# MATIC Liquid Staking with Ankr

Ankr Staking offers MATIC token holders the opportunity to stake MATIC and, in return, claim MATIC Liquid Staking tokens — ankrMATIC. ankrMATIC also offers instant liquidity for your staked MATIC, enabling you to connect ankrMATIC with DeFi platforms and earn several more layers of rewards.

*ankrMATIC is a reward-bearing token, meaning that the fair value of 1 ankrMATIC token vs. MATIC increases over time as staking rewards accumulate inside the token.*

Benefits

* **Generate Multiple Layers of Rewards:** Use ankrMATIC on DeFi platforms to enable you to multiply your earning potential in APY on top of your staking rewards!
* **Low Impermanent Loss:** Contributing ankrMATIC for liquidity with tokens like MATIC means a low risk of impermanent loss, expanding the upside of providing liquidity for a more stable and profitable experience.
* **Compound Your Staking Rewards:** Your staking rewards will compound daily as the value of ankrMATIC in your wallet increases vs. MATIC.
* **Support & Secure MATIC:** Staking MATIC directly supports the MATIC network and helps validate transactions. Ankr’s staking system distributes staked tokens intelligently across the MATIC ecosystem to achieve optimal decentralization.
* **Elastic Supply:** Users can trade their ankrMATIC tokens for their staked MATIC anytime.
* **Ethereum market opportunities:** Since ankrMATIC is an ERC-20 token staked via Ethereum, you will be able to access a variety of DEXs to buy or sell ankrMATIC instantly.