🥩 Crypto Staking APY & Compounding Calculator
Calculate crypto staking rewards, daily compounding returns, and monthly passive income in tokens and USD across variable APY/APR rates. 100% free.
APY already includes compounding, so the balance grows at 5.5% a year whatever frequency you pick. The equivalent nominal rate (APR) at your selected frequency is 5.354% — that is the figure some validators post instead. Monthly rewards shown are the period average; actual rewards start lower and rise as the stake compounds. Rewards are denominated in tokens, and the USD figures assume the price never moves.
What Crypto Staking APY & Compounding Calculator Does
Staking locks tokens to help secure a proof-of-stake network, and the protocol pays rewards in the same token. This calculator takes a staked amount, a token price, an APY and a period, and returns the token balance at the end, the rewards earned, and their value at the price you entered.
The rewards are denominated in tokens, not dollars. That is the single most important thing about the output: the token count grows deterministically at the rate the protocol pays, while the dollar figure alongside it moves with a price nobody can forecast. This tool holds the price constant, which makes the USD column a statement about today's price applied to a future balance — not a projection of future value.
APY is an effective annual rate, so it already contains the compounding. Feeding an APY into a compound-interest formula and compounding it again is a real and common error — this calculator did it until this batch, and at 5.5% it inflated a year's reward by 2.79%, reporting growth of 5.65% for a rate stated as 5.5%. The balance now grows at the APY entered, and the compounding selector drives the thing it legitimately determines: the periodic rate, or APR, behind that yield.
How to Use Crypto Staking APY & Compounding Calculator
- Enter staked token quantity and current token price
- Input staking APY percentage and duration
- Select compounding frequency (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) to project total earned rewards
Formula Used by Crypto Staking APY & Compounding Calculator
Token balance after staking
final tokens = staked × (1 + APY)^years
- APY
- Effective annual yield as a decimal. Already includes compounding
- years
- Staking period. Partial years are fractional exponents
Worked example
10 tokens staked at 5.5% APY for one year.
- 10 × (1 + 0.055)^1 = 10.55 tokens
- Rewards: 0.55 tokens
- At a $3,450 token price: 0.55 × 3,450 = $1,897.50
Result: 10.55 tokens. For comparison, compounding that 5.5% daily as though it were a nominal rate returns 10.5654 tokens — a reward 2.79% larger than the rate actually promises.
The periodic rate (APR) behind an APY
APR = n × [ (1 + APY)^(1 ÷ n) − 1 ]
- n
- Reward periods per year — 365 for daily distribution, 52 weekly, 12 monthly
- APR
- The simple annualized rate. Native staking that pays unclaimed rewards typically quotes this; auto-compounding liquid staking quotes APY
Worked example
A protocol advertises 5.5% APY and distributes rewards daily.
- (1.055)^(1÷365) = 1.00014670
- 0.00014670 × 365 = 0.053540
Result: 5.354% APR. The two numbers describe the same payout; which one a platform quotes depends on whether rewards auto-compound. Comparing a quoted APR on one chain against a quoted APY on another, without converting, overstates the second.
The price fall that cancels a year of rewards
break-even price fall = 1 − 1 ÷ (1 + APY)
- break-even price fall
- The decline in token price at which a year of staking leaves you exactly where you started in dollars
Worked example
A 5.5% APY held for one year.
- 1 ÷ 1.055 = 0.947867
- 1 − 0.947867 = 0.052133
Result: A 5.21% price fall erases the entire year's yield. Note this is smaller than 5.5% — the loss applies to the larger, post-reward balance, which is also why yield and price change must be multiplied rather than added.
The Price Fall That Wipes Out One Year of Staking
Computed as 1 − 1 ÷ (1 + APY). The higher-yield rows are the chains where token price is typically most volatile.
| APY | Price fall that cancels a year of rewards |
|---|---|
| 3.0% | 2.91% |
| 5.5% | 5.21% |
| 7.0% | 6.54% |
| 12.0% | 10.71% |
| 16.0% | 13.79% |
Yield and Price Change Multiply, They Do Not Subtract
10 tokens at 5.5% APY for a year, at $3,450 to start. The token count rises in every row; the dollar outcome does not.
