
Ethereum logo ETH
Ethereum
$3,293.61
-1.2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
5.5%
APR
Tether logo USDT
Tether USDt
$1.00
-0.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
8%
APR
2.89%
APY
Solana logo SOL
Solana
$181.48
1.8% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
8%
APR
BNB logo BNB
BNB
$517.99
0.7% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
4%
APR
XRP logo XRP
XRP
$0.59
-3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
4%
APR
USD Coin logo USDC
USDC
$1.00
-0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
8%
APY
0.25%
APY
Cardano logo ADA
Cardano
$0.62
-2.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
6%
APR
AVAX
Avalanche
$58.10
-3.3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
9.5%
APR
DOGE
Dogecoin
$0.13
1.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
7.5%
APY
SHIB
Shiba Inu
$2.5E-5
-0.3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
0.5%
APY
DOT
Polkadot
$9.03
0.2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
12%
APR
TON
Toncoin
$3.72
4.5% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
LINK
Chainlink
$17.12
2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
3.7%
APR
0.24%
APY
TRX
TRON
$0.12
-1.2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
9%
APR
MATIC
Polygon
$0.94
0.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
10%
APR
NEAR
NEAR Protocol
$6.64
-7.2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
7%
APR
BCH
Bitcoin Cash
$369.07
2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
8%
APY
UNI
Uniswap
$10.82
-1.8% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
7%
APR
<&nbsp;0.01%
APY
LTC
Litecoin
$79.80
0.4% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
5.5%
APR
APT
Aptos
$14.56
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
ICP
Internet Computer
$11.12
-1.7% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
0.5%
APY
LEO
UNUS SED LEO
$6.11
-1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
DAI
Dai
$1.00
0.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
8%
APR
2.64%
APY
FIL
Filecoin
$8.26
-2.3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
3.5%
APR
RNDR
Render
$10.64
-3.8% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
4.49%
APY
ATOM
Cosmos
$11.02
-0.6% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
7.5%
APR
ETC
Ethereum Classic
$28.37
-2.7% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
3.27%
APY
TAO
Bittensor
$647.36
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
IMX
Immutable
$2.62
-7.9% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
3.24%
APY
STX
Stacks
$2.62
-3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
0.99%
APY
GRT
The Graph
$0.37
0.3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
1%
APY
INJ
Injective
$35.72
-1.8% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
2.99%
APY
HBAR
Hedera
$0.10
0.6% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
0.5%
APY
OKB
OKB
$59.20
-3.6% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
XLM
Stellar
$0.12
-4.4% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
4.5%
APR
CRO
Cronos
$0.12
7% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
2%
APR
OP
Optimism
$3.09
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
THETA
Theta Network
$2.65
-0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
0.38%
APY
PEPE
Pepe
$6.1E-6
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
KAS
Kaspa
$0.12
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
FDUSD
First Digital USD
$1.00
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
VET
VeChain
$0.04
0.7% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
0.5%
APY
MKR
Maker
$2,777.96
-3.9% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
2.5%
APR
<&nbsp;0.01%
APY
RUNE
THORChain
$7.50
-5.8% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
14%
APR
XMR
Monero
$135.13
-0.9% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
1.83%
APY
MNT
Mantle
$0.79
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
WIF
dogwifhat
$2.26
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
FTM
Fantom
$0.86
-3.2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
10%
APR
TIA
Celestia
$12.32
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
LDO
Lido DAO
$2.32
-3.6% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
4.99%
APY
AR
Arweave
$30.51
6% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
0.99%
APY
SEI
Sei
$0.79
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
FET
Fetch.ai
$2.27
4.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
0.46%
APY
ARB
Arbitrum
$1.51
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
ALGO
Algorand
$0.23
-3.3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
4.75%
APR
SUI
Sui
$1.53
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
FLOW
Flow
$1.19
-1.9% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
7.5%
APR
FLOKI
FLOKI
$0.000168
-2.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
JUP
Jupiter
$1.20
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
AAVE
Aave
$112.22
0.3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
6%
APR
GALA
Gala
$0.05
-1.2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
3%
APY
BEAM
Beam
$0.03
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
BONK
Bonk
$2.07E-5
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
EGLD
MultiversX
$55.90
-5.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
5.5%
APR
DYDX
dYdX (Native)
$3.13
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
BSV
Bitcoin SV
$74.67
-0.8% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
4.5%
APR
PYTH
Pyth Network
$0.89
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
QNT
Quant
$114.39
-1.2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
3.49%
APY
CFX
Conflux
$0.36
4% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
AXS
Axie Infinity
$9.30
-4.2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
25%
APR
STRK
Starknet
$1.81
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
KCS
KuCoin Token
$12.93
3.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
SAND
The Sandbox
$0.57
0.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
3%
APR
AGIX
SingularityNET
$0.94
0.5% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
2.99%
APY
ORDI
ORDI
$58.56
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
WLD
Worldcoin
$7.78
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
MINA
Mina
$1.13
2.2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
16%
APR
BTT
BitTorrent (New)
$1.29E-6
-1.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
1.5%
APR
SNX
Synthetix
$3.62
-4.6% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
9.99%
APY
AKT
Akash Network
$5.40
5.8% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
XTZ
Tezos
$1.16
2.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
4.69%
APR
FLR
Flare
$0.03
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
APE
ApeCoin
$1.81
-2.9% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
30%
APR
BGB
Bitget Token
$0.86
-3.5% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
MANA
Decentraland
$0.56
-1.3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
3%
APR
0.22%
APY
CHZ
Chiliz
$0.12
-2.9% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
1.14%
APY
RON
Ronin
$3.33
3.4% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
HNT
Helium
$6.75
-3.2% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
1%
APY
TUSD
TrueUSD
$1.00
0.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
8%
APR
11.8%
APY
EOS
EOS
$0.91
0.3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
5%
APR
AXL
Axelar
$1.62
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
NEO
Neo
$13.54
-7.5% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
0.44%
APY
1000SATS
SATS
$0.00043
0% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
CAKE
PancakeSwap
$3.64
-4% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
7.19%
APY
ETHDYDX
dYdX (ethDYDX)
$3.12
3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
1.99%
APY
ZRX
0x Protocol
$1.14
-0.1% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
4.5%
APR
0.01%
APY
KAVA
Kava
$0.86
-0.3% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
23%
APR
WEMIX
WEMIX
$2.59
-5.9% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
XEC
eCash
$4.62E-5
1.9% arrow up arrow down 24 Hr
0.99%
APY

