Is My Crypto Safe When Staked on Pluang?

When you stake crypto on Pluang, the coins stay your property the whole time — staking never lends your coins to a third party or transfers ownership away from you. Staking is simply the process of committing Proof-of-Stake coins to help secure a blockchain: your assets are delegated on-chain to reputable validator nodes, and in return the network pays out staking rewards. Across every phase — bonding, active staking, and unbonding — you keep ownership of the underlying coins. Your staked assets sit within the same institutional-grade custody infrastructure Pluang uses for all crypto, provided by Fireblocks and the Indonesian Coin Custodian (ICC), with the majority of assets held in cold storage. That said, staking is not risk-free: the market price of your coin can still rise or fall, staked coins are illiquid during the unbonding period, and some networks apply penalties (slashing) if a validator misbehaves — a risk Pluang works to minimise through careful validator selection.

• What staking actually is. On a Proof-of-Stake blockchain, coins are "staked" to help validate transactions and secure the network. Rather than running hardware yourself, you delegate your coins to a validator, and the network rewards that participation. Staking is a network activity, not a deposit or a loan to Pluang.
• Custody. Staked coins are held via Fireblocks and the Indonesian Coin Custodian (ICC) — the same institutional custody infrastructure used for all crypto on Pluang. The bulk of assets is kept in cold storage, and Fireblocks provides institutional-grade cyber-theft coverage.
• Ownership stays with you. Your coins are never lent out to a third party. Delegating validation rights to a validator node is not the same as transferring ownership, so throughout bonding, staking, and unbonding the assets remain yours.
• On-chain delegation. Pluang delegates your coins to reputable validator nodes, and that delegation is recorded on-chain and independently verifiable — it is not an off-book internal ledger entry.
• Slashing risk. Some Proof-of-Stake networks can impose a penalty ("slashing") if a validator behaves improperly, such as going offline or double-signing. Pluang selects validators carefully to reduce the likelihood of this, but as a network-level mechanism it can never be ruled out entirely.
• Market and liquidity risk remain. Staking is not a guaranteed fixed-return product — the advertised rate is variable and reviewed periodically, the coin's price can move up or down, and staked coins cannot be sold or moved instantly because of the unbonding period.

Related questions:

Q: Does Pluang lend out my staked coins?
No. Staking on Pluang delegates validation rights to a validator node; it does not lend your coins to any borrower or counterparty. The assets are not moved into a lending pool and are not used to generate yield through lending. Ownership stays with you the whole time, and the delegation itself is recorded on-chain so it can be independently verified rather than taken on trust.

Q: Is there a risk I could lose my staked coins?
Staking is not risk-free. Slashing is a theoretical penalty on some networks if a validator misbehaves, which Pluang minimises by working with reputable validators. Separately, ordinary market risk always applies — the value of your coins can fall as well as rise — and staked coins are illiquid during unbonding, so you cannot sell them instantly. None of these are unique to Pluang; they are inherent to Proof-of-Stake staking.

Q: Who are Fireblocks and ICC?
Fireblocks is an institutional digital-asset custody and transfer platform used by Pluang to safeguard crypto with enterprise-grade security, and it provides institutional cyber-theft coverage. ICC, the Indonesian Coin Custodian, is the custodian Pluang uses for crypto assets. Together they form the custody infrastructure that holds all crypto on Pluang — including staked coins — with the majority kept in cold storage rather than online.

Q: What happens to my staked coins if something happens to Pluang?
Crypto assets, including staked coins, are held within institutional custody infrastructure (Fireblocks and ICC) rather than commingled with Pluang's own operating funds, and the on-chain delegation is verifiable. Because these are network-level positions in your name rather than an unsecured claim on Pluang, they are structured to remain identifiable as customer assets. For specifics on any given situation, contact Pluang Care.

Q: Is staking a guaranteed fixed return?
No. The rate shown in the app is an estimate that varies with network conditions and is reviewed periodically — it is not a promised or guaranteed yield. Actual rewards depend on the network's own reward schedule, and your overall outcome also depends on the coin's market price, which can rise or fall. Treat any advertised rate as an indicative figure, not a fixed contractual return.