Staking Rewards

Staking Rewards is a data, research and rating platform covering cryptocurrency staking and on-chain yield. It aggregates live reward rates, staking market capitalisation, staking ratios and net staking flows across proof-of-stake assets such as Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, BNB Chain, Tron, Sui, Cardano, Bittensor, Avalanche, NEAR, Cosmos Hub and others, and publishes provider-level data including fees and performance metrics. Its public tools include a staking calculator that projects returns across more than 90 proof-of-stake assets net of provider commissions, and asset pages that break nominal reward rates down into real yield after inflation.

The platform's core product is a rating system that grades two categories of on-chain yield on a single AAA-to-D scale expressing downside risk rather than headline yield: staking infrastructure providers (assessed on operational resilience, governance safeguards and security controls) and DeFi protocols (assessed on smart-contract design, liquidity and liquidation dynamics, governance and financial backstops). Grades are grouped into qualified (AAA-A), elevated (BBB-B), high-risk (CCC-C) and default (D) bands. The company also operates a Verified Staking Provider hub carrying research and announcements from rated providers, publishes research and risk-assessment reports, and has historically organised industry events including the Staking Summit and the Digital Asset Yield Summit.

In July 2026, The Tie — a provider of intelligence, infrastructure, advisory and communication products for institutional digital asset participants — acquired the Staking Rewards data and platform business from Finrate AG. Staking Rewards is to continue operating as an independent, neutral third-party data platform, with its datasets integrated into The Tie Terminal and Data APIs and The Tie's news, market intelligence and on-chain analytics data integrated into Staking Rewards.

Founding story

Company listings name Mirko Schmiedl and Jannik Schmiedl as founders and give a January 2017 launch in Switzerland, with the platform starting as an information hub and data aggregator for the cryptocurrency staking market.

Business model

Staking Rewards operates a data and ratings platform monetised through institutional data products — APIs, subscriptions and datasets sold to exchanges, custodians, validators, wallets, asset managers, hedge funds and protocols — alongside paid rating requests from staking providers, yield protocols, wallets/platforms and capital allocators, embedded ratings for consumer-facing platforms, research and risk-assessment reports, and industry events.

Revenue sources indicated across sources include institutional data subscriptions and API access, requested ratings and risk assessments, integration of ratings into third-party wallets and platforms, and paid industry conferences and summits.

Traction

The platform reports coverage of 120+ assets, 90+ verified providers and 53+ DeFi protocols, a newsletter audience of 12,000 institutional allocators, and, per the acquisition announcement, more than one million annual users. It has run annual industry summits since at least 2022.

Latest developments

The Tie announced the acquisition of the Staking Rewards data and platform business on 20 July 2026, stating that existing APIs, subscriptions, datasets and platform access continue uninterrupted, that Staking Rewards datasets will be integrated into The Tie Terminal and Data APIs, and that coverage will expand beyond staking into DeFi yield, tokenized yield products and other on-chain income strategies. Upcoming events listed include the Digital Asset Yield Summit 2026 and The Staking Summit 2026 in Singapore in October 2026.