# How To Stake And Earn With In-Wallet Staking

Let's first run through the benefits of staking with Meteor Wallet.

### Standard Staking

* You can earn staking rewards of up to \~10% APY.
* You can compare & select your best options from 90+ validators & pools.
* Have a preferred validator? Simply scan the list & choose your favoured pool.
* You'll see your estimated earnings if locking for 7, 30 or 90 days.

### Liquid Staking

Or choose liquid staking & maximise your capital efficiency.

Thanks to our partnership with Meta Pool, we're delighted to offer seamless liquid staking.

Find out more about [liquid staking and how to do it on Meteor](https://docs.meteorwallet.app/meteor-guides/what-is-liquid-staking-and-how-to-do-it).

### How To Standard Stake

Click the 'Stake' button from your wallet home page or visit <https://wallet.meteorwallet.app/wallet/deposit> in the web wallet.

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From the Staking home page, select Standard Staking.

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Then select Create New Staking. You'll see any currently staked validators. Please note, if you've recently staked, it will take \~1 minute to display your newly staked validator.

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You enter the amount of NEAR you wish to be staked.&#x20;

You'll see the real-time USD value below.

The next step is to select your Validator/Pool from the drop down.

You'll see each validator and their estimated APY, reward token and the total NEAR staked.

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Let's choose the top one for Aurora.

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You can select different timescales, 7, 30 and 365 days to see how the estimated earnings will vary.

Click the Stake button. You'll see a confirmation pop up.

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Click Confirm if you're happy.&#x20;

You'll see a staked successfully message and your new staked validator.

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You now have the option to unstake, stake more or claim your reward.