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August 20, 2026
Avalanche

Avalanche

AVAX Rank #39

Live price · multi-source dashboard · Updated 8 minutes ago

$7.23
▲ +10.33% (24h)
Market cap
$3.05B
24h volume
$331.22M
Circ. supply
422.28M
AVAX
Max supply
715.75M
AVAX
All-time high
$145.67
Nov 2021
52-Week Low
$5.90
01Snapshot

Avalanche — key facts

Price
$7.23
24h change
+10.33%
Market cap
$3.05B
Market rank
#39
24h volume
$331.22M
Circ. supply
422,275,285 AVAX
From all-time high
-95.0%
Last updated

Market pulse

Live editorial snapshot — numbers update on every refresh

Today's state: Avalanche is trading at $7.23 with a $3.1 billion market capitalization (rank #39). The price moved +10.33% over the past 24 hours and is +2.59% over 7 days; the 30-day move stands at +10.04% and the 90-day at -21.01%.

Position vs cycle: The asset trades deep in the post-peak drawdown regime, more than 70% below its prior cycle high — typical of late-stage bear conditions or assets that have permanently re-rated lower.

Volatility and structure: 30-day realized volatility of 58.3% annualized is moderate for an asset this size. Our composite multi-horizon Price Strength reads Bearish (35/100), against a weakening multi-horizon backdrop with cumulative pressure across 30/90-day windows.

Composite scorecards

Derived metrics composed from multi-horizon data

Price strength
35/100
Bearish

Composite of 24h/7d/30d/90d/1y returns weighted toward longer horizons.

Liquidity
94/100
Deep

24h volume / market cap = 10.847%.

Volatility (30d)
58%
Moderate

Annualized std-dev of daily log returns.

BTC correlation (90d)
+0.66
Linked
-10+1
From ATH
-95.0%
5%

% of all-time high currently held.

From ATL
1.2×
1.2x

Multiple over 52-week low. Log scale.

Avalanche's performance grid shows the asset gained 10.33% over the last 24 hours, with the 7-day picture 2.59% higher and the 30-day frame 10.04% higher. On a one-year view the asset has posted gains of 0.00%, against a weakening multi-horizon backdrop.

The asset currently trades 95.0% below its all-time high — a deep drawdown in which momentum and liquidity flows have, historically, driven price more than any pull back toward the mean. 30-day realized volatility sits at 58% annualized — moderate territory for a crypto asset of this size.

Right now Avalanche is exhibiting deep order books and broad exchange coverage. 24-hour trading volume represents 10.847% of market capitalization — our liquidity-health composite scores this as Deep (94/100). That is well above the typical top-50 reading, frequently a sign of heightened speculation or a live news catalyst.

The 90-day Pearson correlation of AVAX's daily returns versus Bitcoin's is +0.66 — a strong positive relationship. Avalanche is materially correlated with Bitcoin but retains some idiosyncratic price-action. Portfolio diversification benefit is real but limited.

Performance grid

% return across 9 horizons — heatmap by magnitude

1H
+0.14%
24H
+10.33%
7D
+2.59%
30D
+10.04%
3M
-21.01%
6M
-20.71%
1Y
ATH
-95.04%
from ATH
ATL
1.2×
from ATL
02Price

Price chart

USD · daily candles · CoinGecko + Binance

Data refreshed 8 minutes ago · auto-updates daily

Price history table

Last 30 trading days · daily OHLC

Date Open High Low Close Change
2026-08-20 $6.78 $7.28 $6.69 $7.24 +6.74%
2026-08-19 $6.34 $6.88 $6.29 $6.78 +6.99%
2026-08-18 $6.35 $6.46 $6.24 $6.33 -0.28%
2026-08-17 $6.33 $6.40 $6.29 $6.35 +0.35%
2026-08-16 $6.33 $6.44 $6.22 $6.33 -0.05%
2026-08-15 $6.48 $6.88 $6.30 $6.33 -2.22%
2026-08-14 $6.46 $6.50 $6.35 $6.48 +0.29%
2026-08-13 $6.32 $6.55 $6.32 $6.46 +2.18%
2026-08-12 $6.32 $6.55 $6.21 $6.32 -0.06%
2026-08-11 $6.44 $6.56 $6.11 $6.32 -1.77%
2026-08-10 $6.42 $6.58 $6.38 $6.44 +0.23%
2026-08-09 $6.48 $6.60 $6.39 $6.42 -0.93%
2026-08-08 $6.43 $6.60 $6.42 $6.48 +0.75%
2026-08-07 $6.44 $6.53 $6.36 $6.44 -0.08%
2026-08-06 $6.66 $6.70 $6.35 $6.44 -3.32%
2026-08-05 $6.69 $6.72 $6.53 $6.66 -0.40%
2026-08-04 $6.57 $6.99 $6.56 $6.69 +1.73%
2026-08-03 $6.55 $6.60 $6.37 $6.58 +0.35%
2026-08-02 $6.19 $6.69 $6.19 $6.55 +5.85%
2026-08-01 $6.39 $6.45 $6.04 $6.19 -3.07%
2026-07-31 $6.44 $6.54 $6.33 $6.39 -0.76%
2026-07-30 $6.43 $6.53 $6.39 $6.43 +0.03%
2026-07-29 $6.58 $6.64 $6.31 $6.43 -2.22%
2026-07-28 $6.41 $6.63 $6.36 $6.58 +2.65%
2026-07-27 $6.75 $6.75 $6.38 $6.41 -5.01%
2026-07-26 $6.78 $6.83 $6.65 $6.75 -0.46%
2026-07-25 $6.30 $6.85 $6.23 $6.78 +7.50%
2026-07-24 $6.27 $6.32 $6.14 $6.30 +0.57%
2026-07-23 $6.63 $6.66 $6.20 $6.27 -5.40%
2026-07-22 $6.57 $6.66 $6.46 $6.63 +0.82%

