Staking - Gram (GRAM)
Introduction
- On-chain staking utilizes the Proof-of-Stake protocol of applicable blockchain to generate rewards through a process typically called “staking”.
- Benefits of staking on MAX versus staking on other platforms:
1. Payouts once a week
2. Generate predictable yield with crypto
3. Stake your crypto with a few taps from your MAX app
4. Unstake anytime
Staking protocol
- GRAM is the native token of The Open Network (TON), formerly Toncoin. It was officially renamed to GRAM on June 15, 2026, following a community governance vote that passed with 81.22% support. TON is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain originally designed by Telegram's team, deeply integrated with Telegram's 1B+ user ecosystem and focused on financial and payment applications.
- GRAM adopts BPoS (Block Proof-of-Stake) / Catchain Consensus, a Byzantine Fault-Tolerant (BFT) variant of Proof-of-Stake. Through dynamic sharding, it parallelizes transaction processing to achieve scalable high throughput with deterministic finality.
- As of September 24, 2026, 657,191,307 GRAM is staked on the network, and the Total Value Locked (TVL) in DeFi is around 53.13 million USD (as of Sep 24, 2026), distributed across protocols such as Tonstakers and STON.fi.
- Audited by Trail of Bits, SlowMist, and CertiK (covering the TON Blockchain core; original reports available in TON's official docs repo).
Yield
- Generated from PoS activities.
- The expected annualized return is specified on the staking page in MAX App.
- Yield is paid once a week on Mondays.
Risks
- Assets are subject to losses if the private key of the validator is compromised.
- Rewards could be less than expected if the blockchain protocol contains design defects.
- Blockchain network security and market risks: TON validators face slashing for failing to participate in block production; the validator set is relatively concentrated, so decentralization should be monitored. GRAM has no hard supply cap; investors should be aware of potential dilution from its inflation mechanism.
Fee
We collect 10% of the yield generated for our users. Users are eligible for a zero staking fee if opting to be paid in MAX Token.
Staking / Unstaking Processing Time
- Staking / Unstaking Processing Time: Please refer to the times displayed in the app.
