For full transparency, the process to stake investor tokens has begun as of June 5, 2025. Staking of investor tokens allows for Initia’s L1 to strengthen the economic security of the network for a much lower cost, thereby increasing the allocation of tokens for VIP. For more information, please see here.
As mentioned in the linked article above, Initia investors can request to have their tokens staked at any time during their vesting period. All staking rewards from staking unvested or locked tokens are subject to an additional four-year vesting period.
At the time of writing, approximately half (around 70 million INIT) of the total 152.5 million INIT investor tokens have been requested for staking. Please note that all investor tokens are currently staked to the single INIT staking pool and does not affect the Enshrined Liquidity pools.