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Real Staking Yield, ranked

Staking return after subtracting the issuance that funds it, so only the real part counts.

One of the 25 variables in the framework. 251 tokens rated. Scoring pass 18 Sept 2026.

Median
4/10
mean 3.8
Scoring 9 or 10
2
of 251 rated
Composite link
0.51
correlation with total score
Market link
0.13
rank correlation with market cap, n=236
01

What this variable measures

Staking return after subtracting the issuance that funds it, so only the real part counts.

A 10 means a yield paid from fees that a non-staker is not diluted to provide. A 1 means a headline yield that is issuance wearing a hat.

Most published staking yields are gross. Net of issuance, a large share of them are close to zero.

02

What the universe says

Across 251 rated tokens the median score on Real Staking Yield is 4 of 10 and the mean is 3.8. 2 tokens score 9 or 10, and 53 score 2 or below. Wrapped Lido Staked ETH leads at 9 of 10.

Real Staking Yield correlates 0.51 with the composite score across the universe, which makes it moderately tied to overall standing. It moves with quality without being a proxy for it.

Against live market capitalisation for the 236 tokens with a matched market row, Real Staking Yield carries a rank correlation of 0.13. That is effectively no relationship. Whatever this variable measures, the market is not currently charging for it, which is the definition of an unpriced edge if you believe the variable matters.

The closest variable to Real Staking Yield is Protocol Revenue at 0.54, which is moderately tied to it. Nothing else in the framework restates this one, so it earns its slot.

Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH (CBETH) scores 8 of 10 on Real Staking Yield, 3rd of 251, on a market capitalisation under $500M. That gap between rank on this variable and rank by size is the whole reason to read the table rather than the top ten.

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Distribution across the universe

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1
27
2
56
3
61
4
45
5
20
6
12
7
2
8
2
9
0
10

Tokens at each score from 1 to 10. The shape matters: a variable where almost everything clusters at 3 is telling you the whole category fails it, not that one token is unusual.

04

All 251 tokens ranked

Sorted by score on this variable alone, so a token can lead here and rank poorly overall. That disagreement is the useful part: it is where a single-variable screen finds something the composite averages away.

