Reached a new all-time high for ICM (Interchain Messaging) requests in a 24-hour period.

Experiences linear token unlocks exceeding $1 million daily during the period from 2026-01-12 to 2026-01-19.

Has 414,533 holders as of January 10, 2026.

Included in the newly launched Nasdaq CME Crypto Index, a joint benchmark by Nasdaq and CME Group that tracks major cryptocurrencies with quarterly rebalancing, announced on January 9-10, 2026.

Average transaction costs decreased by 43x in 2025 compared to 2024.

Particle Chain launched live on Avalanche in 2025.

Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), the first U.S. state-issued stablecoin from the State of Wyoming, integrated with Stargate to enable cross-chain transfers between Avalanche, Solana, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, and Base.

Silo Finance's USDC lending pool on Avalanche offers a 2.23% variable APR.

Supports a native data bridge between Avalanche C-Chain and Filecoin through the Filecoin Virtual Machine, allowing data created on Avalanche to move to Filecoin for archival storage with onchain proofs confirming integrity.

Achieved $15 million increase in AVAX, HYPE, and SILVER reserve deployment over a 2-week period ending around January 6, 2026, bringing total deployment to $140 million.

Has an average transaction fee of $0.00032 according to Dune Analytics data.

Launched Cohort 2 of the Avalanche x Helika Game Accelerator offering $25,000 upfront funding plus up to $125,000 in follow-on funding per participant for game development teams.

Collaborated with Adidas on a partnership revealed at the Adidas Originals store in Soho, New York.

Burned nearly 5 million AVAX lifetime.

VanEck and Bitwise filed for AVAX ETFs.

Trading volume reached $546 million, representing a 140% surge.

Social engagements increased 71.1% at the start of 2026, with community discussions centered on potential ETF approvals and institutional interest as drivers of optimism.

launched The Grotto L1 from Wrathtank on mainnet in December 2025

CoW Swap deployed to Avalanche in 2025, bringing MEV protection to the chain.

Reached over $60M in wrsETH supplied on the Aave v3 market on Avalanche.

Reached $1.25B in Total Value Locked (TVL) in DeFi protocols as of December 30, 2025.

Predicted to be a standout platform for Fortune 100 companies launching blockchains in 2026, particularly among banking and fintech players.

TVL increased by 156.25% in 2025 according to CoinDesk's 2025 Ecosystem Outlook.

Collaborated with Ava Labs in September 2025 to jointly develop fund tokenization and onchain payment systems.

C-Chain reached 10 billion cumulative transactions.

Yield Yak offers an Intelligent BTC (aiBTC) Vault on Avalanche with an APY of 18.1%.

SkyBridge tokenized $300 million in hedge funds on Avalanche.

Recorded $128M in daily DEX volume on December 21, 2025.

Partnered with Mansory brand, as referenced in affiliate marketing context through a third-party project building on Avalanche.

Aragon provides DAO and token tools and services for builders on Avalanche.

Nobsfund acquired 500,000 AVAX on market for approximately $6 million at around $12.00 per token, bringing their total holdings to 1,500,000 AVAX acquired for approximately $17-23 million at an average price of around $15.33 per token as of December 16, 2025.

Integrating with MyPrize, a web2 social casino that has processed $1.15B in total player payouts to date, with deployment on C-chain.

A newly created wallet receives 377 AVAX from Coinbase and sweeps most listed Folks Finance NFTs in activity characterized as potential insider trading ahead of FOLKS token and NFT utility announcement.

AVAX perpetual futures trading goes live on Coinbase Derivatives with 24/7 availability for both retail and institutional traders through approved FCM partners.

AVAX ranks #7 in crypto development activity over the past 30 days with upward momentum according to Santiment data.

Avalanche announces Avalanche Treasury Co. / AVAX One via ~$675M SPAC targeting ~$1B ecosystem treasury. @bears_salmon launches on Avalanche December 15th 2-10pm UTC.

PlayProvidence raises $16M+ in private rounds at $75M FDV with Avalanche listed among notable investors including Bitscale Capital and CoinFund.

AVAX ranks as top 5 traded token on OpenOcean exchange last week. Avalanche holds #12 position in blockchain mindshare rankings with 1.17% share.

USDC/savUSD pool on Avalanche offers 8.8% APR yield supported by AVAX incentives. (ID: 2000501669701058739)

AVAX faces large linear token unlocks exceeding $1 million daily over the next seven days according to Tokenomist data.

Social mentions for AVAX turn positive today, positioning it among only four top coins with positive social activity in an otherwise negative market.

EUROP euro stablecoin issued by Schuman_io launches on Avalanche as a new tokenized asset listing.

AVAX token posts -74% yearly return, marking one of the worst performances among major cryptocurrencies according to year-to-date metrics.

Over half of the spUSDC cap fills in just two days on Avalanche, demonstrating rapid adoption of the savings rate stablecoin product.

Achieves highest transaction day of 2025 following Octane network upgrade that reduced fees, with majority of transactions being sub-$10 USDC transfers. Ranks as second largest chain by net flows over the past week.

The Urbanspace NYC partnership encompasses 8 holiday markets across multiple locations including Union Square, Bryant Park, and Herald Square, with 600+ total merchants participating in USDC stablecoin payments and reaching 10M+ customers during the 6-week holiday season.

Union Square Holiday Market in NYC deploys stablecoin payments through Urbanspace's app, reaching millions of annual visitors and 180+ vendors.

