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Story: The Best Cryptocurrencies To Earn Passive Income Through Crypto Staking

By Sydney TheCMO

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Binance Smart Chain

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Hodling cryptocurrencies to take advantage of potentially huge price gains is all fine and dandy but what if you could use your crypto holdings to earn some passive income?

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Proof of stake is a consensus mechanism that some blockchain networks use to validate transactions on their networks.

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Staking can also be done by locking coins in a decentralized or centralized exchange to provide liquidity, lending, or even yield farming.

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Here are some of the best cryptocurrency projects that offer the best staking returns. Note that they are selected based on factors such as the robustness of their networks and…

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It is currently one of the most promising blockchain projects and it operates a proof-of-stake mechanism that is similar to Ethereum 2.0.

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Running a validator node on Polkadot is one way to stake but it requires a huge amount of capital at around $40 million. Those that manage to achieve this will earn a 14.

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Terra is a project that develops stablecoins backed by digital currencies. Luna is the native cryptocurrency on the Terra network and it plays the important role of exchanging…

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The Terra platform has a stable staking protocol known as Anchor which provides staking opportunities with a 12% annual return.

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This is the most popular layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum and it co-hosts some of the top Ethereum DApps such as AAVE and Decentraland.

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Staking rewards on Polygon range from 5.5% to 20% depending on the staked MATIC amount. There is a 9-day unlocking period for any staked coins.

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Binance is one of the biggest crypto exchanges and it has a native coin called BNB. The exchange also has a centralized Ethereum clone called the Binance Smart Chain which hosts…

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The Binance smart chain facilitates staking and has only 21 validators but roughly $15 million is required to become a validator.

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