251 crypto tokens ranked by Real Staking Yield, scored 1 to 10
#TokenReal Staking YieldCompositeMarket capVerdict
1WSTETHWrapped Lido Staked ETHLido's wrapped staked ETH, the DeFi collateral standard with about $17.7B TVL and native yield; dominant LST by every metric9/10185$11.76BHOLD CORE
2RETHRocket Pool ETHDecentralized ETH liquid staking token from Rocket Pool; most trust-minimized LST with permissionless node operators9/10159$946.8MHOLD
3CBETHCoinbase Wrapped Staked ETHCoinbase's centralized ETH liquid staking token; simplest onramp but carries custodial risk and Coinbase counterparty exposure8/10158$484.5MHOLD
4AEROAerodrome FinanceBase's dominant DEX capturing ~60% of chain volume with real fee revenue and veAERO flywheel locking supply8/10157$794.7MHOLD
5HYPEHyperliquid3 ETFs live (THYP, BHYP, HYPG, about $253M combined AUM). About $600M annualised revenue after four straight quarterly declines, with builder fees now taking 18% of gross before buybacks. about 32% to 37% DEX perps share, down from roughly 70% in 2025. But closed-source, FCA warning, 22% circ.7/10193$19.71BHOLD CORE
6ETHEthereumInstitutional settlement layer. Commodity classification. Burn collapsed but moat intact.7/10187$313.17BHOLD CORE
7SOLSolanaHigh-throughput L1 with dominant DEX volume and meme coin launchpad traction. Network reliability improved significantly post-2023.7/10170$68.57BHOLD
8SYRUPMaple FinanceInstitutional private-credit leader with a record ~$2B loan book, a Kraken on-chain warehouse (Jun 25) and a Revolut listing (Apr 30, UK/EU). But the 1.6x price-to-fees pitch uses gross fees; the token keeps ~$12-13M revenue, so it trades ~14x. Core Foundation dispute settled in May 2026.7/10168$268.1MHOLD
9ETHFIEther.fi$7.8B TVL on $350M mcap (22x TVL/MC). $50M buyback active. 84% circ. 250M token releases ahead.7/10162$680.1MHOLD
10PENDLEPendle FinanceDeFi's yield monopoly: 50-60% market share, $24.4M trailing rev, sPENDLE 80% buyback (9.3% yield). Fortune 2026 Innovators. Vietnam IFC w/ BlackRock/MS. 21Shares ETP live. Boros V3 $10B+ vol. All vesting complete. Net dollar-deflationary.7/10160$391.5MHOLD
11INJInjective7/10139$727.9MCAUTIOUS HOLD
12ACXAcross Protocol7/10137$30.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
13SNXSynthetix7/10130$137.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
14VELOVelodrome Finance7/10121$46.1MCAUTIOUS HOLD
15STXStacks7/10118$697.8MWATCH
16DOTPolkadot7/10103$1.88BWATCH
17GEODGEODNET6/10169$137.0MHOLD
18AAVEAave6/10156$2.65BHOLD
19SKYSky (formerly Maker)6/10141$1.86BCAUTIOUS HOLD
20CRVCurve Finance6/10140$552.7MHOLD
21AVAXAvalanche6/10138$4.93BCAUTIOUS HOLD
22JTOJito6/10134$263.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
23AKTAkash Network6/10129$210.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
24GNOGnosis6/10128$316.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
25TAOBittensor6/10128$3.29BCAUTIOUS HOLD
26BERABerachain6/10127$76.8MCAUTIOUS HOLD
27TRXTRON6/10125$31.81BCAUTIOUS HOLD
28CAKEPancakeSwap6/10123$698.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
29TIACelestia6/10120$432.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
30APTAptos6/10116$652.3MWATCH
