Stader (SD) is the governance and utility token of Stader Labs, a leading multi-chain liquid
staking and yield optimization platform that enables users to stake major assets like ETH, SOL, MATIC, BNB, and others to receive liquid staking tokens (LSTs) while maintaining full
DeFi composability and earning staking rewards. Founded in 2021, Stader offers diversified staking pools across multiple blockchains with auto-compounding, low fees, and risk-managed strategies, allowing users to stake once and use LSTs in lending, liquidity provision, yield farming, and other DeFi protocols. The SD token powers staking for governance voting and protocol fee shares, reward boosts for liquidity providers, and incentives in a secure, multi-chain liquid staking ecosystem with audited
smart contracts and focus on maximizing staking yields and accessibility.
When Did Stader Launch?
Stader was founded in 2021 and launched its mainnet and SD token in early 2022, starting with
Ethereum liquid staking and quickly expanding to
Solana, Polygon, BNB Chain, Hedera, and other networks. Key milestones include 2023 multi-chain expansions, 2024 governance activation and yield optimization upgrades, and 2025 integrations with new chains, LST composability enhancements, and institutional staking support, achieving high TVL and widespread adoption by December 2025.
What Are the Key Features of Stader?
Stader features liquid staking tokens (LSTs) for major assets like ETH, SOL, MATIC, and BNB, diversified staking pools with auto-compounding yields, multi-chain support across Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, BNB Chain, Hedera, and others, staking rewards and fee sharing for SD holders, governance through the Stader DAO, audited security with multiple reviews, and DeFi composability allowing LSTs to be used in lending,
liquidity pools, and other protocols, all designed to maximize staking accessibility, returns, and flexibility in a secure, user-friendly liquid staking ecosystem.
What Is SD Used For?
SD is used for staking to earn protocol fee shares and governance voting power, participating in liquidity provision and yield farming for additional rewards, voting on
DAO proposals for pool expansions, chain integrations, and treasury allocation, paying fees with discounts on Stader services, and accessing ecosystem incentives including delegation rewards and community grants.
What Is the SD Token Utility?
SD secures staking for reward distribution and governance participation, powers DAO votes on protocol parameters, treasury spending, and new chain integrations, covers fees with potential discounts, captures value from staking pool fees allocated to stakers, incentivizes liquidity providers and delegators through reward multipliers, and funds ecosystem growth through treasury allocations for development, security audits, and multi-chain expansions.
What Blockchain Does Stader Operate On?
Stader operates across multiple blockchains including Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, BNB Chain, Hedera, and others, with liquid staking pools and LSTs deployed natively on each supported chain for maximum accessibility and composability.
What Are SD Tokenomics?
SD has a capped maximum supply designed for long-term scarcity, with controlled circulation managed through vesting schedules and community incentive programs as of December 2025. The allocation prioritizes staking rewards for governance and participation, ecosystem incentives for liquid staking adoption, team vesting over multiple years for alignment, liquidity provision for market stability, and treasury reserves for development and chain expansions, with deflationary mechanics through fee burns to balance emissions and support sustainable token economics.