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 for more info.

Today, October 23, 2026, the live price of Avalanche (AVAX) is $9.12 per token. This price updates continuously based on trading activity from exchanges worldwide.

You can buy Avalanche (AVAX) directly in your MetaMask wallet in seconds. MetaMask supports credit cards, debit cards, bank transfers, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and local payment options based on your country or region worldwide, including the US, UK, EU, Türkiye, Japan, Korea, Venezuela, India, China, Taiwan, Brazil, Nigeria and more. This approach lets you skip extra steps and centralized exchanges, save on fees, and add Avalanche (AVAX) instantly and securely to your wallet.

You can swap Avalanche (AVAX) for thousands of tokens across hundreds of networks like Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, Linea, Base, and Arbitrum, right from your MetaMask wallet. Gas fees, AKA network fees, are included in every quote for complete transparency on the total cost. Just pick your input token, choose your output token, review the all-in rate, approve the transaction, and complete the swap in seconds. 

You can easily bridge Avalanche (AVAX) across networks with MetaMask's Swap aggregator, which finds the fastest and cheapest routes available. MetaMask cross-network Swaps combine bridging and swapping into one transaction: Send Avalanche from network A and receive a different token on network B without any wrapping required. This makes the process secure, simple, and cost-effective for users everywhere in the world.

You can sell Avalanche (AVAX) for fiat currency 24/7 directly in MetaMask, sending proceeds to debit cards, credit cards, PayPal, or bank accounts. This direct off-ramping avoids middlemen for faster payouts and lower fees. Your cash arrives quickly in your local currency, such as USD, EUR, GBP, INR, BRL, TRY or other regional options.

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, October 23, 2026, the price of Avalanche (AVAX) is $9.12. The all-time high of Avalanche (AVAX) is $144.96. The all-time low of Avalanche (AVAX) is $2.8. Avalanche (AVAX)’s market capitalization is approximately $4,045,845,759.

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

The all-time low of Avalanche (AVAX) is $2.8.

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 decentralized apps for trading, staking, yield optimization, 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.

AVAX serves three functions on the Avalanche network. First, it pays transaction fees on the Primary Network—and unlike most blockchains, 100% of base fees paid in AVAX are permanently burned rather than distributed to validators. Second, AVAX secures the network through staking: validators must stake a minimum of 2,000 AVAX, while delegators can participate with as little as 25 AVAX, receiving annualized yields that adjust dynamically based on total staked supply. Third, AVAX functions as the unit of account across the Avalanche ecosystem, used to denominate transactions, validator requirements, and L1 deployment fees.

Avalanche is the network—the blockchain platform with its multi-chain architecture, validators, and ecosystem of applications. AVAX is the coin—the digital asset that trades on exchanges, pays fees, and secures that network. When someone says "Avalanche is up 5%," they mean the AVAX token price increased. When someone says "I deployed on Avalanche," they mean they built on the network. This price page tracks the AVAX token.

Yes. Avalanche's C-Chain (Contract Chain) runs the Ethereum Virtual Machine, which means any smart contract or dapp built for Ethereum can run on Avalanche's C-Chain with no code changes.

AVAX has a hard-capped maximum supply of 720 million tokens. Half—360 million—existed from day one, minted at the September 2020 launch. The other half enters circulation as staking rewards, paid out to validators and delegators on a declining schedule. The fee burn mechanism works in the opposite direction—every transaction fee permanently removes AVAX from supply. Whether the net effect is inflationary or deflationary depends on the balance between staking emissions and transaction volume. AVAX's current market cap is $4,045,845,759.

Avalanche isn't a single chain. The Primary Network consists of three specialized chains: the C-Chain (EVM smart contracts), the X-Chain (asset creation and transfer), and the P-Chain (validator coordination and staking). Beyond the Primary Network, teams can launch their own application-specific blockchains—originally called subnets, now called Avalanche L1s following the Avalanche9000 upgrade in late 2024.

That upgrade was the biggest set of changes the network has shipped since its 2020 launch. It dropped the validator cost for running a custom blockchain from a continuous 2,000 AVAX stake down to a flat monthly fee (starting at 1.33 AVAX per validator), and L1 operators no longer need to also validate Avalanche's Primary Network. The result is that institutional deployments (JPMorgan, Citi, and others have tested on Avalanche infrastructure), gaming chains, and purpose-built DeFi environments can each run on their own chain with their own rules while still connecting to the broader Avalanche ecosystem.

AVAX is a large-cap Layer 1 crypto that correlates with broader market cycles, particularly Bitcoin and Ethereum sentiment. Beyond market-wide movements, AVAX-specific factors include: network activity levels on the C-Chain (which drive fee burns and affect net supply dynamics), the pace of Avalanche L1 launches (which can increase structural demand for AVAX staking), staking reward emissions (which add to circulating supply), and institutional adoption milestones. In March 2026, a joint SEC/CFTC rule formally designated AVAX as a digital commodity—the same classification that covers Bitcoin and Ethereum—which resolved years of regulatory ambiguity around the token.