Use $BARD
Stake $BARD to earn rewards and secure LBTC and BTC.b cross-chain transfers. Your staked BARD backs the Symbiotic monitoring network that validates every LBTC and BTC.b bridge transaction.
Get $BARD
Centralized Exchanges
$BARD is available on:
Binance
BARD/USDT
Bybit
BARD/USDT
OKX
BARD/USDT
Coinbase
BARD/USD
HTX
BARD/USDT
Bitget
BARD/USDT
Upbit
BARD/KRW
Bithumb
BARD/KRW
MEXC
BARD/USDT
KuCoin
BARD/USDT
Earn Through Lux
Deploy LBTC or BTC.b into eligible DeFi protocols to earn Lux points. Lux converts to $BARD in seasonal airdrops. Passive holding does not earn Lux in Season 3.
Stake $BARD
Staking is available on Ethereum mainnet only. You receive stBARD, a vault share that grows in value as rewards accrue.
Before You Start
You need $BARD in an Ethereum wallet
You need ETH for gas fees
Current APY: ~30% (long-term rate after Epoch 4)
Steps
Go to lombard.finance/app and connect your Ethereum wallet
Navigate to the $BARD staking section
Approve the staking contract to use your $BARD
Enter the amount to stake
Confirm the transaction
Receive stBARD in your wallet
Your stBARD balance appears in the dashboard along with live APY and pending exits.
Reward Epochs
The current long-term staking APY is approximately 30%.
Claim and Stake Bonus (Limited Time)
Users who claim and stake BARD between March 18 and March 30, 2026 receive a 25% boost on top of the 30% APY, for a total of 55% APY.
This boosted rate lasts three months, expiring June 18, 2026. Bonus rewards are distributed on June 18.
To qualify:
Stake within the March 18 to March 30 window.
Maintain the staked position through June 18, 2026.
Unstaking before that date forfeits the bonus.
The bonus applies only to newly staked BARD during the window, not to positions staked before March 18.
Additional Rewards
While staked, you also earn:
Symbiotic points
Mellow Finance points
Unstake $BARD
Unstaking requires a 21-day withdrawal period. Your funds remain slash-eligible until the epoch closes.
Steps
Go to the staking dashboard
Select the amount of stBARD to unstake
Confirm the transaction
Wait up to 21 days (may be shorter depending on epoch timing)
Return to claim your $BARD
What to Know
You can have multiple unstake requests active at once
The staked portion continues earning while another portion exits
You receive more $BARD than you deposited (rewards are included)
Example
Stake
1,000
1.00
1,000 deposited
Unstake (later)
1,000
1.08
1,080 received
Claim Airdrop
Season 1
Claim at claim.lombard.finance
Phase 1
TGE
1.5% of supply
Phase 2
TGE + 6 months
1.5% of supply + referral rewards
Season 2
Season 2: 1.5% of total supply (15,000,000 BARD).
Claimable starting March 30, 2026 at 09:00 ET at claim.lombard.finance.
90-day claim window. Unclaimed BARD returns to the Ecosystem Fund.
How to Claim
Go to claim.lombard.finance
Connect the wallet you used for LBTC activities
View your allocation
Accept terms and conditions
Sign the transaction to claim
Contracts
Verify addresses before interacting:
$BARD
0xf0DB65D17e30a966C2ae6A21f6BBA71cea6e9754
stBARD
0x4B266366dc8fF4c0007943a679CBa1fDB845f98D
Always confirm addresses match what the Lombard app displays.
Next Steps
Learn about $BARD — Token utility, tokenomics, distribution
Lux Rewards — Earn $BARD through LBTC activities
Liquid Bitcoin Foundation — How governance works
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