What is DeFi?

DeFi is short for Decentralised Finance. It is an all encompassing phrase that refers to the new generation of decentralised currencies, such as Bitcoin, and decentralised finance platforms and associated products.

What Does Decentralised Mean?

Decentralised means that the currency or platform has no central authority that is controlling it. Instead it is controlled by a network of individuals or computers. This provides an inherent level of security as well as resistance to government interference because the network can continue to operate successfully if any (or many) of the nodes in the network become comprised.

Are All Cryptocurrencies Fully Decentralised?

Decentralisation of cryptocurrencies is not absolute, but instead encompasses a range of decentralisation levels. There is much debate in the crypto community about what true decentralisation means.

Some cryptos such as Bitcoin are highly decentralised. They have no active CEO, no headquarters, no controlling company and are operated by a network of thousands of separate computers. These computers check all the transactions that are taking place on the network and record them in a public ledger known as a blockchain.

Many other cryptos are centralised to some extent. Most still run on a public blockchain that is controlled by thousands of independent computers, however the cryptocurrency may still be centralised to some extent as there may be a founding company or individual that has a controlling quantity of the cryptocurrency, or is able to influence the direction the crypto takes or the quantity of currency in circulation.

What is Decentralised Finance?

Many of the products offered in traditional finance on fiat currencies (e.g. US Dollars, Euro etc.) are now being replicated for cryptocurrencies. This includes products such as crypto staking accounts and loans.

The majority of the platforms offering these types of products are centralised in the sense that they are traditional companies with a physical office, management team, investors etc. However they would still be considered DeFi platforms as they are operating with decentralised currencies.

Some platforms are fully decentralised and these can be known as Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs).

Whilst the centralised nature of most platforms may seem to run against the decentralised ethos of crypto, all of these platforms fully embrace the significant benefits of centralising the underlying currency. As professional, competent organisations they offer the features that you are used to receiving from traditional banks such as customer support and insurance of your funds.

What's the Difference Between DeFi and CeFi?

DeFi refers to Decentralised Finance. CeFi refers to Centralised Finance. Some crypto based platforms prefer to refer to themselves as CeFi platforms as they are a centralised business with a headquarters, CEO and controlling management team.

Whilst the company itself is centralised (CeFi) many of the financial assets that they handle are decentralised (DeFi).

What is Crypto Staking?

Crypto staking is similar to putting your fiat currency (Dollars, Euros etc.) in a traditional savings account. You deposit (stake) your crypto on a DeFi platform and in return you can earn interest (yield) on those funds.

In traditional banks that handle fiat currencies, the moment you deposit your currency into your bank account, you relinquish control of that money to some extent. In fact you have technically granted the bank a loan of your currency and you need to hope the bank will pay it bank when you make a withdrawal.

It is the same with most forms of crypto staking. When you deposit your crypto with the DeFi platform you are effectively granting the platform a loan of your crypto and in return the platform will pay you interest. When you withdraw your crypto from the platform, the platform is effectively repaying your loan.

Is Staking My Crypto to Earn Interest Right For Me?

