Looking at the staking rewards currently on offer at BitcoinVN certainly raises some eyebrows.
As of the writing of this article, two specific coins (Tron and Monero) are showing rates of over 100% APR.
Could it be real?
How does it work?
Is it just another scam to steal your coins?
Well, if you are a remotely functioning human being, your eyebrows should be raised upon seeing such numbers.
The cryptocurrency world is fraught with scams, and alarmingly good-sounding offers generally end up in tears.
So what’s happening here? Why the high APR?
First, you have to understand where these numbers are coming from.
Allocators to the BitcoinVN staking scheme are – functionally – liquidity providers for certain relatively popular swap pairs on the exchange.
As a reward for this service of liquidity provision, the staking participants are paid a certain cut of the exchange fees.
Each swap in the corresponding cryptocurrency results in a payment to the liquidity providers.
Now – why the high numbers?
Well, BitcoinVN has seen decent usage growth over the past year, resulting in increasing turnover in various swap pairs, while at the same time the growth in provided liquidity has not kept pace.
We are generally relatively defensive about advertising the staking program, since our general recommendation remains to self-custody your coins (get your hardware wallet from BitcoinVN Shop – official supplier for Ledger, Trezor, Coinkite and Blockstream devices in Vietnam) – which certainly plays a role in why the staking program remains more of an “insider tip” for the time being, resulting in pretty outsized earning opportunities.
The general formula is:
- Higher swap turnover volume = higher APR for liquidity providers (staking vault participants)
- Lower staked amount = higher APR for existing liquidity providers
The general expectation remains that a higher APR (indicating a need for more liquidity) will ultimately attract more liquidity providers, thereby bringing the offered APR more in line with general market rates.
For the time being, however, due to the relatively unknown nature of this feature, the APR on various swap pairs remains curiously high.
Further reading on the topic:
BitcoinVN Staking Program – Frequently asked questions
How does staking on BitcoinVN work?