| Token price change | Tokens held | Ending price | Value | Change in dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +20% | 10.550 | $4,140 | $43,677.00 | +26.60% |
| No change | 10.550 | $3,450 | $36,397.50 | +5.50% |
| −10% | 10.550 | $3,105 | $32,757.75 | −5.05% |
| −30% | 10.550 | $2,415 | $25,478.25 | −26.15% |
| −50% | 10.550 | $1,725 | $18,198.75 | −47.25% |
APY to the Periodic Rate It Implies
What an advertised APY corresponds to as a simple annualized rate at each distribution frequency. Computed as n × [(1 + APY)^(1/n) − 1].
| Advertised APY | Daily (n=365) | Weekly (n=52) | Monthly (n=12) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0% | 2.956% | 2.957% | 2.960% |
| 5.5% | 5.354% | 5.357% | 5.366% |
| 7.0% | 6.766% | 6.770% | 6.785% |
| 12.0% | 11.335% | 11.345% | 11.387% |
| 16.0% | 14.845% | 14.863% | 14.934% |
Token Growth Over Time at 5.5% APY
Starting from 10 tokens. This column is the part staking actually controls — the dollar value depends on a price this calculator holds constant.
| Years staked | Tokens held | Growth in token terms |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.5500 | +5.50% |
| 2 | 11.1303 | +11.30% |
| 3 | 11.7424 | +17.42% |
| 5 | 13.0696 | +30.70% |
| 10 | 17.0814 | +70.81% |
How to Read Your Result
Multiply the yield by the price change, never subtract it
The intuitive shortcut — 6% yield minus a 30% fall equals down 24% — is wrong, and it is wrong in the optimistic direction. The correct calculation multiplies: 1.06 × 0.70 = 0.742, a 25.8% loss. The gap widens as both numbers grow. It is the same reason the break-even table above shows 5.21% rather than 5.5%: percentages compose multiplicatively, and a year of staking is a multiplication, not an addition.
Staking rewards are ordinary income when you receive them
Under US federal tax rules digital assets are property, and the IRS has ruled that staking rewards are included in gross income at their fair market value when the taxpayer gains dominion and control over them — not when they are sold. That creates a tax liability on tokens you still hold, in a year when you may have received no dollars at all, and it sets the basis for a later disposal. The Tax Court addressed staking rewards as income again in 2026. This calculator returns pre-tax figures and does not track receipt dates or fair market values.
The rate you enter should be net, and it floats
Validators take commission, liquid staking protocols take a share of rewards, and exchange or fund wrappers layer their own fee on top. Enter what you actually receive, not the gross protocol rate. Beyond that, staking yields are not contractual: they move with the share of supply staked, the network's issuance schedule and transaction fee revenue. A single APY held constant over five years, which is what the table above does, is a modeling convenience rather than a forecast.
Locked is not liquid
Most networks impose an unbonding period between requesting your tokens back and receiving them — days on some chains, weeks on others, and longer when exit queues are congested. During that window you hold the price risk and cannot sell. A yield that compensates well for a 2-day unbonding may not compensate at all for a 28-day one, and no APY figure encodes that difference. Slashing is the other protocol-level risk: networks can destroy part of a validator's stake for downtime or double-signing, and delegators share the loss.
Limitations & Accuracy Notes
- The token price is held constant for the whole period, so the USD figures apply today's price to a future token balance. They are not a value projection, and the tables above are the honest version of that caveat.
- A single fixed APY for the entire period. Real staking yields float with network participation, issuance and fee revenue.
- Monthly rewards shown are the period average. Under compounding, actual rewards start below that figure and rise, so early months are overstated and later ones understated.
- No commission field. Enter the net rate you receive after validator, protocol and wrapper fees rather than the gross protocol rate.
- No token inflation adjustment. A high nominal yield funded by high new issuance dilutes every holder, so real yield in token terms can be far below the headline — subtract the network's inflation rate before comparing chains.
- No slashing, unbonding period, exit queue, smart contract or custodial risk is modeled. Every one of those can cost more than a year of rewards.
- Pre-tax. Staking rewards are ordinary income at receipt in the US and this tool tracks neither receipt dates nor fair market values.
- One asset at a time, and no live rate lookup — the APY and price are whatever you type in.
Frequently Asked Questions
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References & Further Reading
- IRS — Digital assets — Digital assets are property for US federal tax purposes; links the staking guidance below and the Form 1099-DA broker reporting that began with 2025 transactions
- IRS Revenue Ruling 2023-14 — Holds that staking rewards are included in gross income at fair market value when the taxpayer gains dominion and control over them
- Ethereum.org — Staking — Protocol-level reference for how proof-of-stake rewards, validator responsibilities, slashing and withdrawal queues work