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# ALP Staking for LP's

The benefits of keeping your ALP staked

## Staked ALP earns rATP  

1. **Earn 73% of platform fees and up to an additional 156.2% APR in rATP rewards by staking ALP**
2. Keeping your ALP staked rewards liquidity providers with esrATP (redeemable 1:1 for rATP)
3. Users may linearly compound their esrATP rewards or vest them over 1 year
   1. To vest, select "Claim and Vest Rewards" on the Dapp
      * The Dapp automatically defaults to "Compound"
   2. When a user vests esrATP rewards, he or she ceases to accrue esrATP rewards, and their esrATP yield begins to convert to rATP over 365 days
      * Holders may claim their rATP rewards each second but are subject to a $3 MATIC fee each time they claim

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If a user withdraws the collateral underlying their ALP before the vesting period ends, they must again stake the same quantity of ALP to claim their rATP rewards. 
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## Factors affecting staked ALP yield (rewarded in rATP)

ALP staking yield functions through automated logarithmic growth month-over-month, beginning at 156.2% based on a presumption of 35% of existing ALP supply staked

* Stated differently, the rATP yield an ALP staker receives depends on the % of ALP circulating supply presently staked and how many months have passed following the TGE ("Token Generation Event")
* Unlike ATG and rATP whose staking yield decays each month, ALP actually rewards liquidity providers with more and more emissions each month; thus, as more ALP is minted, more rATP is rewarded through emissions

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[Token Generation Event](/automatic-perpetual-futures-exchange/token-economics/token-generation-event.md)
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