VeChain Launches $15M StarGate Staking Program Following SEC Crypto Guidance

Launching July 1, VeChain’s StarGate staking program introduces a major upgrade to native staking on the VeChainThor blockchain, backed by a $15m bonus pool over six months, arriving as ETFs eye staking opportunities following recent SEC guidance VeChain, a world-leading blockchain foundation, today announced the launch of its StarGate staking program. The launch comes after the SEC’s landmark guidance clarifying that protocol staking activities do not constitute securities offerings, and the industry is expecting approvals for staking ETFs by late 2025, positioning VeChain ahead of the institutional staking wave. The launch of StarGate marks a major milestone in the VeChain Renaissance technical roadmap and for staking on the VeChainThor Blockchain, delivering increased rewards and direct-from-protocol staking leveraging NFT technology. VeChain Renaissance represents the most significant protocol upgrade in VeChain’s history, introducing improved tokenomics, a new staking model, and key features like EVM equivalence and JSON RPC, with the goal of increasing the economic attractiveness and ease of building on VeChainThor source: https://beincrypto.com/vechain-stargate-staking-15m-sec-crypto-guidance/