Interactive Brokers lets US clients earn rewards on their ether, but keeps up to 30% of the payout

Interactive Brokers has started letting customers earn staking rewards on their ether. Eligible US clients can now stake ETH through the broker's Client Portal, The Block and Finance Magnates reported on Tuesday, October 13. Ether is the only coin offered at launch.

The service is run by zerohash, a crypto infrastructure company. It holds the coins in an account opened in the customer's name and places them with Ethereum validators; Interactive Brokers provides access but does not hold or stake the ether itself, Finance Magnates reported. Rewards are added to the staked balance, so they can compound until the client unstakes. Neither the rate nor the payment is guaranteed.

Interactive Brokers and zerohash take their fees out of the rewards before crediting the rest, with the combined charge capped at 30%, and no fee if the stake earns nothing, Finance Magnates reported. Assets in the zerohash account are not protected by SIPC or by the customer-protection rules that cover securities in an Interactive Brokers account, and customers bear losses from validator penalties or outages.

Chief executive Milan Galik compared staking to the broker's Stock Yield Enhancement Program, which lets clients earn extra income on shares they own, The Block reported. Interactive Brokers led zerohash's $104 million funding round in 2025, and zerohash named the broker as a launch partner for its staking service in June.