Coinbase charges a commission of 35% of staking rewards earned by standard account holders across supported assets including ETH, SOL, and ADA, with reduced commission rates of 25.25% to 31.75% available to tiered Coinbase One members.
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This provision establishes that Coinbase retains 35% of all staking rewards generated for standard users on supported assets, which directly reduces the effective staking yield received by consumers. The tiered Coinbase One commission structure creates a materially different cost basis for subscription members versus non-members.
The updated fee schedule removes the pre-published 1% fee for instant unstaking and instead discloses the fee only at the moment a user requests to unstake. This means users can no longer review the exact cost before initiating a transaction through the published schedule. The revision also explicitly includes converting a pending standard unstake to an instant unstake as a fee-triggering action. No fee continues to apply if a user waits for the full unbonding period.
View change record →Introduces explicit staking commission structure with 35% baseline and tiered reductions for premium members, a significant cost disclosure for staking services.
View full change record →Under this provision, for every unit of staking reward earned on supported assets such as ETH or SOL, a standard account holder receives 65% of the network reward, with 35% retained by Coinbase as commission. Eligible Coinbase One members at the Premium tier receive 74.75% of rewards, with a 25.25% commission retained.
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Compare across platforms →"There is no fee to stake your assets. Coinbase takes a commission based on the rewards you receive from the network. Our standard commission is 35% for ADA, ATOM, AVAX, DOT, ETH, MATIC, SOL, and XTZ. For ADA, ATOM, DOT, ETH, SOL, and XTZ, the commission for eligible Coinbase One members is 31.75% for Basic tier, 28.5% for Preferred tier, and 25.25% for Premium tier.Excerpt from Coinbase's Fee Schedule
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The staking commission structure is subject to ongoing SEC regulatory scrutiny regarding whether staking-as-a-service programs constitute investment contracts under the Howey test.
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This provision establishes that Coinbase retains 35% of all staking rewards generated for standard users on supported assets, which directly reduces the effective staking yield received by consumers. The tiered Coinbase One commission structure creates a materially different cost basis for subscription members versus non-members.
Under this provision, for every unit of staking reward earned on supported assets such as ETH or SOL, a standard account holder receives 65% of the network reward, with 35% retained by Coinbase as commission. Eligible Coinbase One members at the Premium tier receive 74.75% of rewards, with a 25.25% commission retained.
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