What is $ADX Staking

Staking is one of the best ways to put your crypto to work — earning passive rewards while actively supporting the network. In the AdEx ecosystem, staking $ADX not only earns you rewards but also gives you a say in governance and access to AURA features.

Rewards are distributed in locked $ADX, ensuring staker incentives stay aligned with the long-term success of the protocol. Any non-$ADX revenue is automatically converted into $ADX — except for integration fees from partner projects, which follow a separate distribution process.

Stakers choose their lockup periods, and both voting power (used for governance and protocol security) and reward weight are based on how much you stake and how long you lock it for. The longer the commitment, the greater the influence and visibility in AURA.

There’s no unbonding period — your tokens stay locked for the chosen duration and unlock automatically. Similar to veCRV, staking “points” (which determine both rewards and voting power) gradually decay as the unlock date gets closer.

Finally, the system is forward-compatible and governance-upgradable, meaning the core protocol stays immutable, but the staking pool can evolve through community votes. This opens the door to future improvements like capital efficiency strategies — all without compromising decentralization.