Gemini Launches Staking and Derivatives for EU Customers

Gemini has unveiled a suite of new products for over 400 million European Union (EU) & European Economic Area (EEA) investors, including Gemini Staking for Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL), as well as Gemini Perpetuals, their regulated derivatives product. This continues the platform’s European expansion as they become the go-to crypto trading destination for European investors after receiving Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) approval from the MFSA.

“We’re on a mission to democratise access to alterntive, risk-managed financial instruments, and we’re one of the few European crypto exchanges to offer this diverse suite of products with an intuitive, secure platform,” said Mark Jennings, CEO of Europe.

In addition to accessing Gemini’s crypto platform with over 140 tokens, Gemini Staking will open up exciting new opportunities to earn passive income using crypto. Additionally, EU customers can now trade perpetual contracts, using up to 100x leverage with no monthly expiration dates, within Gemini’s trusted ecosystem. 

Following the company’s recent MiCA approval & successful transition to their new Malta CASP entity, they are now rolling out these additional services and features to users throughout the EU. Gemini Perpetuals will be offered under their MiFID II license, a framework regulating the traditional financial markets, making them a fully compliant crypto trading platform in the EU.

Gemini Staking

Gemini Staking will allow users to stake with any amount of ETH or SOL to earn rewards, offering:

• No minimum amount: Our flexible staking pools allow you to stake any amount, with any rewards accrued daily.
• Simple process & high rewards: It’s straightforward to earn passive income. You can check your daily staking APR (annual percentage rate) within the Gemini app, with up to 6% APR* available for SOL and a variable rate for staking ETH.
• Institutional-grade security: With robust security measures including segregated cold storage and secure custody of your assets, you don’t have to worry about managing your private keys.

Gemini Perpetuals

The introduction of Gemini Perpetuals will allow sophisticated and professional investors in the region to gain long or short exposure to crypto markets through perpetual contracts.

With Gemini Perpetuals, users can trade across a wide range of crypto pairs, manage portfolio risk, generate returns, and tailor their directional exposure. Customers will be able to trade both spot and derivatives products within a single interface, and use staking rewards, to execute their trading strategies such as leverage, shorting and arbitrage.

Key features include:

• Up to 100x leverage
• Fully embedded within the Gemini platform
• Ability to use assets in spot account as cross-collateral
• Denominated in USDC
• No monthly expiration dates
• Industry-leading security & UX

Deepening our Commitment to Europe

Today’s announcement is just the beginning, as Gemini continues to innovate and roll out new products to meet the growing demand for crypto throughout Europe.

2025 has been a transformational year for the company in Europe. Offering perpetuals, staking and spot trading, as well as tokenized stocks directly through Gemini’s EU-regulated entities reflects their goal to provide a compliant, robust and frictionless one-stop shop at the fingertips of beginner and professional crypto traders. 

Their perps offering will meet the growing demand for digital asset exposure, with derivatives representing the majority of global trading volume.

“Europe continues to be a strategic focus for Gemini,” Jennings said. “The introduction of the MiCA framework presents an unparalleled opportunity for Europe to lead the global crypto race by setting the global benchmark for crypto regulations, standardising regulations across all 30 EU jurisdictions, and giving confidence to the millions of investors. Gemini has long championed clear, forward-thinking regulation, and MiCA will allow us to continue to deepen our presence in the region.”