Staking pricing and fees vary by the individual asset protocols and by the validator type used to stake your assets. The information listed below is specific to Coinbase Prime supported assets that are staked to Coinbase Custody public validators, Coinbase Developer Platform public validators, or Coinbase Developer Platform private validators. Review the definitions and table below to learn more:
Coinbase Custody public validator and Coinbase Developer Platform public validator: Validators charge a fee for their service. The fee is typically a percentage of total rewards earned and is automatically deducted before the rewards appear in your staking wallet. The fees taken are not visible on Coinbase Prime.
Note: ETH fees aren’t deducted from your earned rewards before they appear in your staking wallet. Instead, Coinbase Prime issues a monthly invoice for 10% of earned rewards after rewards are paid.
Coinbase Developer Platform dedicated validator: You’ll be charged the following fees:
Subscription fee: The base monthly cost to run a participation cluster (private validator) on Coinbase Developer Platform.
Participatory fee: A variable percentage-based fee on the rewards earned by an active private validator
Asset | Coinbase Custody public validator | Coinbase Developer Platform public validator |
|---|---|---|
Avalanche (AVAX) | N/A* | N/A* |
Cardano (ADA) | N/A* | 5% |
Cosmos (ATOM) | 20% | N/A* |
Celo (CGLD) | N/A* | 25% |
Ethereum (ETH) | N/A* | 10% fee invoiced by Coinbase Prime. Note: validation services are diversified across multiple high-quality validator providers including Coinbase Developer Platform |
Kusama (KSM) | N/A* | 10% |
Near protocol (NEAR) | N/A* | 10% |
Polkadot (DOT) | N/A* | 8% |
Polygon (MATIC) | N/A* | 8% |
Solana (SOL) | N/A* | 8% |
Tezos (XTZ) | 20% | N/A* |
*Not applicable because asset can't be delegated to the validator type
Pricing and protocol support are subject to change.
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