Avalanche (AVAX) Faces Significant Price Decline Amid Institutional Adoption Surge
Avalanche (AVAX) is trading at $9.07 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of $258.6 million, marking a challenging period for the token despite growing institutional interest in the ecosystem.
Price Performance and Market Pressure
The token has declined 15% over the past 24 hours and is down 25% from one week ago. AVAX broke below $15 support, testing $10.85 – its lowest since November 2023, with technicals showing a descending triangle breakdown and bearish momentum signals.
Avalanche holds a market cap of $3.92 billion, ranking #24 among cryptocurrencies.
Institutional Adoption Accelerates
Despite price weakness, institutional activity on Avalanche continues to expand. Avalanche's real-world asset (RWA) total value locked surged to $1.3 billion in Q4 2025, up 68.6% quarterly, with BlackRock expanding its BUIDL fund to $500 million on Avalanche and FIS partnering with Intain to tokenize $6 billion in loans for 2,000 U.S. banks.
Recent Ecosystem Developments
VanEck launched VAVX, the first U.S.-listed ETF tracking Avalanche's native token AVAX and including staking rewards, debuting under ticker VAVX with sponsor fees waived for the first $500 million of assets or until February 28.
Avalanche C-Chain now supports ERC-8004, enabling developers to natively deploy AI agents with on-chain identity, discovery, and portable reputation for AI.
Token Unlock Alert
Avalanche will release 1.67 million AVAX on February 11, worth roughly $15.13 million, which could add volatility to the market.