If you already have some cryptocurrency holdings then you may be thinking about whether to transfer it to a crypto platform and start earning some interest on it.

In deciding whether to invest your crypto holdings you need to weigh up your earnings potential against against any security and safety concerns that you may have.

The earnings potential is certainly substantial, with many platforms offering rates in excess of 5% on the big cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Smaller cryptos, especially gaming tokens can offer rates substantially higher than that.

So, investing your crypto on one of the platforms can earn you a nice slice of passive income, at a rate substantially higher than you would be offered on fiat currency in a high street bank. Holding your crypto on the platform may present other advantages as your funds will be insured on most major platforms, you will benefit from customer service in case any issues arise and you be able to monitor your crypto holdings and earnings via an easy to use app.

The downside of investing your crypto is that in the majority of cases you are relinquishing control of your crypto to the platform. You are in effect granting the platform a loan of your crypto and in return they will pay you interest. When the time comes to withdraw your funds then the platform is effectively repaying the loan. It is exactly the same when you deposit fiat currency such as dollars in a high street bank. You are technically loaning the currency to the bank.

It's therefore important to research the platform carefully and make sure you are confident that they will look after your funds carefully.

Points worth considering include:

Here at Definda we have done a lot of this research for you. Just go to one of our platform pages for an in depth look, as well links to further resources where you can research the platform even more.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Crypto Staking

Advantages

  • Earn passive income on your crypto
  • Your crypto will be insured on most platforms
  • Most platforms offer good customer service to help novices get started
  • You avoid the hassle of managing and securing your crypto in your own cold storage wallet

Disadvantages

  • You relinquish control of your crypto to the platform
  • Most platforms will require you to complete KYC and AML checks (see below)
  • There may be a short delay when making a withdrawl even on instant access accounts
  • There is potential for an authoritarian government to pressurise a platform to freeze funds

How High Are Crypto Interest Rates?

Crypto interest rates vary by cryptocurrency. Some cryptocurrencies can attract interest rates of 30% APY or higher, whilst others may be as low 1% APY. It depends how in demand each currency is and what rate the platform is able to lend out the currency at.

Can I Invest without Buying Any Crypto?

Yes! Some of the crypt platforms offer good interest rates on fiat deposits. Just open an account as you would with any normal bank (except in crypto world this process tends to be very fast streamlined). Then transfer your fiat currency to the platform either by wire transfer or using a debit card. Then follow the platform's instructions for investing this money in a fiat savings account.

If you decide that you want convert some of your fiat currency to a cryptocurrency, most platforms will let you do this directly on the platform without having to use another service.

What are KYC and AML checks?

Most DeFi platforms are regulated or seeking regulatory approval in each of the countries that they operate in. Just like a traditional bank they need to complete a number of checks on each of their customers and the currency that they deposit. These checks include KYC and AML checks.

KYC checks refer to a process known as "Know Your Customer". This is a regulatory requirement in most jurisdictions and requires the DeFi platform to verify the identity of each customer. Identity is normally proved by submitting an ID document such as your passport or driving license and submitting proof of address such as a recent utility bill. Many crypto platforms have partnered with services that fully automate this process and allow it to be completed painlessly in just a few minutes using the camera on your phone.

AML checks refer to "Anti Money Laundering" checks. These checks require the platform to verify the source of funds that are deposited with them. Often this only applies to deposits above a certain amount. The customer support team at the platform may ask you where you got the crypto from or what funds you originally used to buy the crypto. They may ask for documentary proof of the source of these funds such as previous bank statements, pay slips or sales receipts. If you are asked to complete an AML check just remain calm and polite and answer the platform's questions as best you can. Remember, the platform wants to accept your deposit and finds these regulatory checks just as tiresome as you do.

Frequently Asked Questions

AIt is usually referring to a publicly available, visible, and fully decentralized ledger that allows us to safely transfer ownership of units of value utilizing public key encryption and proof of work methods.
AOf course, yes, utilizing an exchange site, cryptocurrencies can be exchanged into cash.
ABitcoin is the most well- known cryptocurrency, and it was for it that blockchain technology was developed. A cryptocurrency, like the US dollar, is a digital means of exchange that uses encryption techniques to manage the creation of monetary units and verify the transfer of funds.
ASupply and demand determine the value of anything. When demand grows faster than supply, the price rises.
AThe crypto market is similar to a stock exchange where digital currencies are traded. The bitcoin market is decentralized, meaning that it is run entirely by a network of computers.
AIt was created in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008 as a method for people to take control of their finances without having to rely on government taxes and rates.
AAlternative cryptocurrencies to Bitcoin are known as altcoins. Almost like bitcoin, most of the main cryptocurrencies have their own ecosystems.
ABasically, a seller sells their currency for cash, and a buyer buys it with the intention of holding it until its dollar value rises.
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