The Axelar dashboard shows your balance, your staking amount and your claimable rewards. Click on Start Staking.
Check that the address bar reads wallet.keplr.app. A lookalike site can copy the dashboard.
Search the validator list for Encapsulate and open our row.
Check the chain and the address, not the name. Anyone can label a validator with anyone's name.
Our row states the commission, the voting power, the unstaking period and the APR after our cut. Read them, then click on Stake.
A higher APR with a longer unstaking period is not the better deal if you may need the tokens back.
Type the amount, or use Max and leave a little back for fees. The dollar value updates as you type.
Max stakes the whole balance. Leave enough AXL to pay for claiming and for unbonding later.
Enter your password and click on Unlock to open your wallet.
The extension asks you to confirm, and shows exactly what you are signing — amount, validator and fee — before anything moves.
Read the validator name in the confirmation. This is the last screen where a mistake is still free.
Your Validators now lists Encapsulate with the staked amount and our commission. Rewards accrue from the next block.
On most Cosmos chains rewards are claimed manually — they do not compound on their own.