Kraken Staking review

The listed rates run 0.1% to 21% across the supported coins, with the higher figures attached to a smaller group of assets. Because the range is wide, it is worth checking the number for the coin you actually hold rather than reading the top as typical.

The supported list is long: ATOM, SCRT and KSM. Major assets sit alongside liquid-staking and layer-one tokens, so a portfolio can be spread across chains rather than concentrated in one. Availability depends on the coin, and each carries its own rate, which is why the 0.1% to 21% range is so wide.

It depends on the plan you pick. Flexible staking has no lock-in, so you can unstake at any time, while bonded staking ties your coins up for a set period in exchange for a higher rate. Kraken holds the staked coins itself, custodial, so a bonded stake stays with them until the period ends.

Custody is custodial, custodial, which means the exchange holds the staked coins on your behalf rather than you holding the keys. It simplifies staking, since there is no validator setup or seed phrase to manage, and you can switch between flexible and bonded without touching your own wallet. It also means the coins sit as part of your exchange holdings.

Yes. The Irish operation, Payward Europe Solutions Limited, Payward Europe Solutions Limited, carries a Central Bank of Ireland licence, MiCA CASP 9845003D98SCC2851458, and there is also an Austrian Financial Market Authority licence, MiCA CASP 5299005V5GBSN2A4C303. Both are MiCA authorisations, the regime European crypto operators sit under.

The product sits inside Kraken, a crypto exchange founded in 2011 and headquartered in Ireland. The regulated European entity behind the group is Payward Europe Solutions Limited, Payward Europe Solutions Limited, and that is the name on the Irish and Austrian licences.

Support runs through help centre, phone and community, so a phone line is available alongside the help centre and the community. For a staking product that pays out on a schedule, the help centre is the place to check how a validator reward is recorded and how it appears on your balance. Community channels are peer support rather than a claim process.

Yes, liquid staking is one of the features listed, liquid staking. Alongside ordinary staking and flexible or bonded lock-up terms, it lets you keep a liquid claim on a staked position instead of having it fully tied up. It works with custodial staking, custodial, so the claim sits with the exchange rather than in your own wallet.