Avalanche AVAX
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CM Profile: Avalanche
Cryptominium Profile. What we have established, measured and written about AVAX, and what we have not.
- Measured
- Selling $100,000 on 2 exchange order books lost between 0.09% and 0.14%, on 8 October 2026.
- Its price, recorded by us every day since 9 August 2026.
- Written, with sources
Read from our own records when this page was made. It describes what we know, and is not a view on whether to hold AVAX. How each part is worked out
What changed
Week to 8 October- Price down 10.4% since 1 October.
From our own measurements only, each against the month before. We do not say why a price moves. How this is worked out · Every coin this week
What it actually costs to sell AVAX
Selling $100,000 of AVAX into each exchange’s resting bids, measured against the mid price:
| Exchange | Lost | Got back | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraken AVAX/USD | 0.09% | $99,911 | 2026-10-08 median of 24 |
| Coinbase AVAX/USD | 0.14% | $99,863 | 2026-10-08 |
Exchange figures need an account there (and KYC, a permitted country, the tokens already deposited), are before trading fees, and are never averaged with the on-chain figure. Binance is not included: it refuses requests from the region our servers are in. How this is measured →
Watch this number instead of remembering it. A free account keeps AVAX on a list, records where it stood the day you added it, and emails you if selling it on these exchanges gets materially harder — one message, not a series. The measurement itself stays public; the account is for being told when it moves without you looking.
What Avalanche is
Avalanche is a proof-of-stake platform launched in 2020 by Ava Labs, founded by Cornell computer scientist Emin Gün Sirer. Its consensus achieves finality in a second or two — once a transaction confirms it is settled, with no waiting for further blocks.
Its structural idea is subnets: rather than every application competing for space on one chain, projects can launch their own networks with their own rules and validators, while still connecting to the wider ecosystem. Its C-Chain runs Ethereum-compatible smart contracts, so existing tools work with minimal changes.
Adoption has been uneven. Subnets are genuinely useful for institutions and games that need dedicated capacity, but the flagship examples have been fewer than the architecture promised, and much activity still concentrates on the main C-Chain rather than spreading across subnets. AVAX competes directly with several fast, cheap, EVM-compatible chains, and technical quality alone has not proved decisive in that contest.
What Avalanche can do
Selling $100,000 on Kraken lost 0.09% against the mid price, before trading fees. Check your own amount →
Our own measurement · measured 8 October 2026
Anyone can send AVAX to any address. The fee is paid in AVAX and is burned, not paid to anyone. Why a payment cannot be undone →
Source: Avalanche docs: the AVAX token · checked 2 October 2026
AVAX can be staked by delegating at least 25 AVAX to a validator, for between two weeks and a year. The coins are locked for the whole period and cannot be taken out early. The validator keeps at least 2% of the rewards.
Source: Avalanche docs: how to stake · checked 2 October 2026
Avalanche runs the same kind of programs as Ethereum on a part of its network called the C-Chain, and AVAX pays for running them. Each app is its own code with its own flaws.
Source: Avalanche docs: the primary network · checked 2 October 2026
AVAX is capped at 720 million, of which 360 million were created at the start. The fee on every transaction is burned.
Source: Avalanche docs: the AVAX token · checked 2 October 2026
What a coin can do is not a reason to buy it or to sell it. Each answer names its source and the day we read it; where we could not source one, the row is left out. How these are written · Every coin we have written up
About the asset
Avalanche has no token contract — it is the native asset of its own chain, not a token issued on someone else's.
Price change
Avalanche data synced 4m ago from CoinGecko. Figures shown in USD. This page is market information, not financial advice — and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell AVAX.