Kraken is adding AVAX (CRYPTO: $AVAX) staking and Auto Earn to its global platform, giving Avalanche holders a simpler way to generate rewards without running validators or managing staking infrastructure themselves.
The exchange said the rollout gives clients three earning options at launch. Bonded Staking offers up to 10% APY for a limited time, then up to 7% APY after that promotional window. Auto Earn and Flexible Staking each offer up to 3.5% APY, with rewards automatically restaked so balances can compound over time.
Kraken is handling the validator operations, infrastructure and reward distribution behind the product. That keeps the user experience closer to an exchange account feature than a direct network-staking setup, where holders often need to manage technical steps on their own.
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John Zettler, Kraken’s director of Earn products, said “Kraken runs the infrastructure,” while clients decide whether and how they want to earn. Ava Labs chief business officer, John Nahas framed the integration as a way to lower the barrier for AVAX holders to participate in Avalanche’s security while collecting rewards.
The product is available globally at launch, with access in the U.S., U.K., European Union, Canada, Australia and additional markets. U.S. availability excludes residents of New York and Maine.
Avalanche now gets another major exchange channel for staking participation at a time when token holders are increasingly being offered simpler ways to put idle assets to work. Kraken also broadens an earn product suite that already sits alongside trading, custody, onchain access and institutional services.
The yield offer is still tied to the normal caveats of staking. Kraken said projected rates are estimates, rewards are not guaranteed, and risks can include slashing, hacks and changes in the value of the asset while staked. Flexible staking also only earns rewards on up to 50% of the assets selected.
Avalanche (CRYPTO: AVAX) is currently trading at $9.46 U.S. per digital token.