31ADACardano6/10113$9.57BWATCH
32SEISei6/10100$457.3MWATCH
33CORECore6/10100$29.2MWATCH
34MINAMina Protocol6/1098$121.4MPASS
35OSMOOsmosis6/1093$26.6MPASS
36EGLDMultiversX (prev. Elrond)6/1085$123.2MPASS
37MKRMaker / Sky5/10177not publishedHOLD CORE
38LINKChainlink5/10165$10.01BHOLD
39CETUSCetus Protocol5/10147$25.0MHOLD
40SUISui5/10146$4.63BHOLD
41BNBBNB5/10144$102.38BHOLD
42DRIFTDrift Protocol5/10142$14.3MHOLD
43OLASOlas (Autonolas)5/10129$13.4MCAUTIOUS HOLD
44POLPolygon system Token5/10123$1.08BCAUTIOUS HOLD
45LPTLivepeer5/10123$82.2MCAUTIOUS HOLD
46HNTHelium5/10122$97.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
47GRTThe Graph5/10121$297.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
48VRTXVertex Protocol5/10121not publishedCAUTIOUS HOLD
49ENAEthena5/10120$3.06BCAUTIOUS HOLD
50MNDEMarinade5/10119$15.6MWATCH
51KCSKuCoin Token5/10119not publishedWATCH
52WOOWOO Network5/10118$23.6MWATCH
53JOETrader Joe5/10117$17.4MWATCH
54SSonic (prev. Fantom)5/10115$154.2MWATCH
55FTMFantom5/10111not publishedWATCH
56TONToncoin5/10110$4.02BWATCH
57DYDXdYdX5/10109$113.2MWATCH
58OMMANTRA5/10108$29.1MWATCH
59VELAVela Exchange5/10107not publishedWATCH
60RUNETHORChain5/10106$234.5MPASS
61SSVSSV Network5/10106$42.1MWATCH
62THETATheta Network5/10105$214.2MWATCH
63RDNTRadiant Capital5/10104$1.0MWATCH
64CVXConvex Finance5/10103$193.9MWATCH
65KSMKusama5/10103$90.6MWATCH
66ICPInternet Computer5/10102$1.75BWATCH
67CROCronos5/10102$3.12BWATCH
68DASHDash5/10101$683.9MWATCH
69USUALUsual Protocol5/1099$23.6MPASS
70FLRFlare5/1099$609.8MPASS
71CFXConflux5/1098$265.8MPASS
72ALGOAlgorand5/1097$1.05BPASS
73ALPACAAlpaca Finance5/1095$138.7KPASS
74CELOCelo5/1094$57.3MPASS
75GLMRMoonbeam5/1094$13.9MPASS
76MOBILEHelium Mobile5/1092$6.0MPASS
77XTZTezos5/1088$336.3MPASS
78BLASTBlast5/1087$4.9MPASS
79ROSEOasis Network5/1084$62.0MPASS
80KAVAKava5/1080$71.7MPASS
81FLOWFlow5/1078$53.4MPASS
82COWCoW Protocol4/10167$82.3MHOLD
83VIRTUALVirtuals Protocol4/10151$502.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
84LQTYLiquity4/10151$23.3MHOLD
85JUPJupiter4/10151$1.04BHOLD
86OKBOKB4/10145$2.75BHOLD
87ARArweave4/10140$274.9MHOLD
88NEARNEAR Protocol4/10135$6.64BCAUTIOUS HOLD
89BANANABanana Gun4/10135$15.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
90BGBBitget Token4/10135$1.37BCAUTIOUS HOLD
91RAYRaydium4/10129$670.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
92GTGateToken4/10123not publishedCAUTIOUS HOLD
93ORCAOrca4/10123$167.2MCAUTIOUS HOLD
94MAVMaverick Protocol4/10121$13.1MCAUTIOUS HOLD
95PRIMEEchelon Prime4/10119$14.8MWATCH
96IMXImmutable X4/10117$156.3MWATCH
97STGStargate Finance4/10117$20.1MWATCH
98GNSGains Network4/10116$9.5MWATCH
99HBARHedera4/10112$4.09BWATCH
100GRASSGrass4/10111$457.9MWATCH
101YFIYearn Finance4/10111$86.4MWATCH
102MATICPolygon (Legacy)4/10110$1.08BWATCH
103KNCKyber Network4/10110$28.1MWATCH
104FETFetch.ai (ASI Alliance)4/10109$522.8MWATCH
105IOio.net4/10108$63.1MWATCH
106PERPPerpetual Protocol4/10108$2.8MWATCH
107ALCXAlchemix4/10108$6.6MWATCH
108EIGENEigenLayer4/10107$226.1MWATCH
109PYTHPyth Network4/10107$557.2MWATCH
110SLNDSolend4/10106not publishedWATCH
111FXSFrax Share4/10105$28.3MWATCH
112QUICKQuickSwap4/10105$7.0MWATCH
