Celo CELO Staking

How CELO staking works on Celo via Yield.xyz

Celo native staking with validator group delegation and vote activation.

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What this yield is

• Asset: CELO (native Celo token)
• Mechanism: Lock CELO and vote for validator groups
• Warmup period: 1 day before rewards begin
• Rewards: Epoch rewards from elected validators (credited every few days)
• Unbonding: 3-day unlocking period
• Minimum: None

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Available yields

Yield ID	Description
celo-celo-native-staking	Native CELO staking via validator groups

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Required inputs

Argument	Required	Description
amount	Yes	Amount of CELO to stake
validatorAddress	Yes	Validator group address

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Actions & lifecycle

Enter

• Lock CELO transaction
• Vote for validator group transaction
• Votes activate after epoch boundary

Exit

• Revoke votes
• Initiate unlock (3-day period)
• Withdraw after unlock completes

Manage

• Activate pending votes
• Claim rewards

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Example flow

Get yield metadata

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.yield.xyz/v1/yields/celo-celo-native-staking \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <API_KEY>'

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Pending actions

Action	Description
STAKE_LOCKED	Retry staking if delegation transaction failed
UNLOCK_LOCKED	Unlock CELO tokens that failed to delegate
WITHDRAW	After 3-day unlock, withdraw unstaked balance

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Operational notes

Multi-transaction staking

First-time staking requires three transactions: account creation, locking CELO, and delegating CELO. The API handles these as ordered steps.

Vote activation

Votes must be activated after the epoch boundary. Check pendingActions for activation.

3-day unlock

Celo has a 3-day unlock period after revoking votes.

Unstaking process

When unstaking, submit a transaction to remove the delegation from a validator, then another to unlock the CELO tokens. Use pending actions if any step fails.

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Preferred validators

Validator	Address
Stakely	0xe92b7ba8497486e94bb59c51f595b590c4a5f894
Chorus One	0x81cef0668e15639d0b101bdc3067699309d73bed
Coinbase Cloud	0xdadbd6cfb29b054adc9c4c2ef0f21f0bbdb44871
Figment	0x01b2b83fdf26afc3ca7062c35bc68c8dde56db04

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See also

EVM Overview

All EVM staking