Avalanche

MetaMask automatically displays popular tokens like Avalanche（AVAX）within your wallet. If you are not seeing your AVAX in MetaMask, you can manually add it using the "Add to MetaMask" button above, over the price chart. Please remember that you first need to install MetaMask extension if you are on a PC or Mac (desktop computer). If you are on mobile, please check out our MetaMask Support guide here for more info.

Today, 16 January 2026, the price of Avalanche (AVAX) is $13.75.

Buying Avalanche (AVAX) in MetaMask wallet is speedy, simple, and safe. You can buy Avalanche (AVAX) tokens directly in MetaMask using payment methods like a credit card, debit card, bank account, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or PayPal. There's no need for centralised exchanges. Select from thousands of your favourite tokens to buy on over 15 networks including Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Linea, Base, and more.

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Bridging crypto across chains allows you to move tokens from one network to another. With MetaMask, bridging Avalanche (AVAX) is easy, secure, and cost-effective. Our aggregator finds the most efficient routes to move your digital assets from one chain to another. And with cross-chain swapping, bridging and swapping can take place at the same time in a single transaction. Meaning: instead of bridging AVAX from chain A and wrapping or unwrapping it on chain B, you can swap AVAX from chain A to a second token on chain B, all in one move.

MetaMask makes it easy to sell your Avalanche (AVAX) and convert your crypto to cash. You can exchange from MetaMask wallet directly to your debit card, credit card, PayPal, or bank account. By removing unnecessary steps and cutting excess fees, offramping your digital assets is fast and simple.

There are two ways to stake AVAX on Avalanche: validator staking and delegator staking. 

- Validator: stake a minimum of 2000 AVAX and run your own node, while actively participating in governance and transaction consensus. 

- Delegator: stake a minimum of 25 AVAX, assigned to a validator of your choice. This allows stakers to earn rewards without running a node themselves, or having direct governance rights.

Today, 16 January 2026, the price of Avalanche (AVAX) is $13.75. The all-time high of Avalanche (AVAX) is $144.96. The all-time low of Avalanche (AVAX) is $2.80. Avalanche (AVAX)'s market capitalisation is $5,922,509,628.00.

The all-time high of Avalanche (AVAX) is $144.96.

The all-time low of Avalanche (AVAX) is $2.80.

With Avalanche, you can send and receive AVAX, the network's native token, and use it to pay transaction fees on certain networks. AVAX is supported in decentralised apps for trading, staking, yield optimisation, and payments. You can participate in DeFi protocols, bridge assets between networks, or use AVAX in select web3 financial strategies, all with speed and flexibility.

Trading Avalanche (AVAX) for ETH, WBTC, or SOL can be done directly in MetaMask. For more information on how to swap AVAX, head to MetaMask Support.