# 04. Liquidity Pools and Staking

Providing liquidity and staking means adding your tokens to a pool or locking them in a contract. This way, you can earn fees or rewards, and also show your support to the project. Sometimes, the project may also give you governance rights, which means you can vote on important decisions. And, of course, you may also get crypto airdrops from the project itself.

### [Balancer.fi](https://balancer.fi/)

Balancer.fi is a decentralized automated market maker protocol built on Ethereum that represents a flexible building block for programmable liquidity. There are multiple pools available on Base network. 

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&#x20;To add Liquidity on Balancer go to Pool tab in menu bar. Select one of available pools and supply with requested tokens.

:brain: [*see full guide*](/knowledge-base/protocols-guides/balancer.md#add-liquidity)

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### [Stargate.finance](https://stargate.finance/)

Stargate.finance is a cross-chain swap  based on LayerZero. It allows users to add liquidity to various pools, stake assets, and transfer assets.

To add Liquidity on Stargate protocol go to Pool tab and select one of available pools on Base network.

Choose amonut of tokens you want to supply and confirm.

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:brain:[*Check full Stargate manual here*](/knowledge-base/protocols-guides/stargate.md)

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