Staking rates

What is this endpoint for?

Returns time-series staking metrics for a specified blockchain protocol. The endpoint covers protocol-level data including validator counts, and yield metrics.

Endpoint

https://us.market-api.kaiko.io/v2/data/staking.v1/protocols/{protocol}

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description	Example
protocol	Yes	The desired protocol code. If not specified, the endpoint will return the list of all protocol codes and methodologies.	solana
methodology	No	The desired metodology code.	epoch_aggregate_v1
start_time	No	Starting time in ISO 8601 (inclusive)	2023-01-25T00:00:00.00
end_time	No	Ending time in ISO 8601 (exclusive)	2023-01-25T00:00:00.00
start_date	No	Starting date in YYYYMMDD (inclusive).	20250101
end_sate	No	Ending date in YYYYMMDD (exclusive).	20250102
page_size	No	See Pagination Minimum: 1 Maximum: 1000 Default: 1000	100
sort	No	If asc, sort time-series in ascending. If desc, sort time-series in descending. Default: desc	asc

Fields

Field	Description	Example
date	Date at which the interval begins.	2026-04-21
protocol	Protocol code.	solana
apr	Daily APR	4.758636
validators	Number of validators	777
methodology	The methodology used to compute the APR	epoch_aggregate_v1

Request examples

cURL

curl --compressed -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'X-Api-Key: <client-api-key>' \
'https://us.market-api.kaiko.io/v2/data/staking.v1/protocols/solana?start_date=20261001'

Python

import http.client
import json

# Enter your Kaiko API Key
api_key = "KAIKO_API_KEY"
api_host = "us.market-api.kaiko.io"
api_base_endpoint = "/v2/data/staking.v1/protocols/solana"
# Start of mandatory parameter configuration
mandatory_params = {

}
# End of mandatory parameter configuration
# Start of optional parameter configuration
optional_params = {
    'start_date':'20251001',
    'page_size':100,
    'sort':'desc',
    'methodology':'epoch_aggregate_v1'
}
# End of optional parameter configuration
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection(api_host)
headers = {
    "X-Api-Key": api_key,
    "Accept": "application/json"
}

all_params = {**mandatory_params, **optional_params}

url_params = []
for param, value in all_params.items():
    url_params.append(f"{param}={value}")
url_params = '&'.join(url_params)

endpoint_with_params = f"{api_base_endpoint}?{url_params}"

# Pagination for next pages
all_data = []
next_url = endpoint_with_params
while next_url:
    conn.request("GET", next_url, headers=headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
    all_data.extend(data.get("data", []))
    print(f"Fetched {len(data.get('data', []))} datapoints. Total: {len(all_data)}")
    next_url = data.get("next_url", "").replace("https://us.market-api.kaiko.io", "")
    if not next_url:
        break
conn.close()
print(f" datapoints fetched: {(all_data)}")

Response example

{
    "query":
    {
        "start_date": "20260101",
        "end_date": "20260422",
        "start_time": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "end_time": "2026-04-22T00:00:00Z",
        "sort": "descending",
        "page_size": "10",
        "methodology": "epoch_aggregate_v1"
    },
    "time": "2026-04-22T14:46:38.274392363Z",
    "timestamp": 1776869198,
    "data":
    [
        {
            "date": "2026-04-21",
            "protocol": "solana",
            "apr": 4.758636113435191,
            "validators": 777,
            "methodology": "epoch_aggregate_v1"
        },
        /** Results **/
    ],
    "continuation_token": "xxx",
    "next_url": "https://eu.market-api.kaiko.io/v2/data/staking.v1/protocols/solana?continuation_token=xxx"
}