Revolut customers who hold tez (XTZ) will now receive the full on-chain delegation rewards with no platform fees, the fintech announced today, a move that immediately makes Tezos an even more attractive earn option on the popular app. The change removes Revolut’s cut from yield generation on tez, so customers see delegation rewards land in their accounts without deductions.
The update arrives as the Tezos network itself becomes easier to participate in. The Rio protocol upgrade, which shortened Tezos’ network cycles to one day, has sped up how quickly staking and delegation changes take effect, a quality-of-life improvement for bakers and token holders that complements Revolut’s simpler user flow.
Tezos Community Boosted
Revolut already reaches tens of millions of users around the world, and the move to a zero-fee model for tez delegation will be visible to that broad audience: Revolut’s product pages note the company serves more than 65 million customers globally. For many retail users, the combination of Revolut’s reach and Tezos’ delegation model, which keeps delegated tokens liquid while they earn rewards, creates a low-friction way to earn crypto yield.
Revolut’s auto-delegation process runs in the background, meaning customers don’t have to choose validators or fiddle with blockchain settings to benefit. The platform’s auto-staking/auto-earn features add rewards directly to users’ balances while preserving the ability to trade or withdraw, so holders keep liquidity and still see returns accrue. Revolut’s help pages describe this kind of auto-staking as operating without locking users out of their funds.
Vincent Poulain, Manager of Technical User Relations at Nomadic Labs, commented: “Revolut’s decision to pass 100% of delegation rewards to users demonstrates the compelling economics of Tezos; this creates an unbeatable user experience.”
“We know our customers want their crypto to work harder for them, and that’s exactly what we’re delivering with tez,” added Emil Urmanshin, Director – Crypto & New Bets at Revolut. “It’s the kind of simple, transparent earning experience our users deserve.”
Only a small selection of the more than 280 tokens available for trading on Revolut currently support native earn features, and the inclusion of XTZ in that group, now with no platform fee on delegation rewards, sets it apart. For customers who want yield with minimal complexity, the combination of Tezos’ delegation mechanics, the Rio upgrade’s faster cycles, and Revolut’s hands-off model will likely feel like a tidy, accessible way to earn.
Tezos, an open-source, energy-efficient proof-of-stake blockchain, markets itself on governance, upgradability and smart contract capability, features that have helped it remain a popular staking and delegation option for retail and institutional users alike. Revolut, founded in 2015 and since grown into a global fintech with dozens of consumer money-management products, has steadily expanded its crypto offerings; this policy change for tez is another example of mainstream finance apps making on-chain participation friendlier for everyday users.
For Tezos holders on Revolut, the bottom line is straightforward: if you hold tez in the app, you will now automatically earn the full delegation rewards generated on-chain, with no Revolut fee sliced off the top, and you can still buy, sell or move those tokens as you please.
