VeChain Launches $15M StarGate Staking Program Amid New SEC Crypto Guidelines

• VeChain has announced the launch of the StarGate platform with a whopping amount of 5.48 billion VTHO committed to reward early participants. 
• VeChain CEO Sunny Lu has disclosed that its innovative approach fully complies with regulatory requirements while treating rewards as compensation. 

VeChain (VET) has officially announced that the new StarGate platform has gone live, marking a significant shift towards more active staking and participation to strengthen its network security and advance decentralization.

As part of the preparation towards the economic transformation in the final stage of the VeChain Renaissance, a whopping amount of 5.48 billion VTHO (approximately $15 million at the time of launch) has been committed to this program, as indicated in our earlier publication.

According to the post shared on X, this amount is meant to boost the Early Bird Rewards for the next six months, as also noted in our earlier discussion.

This announcement follows the recent guidance by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) highlighting that protocol staking does not constitute securities. According to the founder and CEO of VeChain, Sunny Lu, its strategic initiatives fully align with the regulatory standard of the industry.

The SEC’s recent guidance validates what we’ve been building toward: a fully compliant, accessible staking model that treats rewards as compensation for network services rather than investment returns. Our innovative approach of leveraging NFTs to represent participation ensures both simplicity for users and full regulatory alignment.

More About the VeChain (VET) StarGate Platform

To start earning, the VeChain communication team has explained that users simply have to first secure their positions, and mint their staking NFT. Meanwhile, it is important to note that StarGate is in its bootstrapping phase and will run till December 31, 2025, as mentioned in our recent news coverage.

According to a post, Renaissance has been designed to democratize participation through three key Economic tiers. Firstly, the Dawn Node is reported to have a staking requirement of 10,000 VET. The Lightning Node has a requirement of 50,000 VET, and the Flash Node is required to start with 200,000 VET.

For the Delegator Economic Node, the Strength Node has a staking requirement of 1 million VET, while the Thunder Node and the Mjolnir Node have requirements of 5 million VET and 15 million VET, respectively, as explained in our previous blog post.

The Delegator X Nodes are reported to have the highest reward multipliers. Under this, the VeThor X has a staking requirement of 600k VET. Additionally, the Strength X, Thunder X, and the Mjolnir X have staking requirements of 1.6 million VET, 5.6 million VET, and 15.6 million VET, respectively.

While the StarGate strategy is reported to have impressive numbers due to the 5.48 billion VTHO rewards, the VeChain team believes that other features, including induced inflation and enhanced multipliers, make it great.

StarGate isn’t just a staking upgrade – it’s an invitation to actively participate in, and benefit from, VeChainThor’s transformation into a truly decentralized, community-governed blockchain powering real-world utility in the age of blockchain mass adoption.

VeChain has also introduced two important community-based simulators to help users project their potential rewards. As discussed earlier, there are two options: VeChainStats VTHO Staking APY Estimator and Redeno Staking Calculator.