TheArena rolls out Arena V2 DEX beta tomorrow with official launch Monday, featuring auto-compounding concentrated liquidity pools, multichain swaps, anti-sniping features, AVAX/ARENA token pairing, and special liquidity pools for ecosystem tokens with full feature rollout over 1.5 months.

New blockchain standard announced with Blockticity to improve global supply chains through tracking and verification of materials from origin to customs clearance.

Ranked 3rd among crypto's top RWA projects by development activity according to Santiment data, with no change in ranking from last month.

The Avalanche DLT Foundation incorporates within Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), Abu Dhabi's International Financial Centre, establishing formal presence in the Middle East region.

Spark, managing $3B in assets, expands to Avalanche with a USDC savings vault offering triple rewards (SUSR + AVAX + Spark Points) and plans to integrate yield-bearing collateral across lending protocols like Euler and Benji, with future Avalanche Card integration for spending DeFi yields.

TheArena ranks as the third most used protocol on the network over the last 90 days, with an upcoming roadmap release planned.

AUSD cross-chain transfers launch on Base, connecting Avalanche with Ethereum, Monad, and Base via LayerZero OFT standard. Blackhole DEX achieved $22+ billion volume on Avalanche in its first 4 months and launches SupernovaDEX on Ethereum.

TixBase, an on-chain ticketing platform backed by Blizzard Fund, announces partnerships with Pasos and Universal Music while building on Avalanche. GG's VC partners with the AVAX x Helika Game Accelerator, providing access to 500M+ users across LATAM, India, SEA, Japan, and Korea.

Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund ETF launches on NYSE Arca after SEC clearance, offering exposure to AVAX alongside BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA, LINK, LTC, SUI, and DOT.

RWA value on the platform doubled from $439M in October to $940M in mid-November, pushing it past Arbitrum to rank 4th globally for RWA issuance.

OKX announces distribution of Midnight (NIGHT) airdrop tokens to AVAX holders on its platform, along with holders of ADA, BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, BNB, and BAT.

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) formally designates Tether's USDT issued on Avalanche (along with Ethereum and Solana) as an accepted virtual asset, allowing ADGM-licensed institutions to offer regulated trading and custody services.

December 12 marks the deadline for both VanEck and Grayscale AVAX ETF decisions.

Thailand's second-largest bank KBank integrates StraitsX for cross-border payments between Thailand and Singapore on Avalanche, building on Alipay+'s live use case serving 1.6B+ tourists at GrabPay merchants in Singapore.

Avalanche and Helika launch a game accelerator program with five studios participating.

Blockticity and ASTM introduce ASTM D8558, a new global trade standard for supply chain tracking and authenticity verification, powered by Avalanche.

Grayscale Avalanche Trust conversion final deadline is on December 12th.

AVAX has major linear token unlocks exceeding $1 million per day over the next seven days according to Tokenomist data.

Intain Markets and FIS Global launched the Digital Liquidity Gateway on Avalanche, a marketplace enabling smaller banks to buy, sell, and securitize loan portfolios. The Avalanche Granite upgrade went live on mainnet on November 19th with performance and integration optimizations.

Mugafi confirms distribution deals and partners with Redacted_Grp, with users minting digital passes for on-chain IP financing.

AI studio Mugafi uses the platform to tokenize entertainment IP.

Ava Labs paid Santiago to launch Inversion on the platform, but Santiago now runs a campaign aimed at reducing L1 blockchain valuations.

December 12 marks the AVAX ETF decision deadline. Circle's CCTP launches on Rango with Avalanche support, enabling native burn-and-mint USDC crosschain transfers.

Coinbase Derivatives launches 24/7 trading for AVAX monthly futures, with altcoin US Perpetual-Style Futures scheduled to go live on December 15.

UX expert Maria Amirkhanyan mentors accelerator studios in the AVAX x Helika Game Accelerator program on game success predictors and user experience strategy.

Gate.io launches Midnight Glacier Drop Phase 1 where AVAX holders (along with holders of BTC, ETH, SOL, BNB, XRP, ADA, and BAT) can claim from 6.66M $NIGHT tokens between December 5-8, 2025, with additional unlock phases planned.

Mugafi brings over $1 billion pipeline of entertainment content (films and music) to Avalanche.

Lombard recently acquired BTC.b, Avalanche's bridged Bitcoin asset, now integrated into Monad's Bitcoin Converter pool on Curve with ~15% APR.

The SEC holds a meeting regarding tokenized equities; Dinari Global builds its tokenized equity platform on Avalanche L1.

Ethena maintains $276M BUIDL holdings on Avalanche despite redeeming $1.3B BUIDL after USDtb supply dropped 44% month-over-month.

Avalanche ranks #4 among blockchain networks for Real World Assets (RWAs) by Total Value Locked, trailing Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Solana.

SEC decision deadline for VanEck and Grayscale AVAX ETF applications occurs on December 12.

AVAX ranks #9 on LunarCrush AltRank, measuring combined energy, conversation, and capital movement.

SIERRA goes live on Stargate with Avalanche integration, providing cross-chain transfers at 1:1 rate with no slippage on infinite size. Also available on Ethereum.

Community Assets Treasury (CATs) solicits USDC/USDT to buy AVAX at $7 price point.

The AVAX x Helika Game Accelerator hosts mentorship session with gaming journalist Igor Belkin, providing indie studios with media strategy guidance and game pitching practice. Holder count stands at 403,635.

Developer activity surges with Builder Hub accounts up 20x, 400k+ unique contract deployers, and 700k+ verified contracts over past 6 months. TVL ranking falls out of top-10 as Hyperliquid overtakes position.

The network launches Granite upgrade enabling 2-second settlement times.