Common use of Staking Clause in Contracts

Staking. Subject to the terms of this ETP Staking Addendum, Client may instruct Coinbase to Stake Eligible Digital Assets credited to the Vault Account to a Validator node operated by an Approved Validator. Any such instruction (a “Staking Instruction”) shall be transmitted via the application programming interface(s) provided by Coinbase including its front-end user interface and API, or on a mutually agreed medium, including e-mail. Client may issue an instruction to reduce the amount of Staked Digital Assets (an “Unstaking Instruction”). The decision of whether, and in what amounts, to Stake Eligible Digital Assets shall reside exclusively with Client and, Client shall not be required to Stake any minimum amount of Staked Digital Assets to any Approved Validator at any time (it being understood, if Digital Assets are Staked, a protocol may have protocol-mandated minimum staking amounts). Without in any way limiting Client’s right to issue Unstaking Instructions at any time, any Staking Instruction shall be deemed to provide that any Digital Assets Staked pursuant to that Staking Instruction shall be deemed to be the subject of an Unstaking Instruction (and, thus, automatically reduced to zero) upon the earlier of (i) thirty (30) days after such Staking Instruction was issued and (ii) 1 business day after the occurrence of any Slashing Loss, in each case absent a further Staking Instruction from Client.