# How to Buy and Stake Your MOVE (3,3)

Staking allows you to earn MOVE passively via auto-compounding. By staking your MOVE with MOVE Ecosystem Fund, your MOVE balance will increase automatically on every epoch based on the current APY.

The **MOVE** address on Aptos is **0xd0b4efb4be7c3508d9a26a9b5405cf9f860d0b9e5fe2f498b90e68b8d2cedd3e::move\_ecosystem\_fund::MoveEcosystemFund.**

### How to Buy $MOVE <a href="#how-to-buypapa" id="how-to-buypapa"></a>

1. Go to this [Pancakeswap ](https://aptos.pancakeswap.finance/swap?outputCurrency=0xd0b4efb4be7c3508d9a26a9b5405cf9f860d0b9e5fe2f498b90e68b8d2cedd3e::move_ecosystem_fund::MoveEcosystemFund)page
2. Make sure the output currency is MOVE. You can also copy and paste MOVE contract address in the output currency field to ensure you are swapping the right token. The **MOVE** token address on Aptos is **0xd0b4efb4be7c3508d9a26a9b5405cf9f860d0b9e5fe2f498b90e68b8d2cedd3e::move\_ecosystem\_fund::MoveEcosystemFund.**
3. You can select any input currency based on your available wallet balance. We recommend APT-MOVE pair for the deepest liquidity!
4. Select the amount of **MOVE** you want to swap for. Then click "Approve" and sign the transaction.
5. After the "Approve" transaction has been processed successfully, click "Swap" and sign the transaction.
6. You should see **MOVE** in your wallet balance now after the swap transaction is successful. If you cannot find it in your wallet, add **MOVE** contract address to your wallet.

*Note: The "Approve" transaction is only needed when you swap **MOVE** for the first time; subsequent swapping only requires you to perform the "Swap" transaction.*

### How to Stake <a href="#how-to-stake" id="how-to-stake"></a>

1. Go to the MOVE Ecosystem Fund[ ](https://papadao.co/#/stake)page of the [Aptoslaunch Website](https://www.aptoslaunch.io). Select the "Stake" tab.
2. Enter the amount of **MOVE** that you would like to stake in the input field. If you would like to stake all your **MOVE**, press the "Max" button and the input field will be populated with all your available **MOVE** balance.
3. Click "Approve" and sign the transaction.
4. After the "Approve" transaction has been processed successfully, click "Stake" and sign the transaction. You have staked your **MOVE**!

### How to Unstake <a href="#how-to-unstake" id="how-to-unstake"></a>

1. Go to the MOVE Ecosystem Fund[ ](https://papadao.co/#/stake)page of the [Aptoslaunch Website](https://www.aptoslaunch.io). Select the "Unstake" tab.
2. Enter the amount of **MOVE** that you would like to unstake in the input field. If you would like to unstake all your **MOVE**, press the "Max" button and the input field will be populated with all your available **MOVE** balance.
3. Click "Approve" and sign the transaction.
4. After the "Approve" transaction has been processed successfully, click "Unstake" and sign the transaction.

### Understanding the info <a href="#reading-the-info" id="reading-the-info"></a>

* **APY** tells you the annualized rate of return based on the reward yield. It takes into account the effect of compounding since **MOVE** rebases exponentially.
* **TVL** measures the dollar amount of all the staked **MOVE** in MOVE Ecosystem Fund.
* **Your Balance** tells you how many unstaked **MOVE** are in your wallet. This is the maximum amount that you can stake.
* **Your Staked Balance** tells you how many staked **MOVE** are in your wallet. This is the maximum amount that you can unstake.