113RPLRocket Pool4/10104$40.8MWATCH
114RONRonin4/10104$49.1MWATCH
115RSRReserve Rights4/10104$100.3MWATCH
116KLAYKlaytn4/10103not publishedWATCH
117SHDWShadow Token4/10103$5.3MWATCH
118FILFilecoin4/10101$867.2MWATCH
119VETVeChain4/10101$692.4MWATCH
120ILVIlluvium4/10101$31.5MWATCH
121AUDIOAudius4/10101$22.7MWATCH
122BADGERBadgerDAO4/10100$6.4MWATCH
123API3API34/1099$45.0MPASS
124HTHuobi Token4/1098$16.3MPASS
125IOTXIoTeX4/1098$34.2MPASS
126COTICOTI4/1097$39.1MPASS
127SKLSKALE4/1097$26.6MPASS
128FLUXFlux4/1096$191.3KPASS
129ATOMCosmos4/1096$899.5MPASS
130BALBalancer4/1095$9.1MPASS
131INVInverse Finance4/1095$6.9MPASS
132POLYXPolymesh4/1095$52.9MPASS
133MXMEXC Token4/1094not publishedPASS
134CKBNervos Network4/1093$61.4MPASS
135FARMHarvest Finance4/1093$5.1MPASS
136MBOXMOBOX4/1092$298.5KPASS
137HOPRHOPR4/1092$8.7MPASS
138SXPSolar4/1088$2.5MPASS
139CANTOCanto4/1086$2.0MPASS
140NEONeo4/1068$166.5MPASS
141ZILZilliqa4/1063$64.9MPASS
142QTUMQtum4/1061$97.7MPASS
143UNIUniswap3/10167$4.91BHOLD
144MORPHOMorpho3/10157$1.75BHOLD
145LDOLido DAO3/10146$353.8MHOLD
146FLUIDFluid (Instadapp)3/10145$158.2MCAUTIOUS HOLD
147KMNOKamino Finance3/10138$214.9MCAUTIOUS HOLD
148ENSEthereum Name Service3/10137$269.1MCAUTIOUS HOLD
149LEOUNUS SED LEO3/10126$8.19BCAUTIOUS HOLD
150CHZChiliz3/10120$165.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
151COMPCompound3/10119$234.1MWATCH
152CFGCentrifuge3/10115not publishedWATCH
153TNSRTensor3/10112$27.8MWATCH
154BICOBiconomy3/10109$20.1MWATCH
155STORJStorj3/10108$12.3MWATCH
156XLMStellar3/10108$7.01BWATCH
157GELGelato3/10107$498.0KWATCH
158MLNEnzyme (Melon)3/10104not publishedWATCH
159SCROLLScroll3/10102$4.7MWATCH
160TRUTrueFi3/10102$1.1MWATCH
161APEApeCoin3/10102$146.9MWATCH
162ATHAethir3/10101$132.9MWATCH
163MCMerit Circle (Beam)3/10101not publishedWATCH
164GMTSTEPN3/10101$25.0MWATCH
165NMRNumeraire3/1098$105.4MPASS
166REQRequest3/1097$42.8MPASS
167ANKRAnkr Network3/1096$46.1MPASS
168POOLPoolTogether3/1096$176.3KPASS
169CTSICartesi3/1096$27.7MPASS
170ZKZKsync3/1095$129.1MPASS
171RLCiExec3/1094$61.1MPASS
172STRKStarknet3/1093$366.4MPASS
1731INCH1inch Network3/1093$138.1MPASS
174WWormhole3/1092$93.6MPASS
175ALPHAAlpha Venture DAO3/1091$483.2KPASS
176PONDMarlin3/1091$14.2MPASS
177TRBTellor3/1090$56.4MPASS
178CELRCeler Network3/1090$22.9MPASS
179ALICEMy Neighbor Alice3/1089$16.9MPASS
180PEAQpeaq3/1088$102.2MPASS
181HIGHHighstreet3/1088not publishedPASS
182LEVERLeverFi3/1087not publishedPASS
183NOSNosana3/1086$52.5MPASS
184FORTHAmpleforth Governance3/1084$3.0MPASS
185BONDBarnBridge3/1082$93.5KPASS
186WAXPWAX3/1081$26.9MPASS
187LRCLoopring3/1078$13.2MPASS
188IDEXIDEX3/1077$838.1KPASS
189MANTAManta Network3/1076$31.1MPASS
190AXSAxie Infinity3/1076$207.3MPASS
191BTTBitTorrent3/1076$357.4MPASS
192MCBMCDEX3/1076$8.9MPASS
193SUSHISushiSwap3/1074$66.7MPASS
194BANDBand Protocol3/1073$40.8MPASS
195MODEMode Network3/1072$666.9KPASS
196MOVEMovement3/1067$40.6MPASS
197SPELLSpell Token3/1063$16.0MPASS
198ONEHarmony3/1048$32.9MPASS
199PAXGPAX Gold2/10141$1.79BHOLD
200ARBArbitrum2/10134$1.25BCAUTIOUS HOLD
201SAFESafe (formerly Gnosis Safe)2/10132$84.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
202LITLighter2/10125$876.5MWATCH
