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Affiliate Disclosure

Last updated: May 8, 2026

Short version: some of the outbound links on this site earn StakingBoard a commission when you sign up or complete a purchase. We mark affiliate links with rel="sponsored" in the link's HTML. Commissions never cost you extra, and they do not influence our ranking algorithm — prices, fees, and reliability scores come from the same public APIs regardless of whether we have an affiliate deal with the provider.

1. Which links are affiliate links

Outbound links to the following categories may be affiliate:

  • Staking providers and LSTs — e.g. Lido, Rocket Pool, Marinade, Jito.
  • DeFi protocols — lending, liquidity, and yield aggregators such as Aave, Curve, Uniswap, Raydium.
  • Cryptocurrency exchanges — Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, OKX, Bybit (where partnership programs exist).
  • Infrastructure partners — validator operators, bridge providers, and custodial staking services.
  • Banner partners featured in sidebar or pool-detail placements.

Any link that earns us a commission carries rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" on the <a> tag — a verifiable signal under Google and FTC guidelines. You can inspect any link in your browser's developer tools to confirm.

2. How commissions are calculated

Commission rates vary by partner — typically a fixed fee per signup, a percentage of the first deposit, or a revenue share on future activity. We don't publish per-partner rates because they change and sometimes include NDAs, but the gist is: we earn when you take an action on the partner's site after clicking our link.

3. Partner relationships and rankings

We do not upweight a partner in our rankings because of an affiliate deal. The APY, TVL, and yield-trend numbers you see come from aggregating public on-chain and protocol data on a schedule; the same adapter pipeline runs for every protocol whether or not we have a commercial relationship. See our How it works for the data sources.

When we show multiple options for the same slot (e.g. every pool offering yield on the same underlying asset), we sort by the metric that matters — typically net APY after fees — not by affiliate payout.

4. FTC + international compliance

This site is directed at an international audience. We follow the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255) and similar rules in the UK (ASA/CAP) and EU (Digital Services Act). If you believe a link is inadequately disclosed, please email [email protected] and we'll fix it promptly.

5. What to do with this information

Use our data as one input among several. Verify APY, smart-contract addresses, and protocol security against the source before committing capital, and consider running a small test position before scaling up.