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Depositing crypto to Stake: networks, memo & recovery

By the ChainDeposit Research Desk · Updated 23 June 2026

Stake is one of the most-searched crypto casinos for deposit questions, and high limits mean larger transfers, so getting the network right matters more here than almost anywhere. The expensive mistakes are not exotic. They come from sending a coin over a chain Stake does not support, or skipping the tag that two of its assets still need. This guide walks the deposit the way Stake's own help centre describes it, then covers what to do if the credit never lands.

From Stake's own help centre (acceptable networks ↗), verified 2026-06-23. Deposit terms change — confirm in the live deposit screen.

What Stake actually accepts

Stake lists roughly 22 deposit assets, covering the usual majors and a long tail of tokens: BTC, ETH, LTC, DOGE, BCH, XRP, EOS, SOL, USDT, USDC, DAI, BNB, TRX, LINK, UNI, SHIB, APE, CRO, SAND, POL and TRUMP. The asset list is rarely where people slip up. The chain underneath each asset is.

Each coin runs on the networks Stake supports for it, and nothing else. Bitcoin arrives on its own mainnet. Litecoin, Dogecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Solana, XRP and EOS each ride their native chains. The tokens that exist on more than one chain are where attention pays off, because picking the wrong one looks identical right up to the point the funds vanish.

The multi-chain stablecoin trap

USDT, USDC, DAI and POL can each be deposited over ERC-20 (Ethereum), BEP-20 (BNB Smart Chain) or Polygon. BNB itself comes in on BEP-20, and TRX on TRC-20. That flexibility is convenient, but it puts the choice on you. If you send USDT from an exchange over BEP-20 to an address Stake generated for USDT on ERC-20, the two addresses may look interchangeable and are not. The deposit screen names the network for the address it gives you. Read that line, then set the matching network at the sending end before you confirm anything.

Ether is the sharper edge. ETH is accepted on ERC-20 only. There is no BEP-20 ETH path, no Polygon ETH path, and crucially no layer-2 path on Stake.

The chains Stake does not support

This is the headline trap. Stake does not credit deposits sent over Arbitrum, Optimism, Base or the Cronos network. These are popular layer-2 and sidechain routes, and many exchanges and self-custody wallets offer them as cheap, fast withdrawal options. Choose one of them for a Stake deposit and the transaction can confirm perfectly on its own chain while never reaching your casino balance, because Stake is not watching that chain for your address.

Worked example: you hold USDT on Arbitrum and want to deposit it. Stake gives you a USDT address on, say, ERC-20. You withdraw from your wallet over Arbitrum to that address. The send succeeds on Arbitrum. Stake sees nothing, because it does not monitor Arbitrum. The money is not lost in the void, but it is not credited automatically, and getting it back is a manual case rather than a refresh of the page. The fix is upstream: bridge or convert to a network Stake actually supports first, then deposit.

Memo and tag coins: XRP and EOS

Most coins on Stake use a dedicated per-user address for each coin and network, so there is no memo to add. Two assets break that pattern. XRP and EOS both require a destination tag or memo. Leave it off, or paste the wrong one, and the network delivers the funds to Stake's shared deposit address without knowing which account they belong to, so the credit does not happen on its own.

The deposit screen shows the tag next to the address for these two coins. Copy both, in full, and enter the tag in the tag field at the sending end, not in the address. If your wallet has no tag field for an XRP or EOS withdrawal, stop and use one that does. For everything else on Stake, there is no tag to worry about, which is why the two exceptions catch people out. Our memo and tag explainer covers how the field works across wallets.

Minimums, maximums and confirmations

Stake publishes no per-coin minimum deposit and no maximum, so high-roller transfers are not capped at the deposit stage. There is one floor worth knowing: any deposit worth under $0.01 cannot auto-process, and clearing it means contacting support rather than waiting. In practice that only bites on dust-sized sends or a token that has lost almost all its value, but it explains the occasional tiny deposit that simply sits.

Confirmation counts are not fixed. Stake's help centre states they differ from wallet to wallet and coin to coin, so there is no single number to quote. A Bitcoin deposit and a Solana deposit clear on very different timelines, and the same coin can vary with network load. If a deposit is pending, the realistic move is to give the chain time rather than assume something broke. Our confirmations guide sets expectations per coin and shows how to read a pending transaction.

Deposit safely: the short checklist

  1. Copy the address fresh from Stake's deposit screen for your exact coin and network every time. Never reuse a screenshot or an old paste.
  2. Match the network exactly. Confirm the chain named on the deposit screen and set the same one at the sending end. For ETH that means ERC-20. Never Arbitrum, Optimism, Base or Cronos for any asset.
  3. Add the tag for XRP and EOS only. Put it in the tag field, not the address.
  4. Send a small test first for large transfers or any coin you have not deposited before. The fee on a test is trivial against a misrouted five-figure balance.
  5. Wait out confirmations before assuming a problem. Counts vary by coin.

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If a Stake deposit doesn't credit

Work through the cause before you panic. First confirm the network you actually used against the chain on the deposit screen. A send over Arbitrum, Optimism, Base or Cronos is not credited automatically, and Stake treats recovery case by case rather than as a guaranteed reversal. For XRP or EOS, check whether the destination tag was missing or wrong, since that is the usual reason a tag coin does not auto-credit.

If the network and tag were right, the deposit is most likely still settling, so wait out the confirmation rules before treating it as stuck. Still nothing after the chain has confirmed? Contact Stake live support with your transaction hash. For wrong-network sends and missing or wrong XRP/EOS tags, support is the route that starts a recovery; Stake does not publish a recovery fee, so ask before assuming. One firm rule: never pay a third-party "recovery service." They cannot reverse a blockchain transaction, and the only path back runs through the operator that received the funds.

Prefer a deposit flow with multiple networks and no memos? See our multi-network Duel guide.

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