203OPOptimism2/10123$273.9MCAUTIOUS HOLD
204XMRMonero2/10117$10.41BWATCH
205QNTQuant2/10116$3.53BWATCH
206ZROLayerZero2/10106$850.4MWATCH
207GTCGitcoin2/10106$15.9MWATCH
208ZECZcash2/10101$22.59BWATCH
209ACHAlchemy Pay2/1097not publishedPASS
210RADRadicle2/1097$19.5MPASS
211YGGYield Guild Games2/1095$22.5MPASS
212BONKBonk2/1093$300.8MPASS
213PROPPropy2/1093$35.2MPASS
214SNTStatus2/1092$38.1MPASS
215WLDWorldcoin2/1089$1.96BPASS
216FLOKIFLOKI2/1088$257.5MPASS
217DENTDent2/1088$6.2MPASS
218GOGGuild of Guardians2/1086$960.1KPASS
219AGLDAdventure Gold2/1086$18.0MPASS
220BLURBlur2/1084$55.8MPASS
221MASKMask Network2/1082$45.8MPASS
222PRCLParcl2/1080$5.5MPASS
223RBNRibbon Finance2/1068$1.7MPASS
224SUPERSuperVerse2/1067$144.5MPASS
225GALAGala Games2/1053$114.2MPASS
226BTCBitcoin1/10183$1.67THOLD CORE
227GMXGMX1/10143$84.3MHOLD
228RENDERRender Network1/10127$1.05BCAUTIOUS HOLD
229XRPXRP1/10121$90.31BCAUTIOUS HOLD
230ONDOOndo Finance1/10115$2.27BWATCH
231KASKaspa1/10114$1.11BWATCH
232PENGUPudgy Penguins1/10104$535.4MWATCH
233LTCLitecoin1/10102$5.15BWATCH
234ORDIORDI1/1096$88.5MPASS
235PEPEPepe1/1092$1.70BPASS
236NANONano1/1090$46.6MPASS
237ETCEthereum Classic1/1090$1.32BPASS
238DOGEDogecoin1/1089$13.83BPASS
239WIFdogwifhat1/1088$227.9MPASS
240IOTAIOTA1/1078$248.2MPASS
241RVNRavencoin1/1074$36.1MPASS
242NOTNotcoin1/1073$45.0MPASS
243POPCATPopcat1/1073$46.9MPASS
244SHIBShiba Inu1/1071$3.17BPASS
245JASMYJasmyCoin1/1067$243.3MPASS
246MANADecentraland1/1066$197.1MPASS
247DOGSDOGS1/1062$22.6MPASS
248SANDThe Sandbox1/1058$219.2MPASS
249MEMEMemecoin1/1057$36.6MPASS
250NEIRONEIRO1/1056$35.3MPASS
251KDAKadena1/1050$3.0MPASS

Scores come from the research pass dated 18 Sept 2026 and do not move with price. Market capitalisation is from the live snapshot fetched 7 Oct 2026, so the two columns are stamped at different times on purpose.

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Variables that move with this one

Correlations across all 251 rated tokens. A number near 1 means the two variables are close to the same measurement, which is worth knowing before treating a second high score as independent confirmation of the first.

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Common questions

Which crypto tokens score highest on real staking yield?
Wrapped Lido Staked ETH (WSTETH) at 9, Rocket Pool ETH (RETH) at 9, Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH (CBETH) at 8, Aerodrome Finance (AERO) at 8, Hyperliquid (HYPE) at 7 lead the 251 rated tokens on Real Staking Yield, each scored 1 to 10 against the same definition.
What is a good real staking yield score?
The median across the universe is 4 of 10 and the mean is 3.8, so anything at 7 or above sits well inside the top of the distribution. Only 2 of 251 tokens reach 9 or 10.
Does real staking yield affect a token's market cap?
Rank correlation between Real Staking Yield and market capitalisation is 0.13 across 236 tokens with live market data. That is close to none, so the market is not pricing this variable today.

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Research and analysis, not investment advice. Correlations describe the rated universe at one point in time and are not predictions.