Stake DAO is a liquid-locker and yield aggregator for vote-escrow tokens. Users deposit CRV, BAL, FXS, ANGLE, PENDLE or FXN and receive liquid sdTokens that retain boosted yield, bribes and voting power without the underlying veToken lock.
Deposit a vote-escrow token into a one-way perpetual lock and mint a liquid sdToken 1:1. It keeps the boosted yield, bribes and votes — but since the lock never reverses, it trades below par on the secondary market. That discount is the price of instant liquidity.
Drag to size the deposit — it drives the mint, the yield and the exit math below.
The underlying CRV is locked forever inside the protocol — its boosted yield, bribes and voting power flow to your liquid sdCRV. You never unlock it; you hold or sell the receipt.
Illustrative figures for education — pegs, APYs and depth vary by market.
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Vote-escrow (veToken) lockups in Curve, Balancer, Frax and similar protocols force users to forfeit liquidity for 4 years to access boosted yields and governance power. Smaller holders cannot reach meaningful boost levels and have no way to monetise their voting weight.
Stake DAO pools veToken deposits behind a permanent protocol-owned lock and issues 1:1 liquid sdTokens that retain boosted yield, voting power and bribe income. Voting weight is monetised through Votemarket, and an auto-routing OnlyBoost layer maximises boost across Stake DAO and Convex.
Broadest veToken coverage in the liquid-locker category (CRV, BAL, FXS, ANGLE, PENDLE, FXN). OnlyBoost automatically splits user LP deposits between Stake DAO and Convex for maximum boost. Votemarket is one of the largest and most cross-chain-friendly bribe venues outside Hidden Hand and Votium.
Stake DAO is a Yield protocol operating on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Fraxtal, Polygon, Avalanche, Sonic, Optimism, Linea, Gnosis. Stake DAO is a liquid-locker and yield aggregator for vote-escrow tokens. Users deposit CRV, BAL, FXS, ANGLE, PENDLE or FXN and receive liquid sdTokens that retain boosted yield, bribes and voting power without the underlying veToken lock.
Stake DAO pools veToken deposits behind a permanent protocol-owned lock and issues 1:1 liquid sdTokens that retain boosted yield, voting power and bribe income. Voting weight is monetised through Votemarket, and an auto-routing OnlyBoost layer maximises boost across Stake DAO and Convex.
DeFi Sentinel rates Stake DAO A with a safety score of 73/100, indicating low-to-moderate risk. The score reflects five risk dimensions: smart contract & technical risk, economic design & market risk, governance & centralization, sustainability & competitive position, and reputation & social trust. Stake DAO has 14 audits on record. DeFi Sentinel's analysis flagged 2 high, 6 medium, 2 low risk alerts across Smart Contract & Technical Risk, Economic Design & Market Risk, Governance & Centralization, Sustainability & Competitive Position and Reputation & Social Trust. As with all DeFi protocols, residual risk remains and users should review the full risk breakdown before depositing.
Stake DAO has a DeFi Sentinel safety score of 73/100 (rating A), last updated July 8, 2026. The score is computed across smart contract & technical risk (30%), economic design & market risk (25%), governance & centralization (20%), sustainability & competitive position (15%), and reputation & social trust (10%).
Stake DAO is deployed on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Fraxtal, Polygon, Avalanche, Sonic, Optimism, Linea, Gnosis.
Yes. Stake DAO has 14 audit reports on record from firms including ChainSecurity, ChainSecurity, ChainSecurity. Audit reports and dates are linked under the Resources tab on this page.
