Cardano staking

Delegate ADA to a stake pool with no unbonding period and manually claimed epoch rewards.

Delegate ADA to a Cardano stake pool through the Yield API. Cardano staking has no unbonding period: undelegating is immediate at the protocol level.

Yields

Yield ID	Staking type	Provider	Validator selection
cardano-ada-native-staking	Native	yield.xyz	Required

Key facts

Network ID	cardano
Staked token	ADA
Unbonding	None
Warmup	None
Minimum	5 ADA
Rewards	Claimed manually with a pending action; accrue per epoch

Enter and exit

Enter takes an optional amount (minimum 5 ADA when set) and a required validatorAddress, the stake pool ID. Exit takes an optional amount with no validator argument: it undelegates the account’s whole stake in one action.

Managing the position

Action	What it does
CLAIM_REWARDS	Claims accrued rewards once the claimable balance reaches 1 ADA
STAKE	Re-delegates rewards back into the position

Related

Non-EVM staking coverage

Compare every non-EVM staking integration.

Preferred validators

How stake pool selection works for this yield.

Actions

Enter, exit, and manage a position through the Yield API.

Networks

Non-EVM network reference.

List the live yields

Copy this request to list the staking yields on this network that are enabled for your project. Yield IDs change as markets and networks are added, so query the API rather than hardcoding them.

curl "https://api.yield.xyz/v1/yields?network=cardano&types=staking,liquid_staking&limit=100" \
  -H "x-api-key: $YIELD_API_KEY"