Technical analysis

RSI · MACD · moving averages · Bollinger

RSI (14)
69.6
neutral
03070100
MACD signal
Bullish
Histogram: 0.07
Moving averages
MA 50
$6.56
+10.27%
MA 100
$7.13
+1.44%
MA 200
$8.21
-11.88%
Resistance levels
  • R$9.08
  • R$9.45
  • R$9.48
  • R$9.57
Support levels
  • S$6.32
  • S$6.35
  • S$6.37
  • S$6.38

Derivatives & leverage

Perpetual-futures positioning from Hyperliquid · AVAX-PERP

Hyperliquid
Open interest
$15.69M
24h perp volume
$10.17M
Funding (APR)
+11.0%
+0.0013%/hr
Mark vs spot
+0.07%
10× max lev
Shorts pay Funding bias Longs pay

Funding is positive at +11.0%/yr, so long positions are paying shorts — leverage on Hyperliquid is currently skewed bullish. Persistent positive funding can precede long-squeeze pullbacks.

Funding trend +11.0%
Open interest trend $15.69M

Perpetual-futures data from Hyperliquid, the leading on-chain perp DEX. Funding is paid hourly; a positive rate means long holders pay shorts. Derivatives positioning is informational, not a trade signal.

Multi-model price forecast

3-model ensemble · TA + statistical + peer-relative

Short term · 24h–7d
High conf
24–48 hours
Low $6.76 -6.4%
Mid $7.36 +1.7%
High $8.00 +10.6%
Models contributing
Technical · Statistical · Relative
Mid term · 7–30d
High conf
7–30 days
Low $5.88 -18.6%
Mid $6.97 -3.7%
High $8.00 +10.7%
Models contributing
Technical · Statistical · Relative
Long term · 3–6mo
High conf
3–12 months
Low $1.99 -72.5%
Mid $3.01 -58.3%
High $5.41 -25.2%
Models contributing
Technical · Statistical · Relative
Per-model breakdown +
Model Horizon Low Mid High Method
Technical Short $6.43 $7.03 $7.63 TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope)
Technical Mid $5.94 $6.99 $7.13 TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope)
Technical Long $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope)
Monte Carlo Short $6.18 $7.06 $8.07 Monte Carlo on 90d log returns
Monte Carlo Mid $4.95 $6.53 $8.60 Monte Carlo on 90d log returns
Monte Carlo Long $1.99 $3.91 $7.67 Monte Carlo on 90d log returns
Peer comparison Short $7.88 $8.08 $8.28 Peer comparison · 15 peers in same category
Peer comparison Mid $7.07 $7.52 $8.08 Peer comparison · 15 peers in same category
Peer comparison Long $5.16 $5.73 $7.80 Peer comparison · 15 peers in same category

The forecast above combines three independent models per the STNews methodology:

  • Technical model derives its ranges from moving averages, ATR, Bollinger bands and trend slope, and is most informative when price is cleanly trending or ranging.
  • Statistical (Monte Carlo) model samples the last 90 days of daily log returns to map the 5th, 50th and 95th percentile outcomes at each horizon, giving a trend-agnostic baseline.
  • Peer-relative model looks at same-category, similar-cap coins and projects the price implied by matching their median, lower-quartile and upper-quartile return profiles, anchoring the forecast to sector behaviour.

The ensemble forecast is a weighted blend — 40% statistical, 30% technical, 30% peer-relative. The confidence badge tracks model agreement: the tighter the three cluster, the higher the confidence; wide disagreement lowers it and flags a regime where statistics alone are unreliable.

Disclaimer: These forecasts are algorithmic estimates derived from public price data using moving averages, Bollinger bands, Monte Carlo simulation of historical log returns, and peer-group comparison. They are not investment advice and should not be used to make trading decisions. Cryptocurrency is highly volatile and can lose all value. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. See our forecast methodology for full details.

Prediction markets

Live crowd-implied odds from Polymarket

Polymarket

These are real-money probabilities — traders stake capital on each outcome, so the price is the market’s live estimate of how likely it is. Odds move with sentiment and resolve to a verifiable result.

Will AVAX reach $10 by December 31, 2026?
Jan 1
51%
Yes · crowd-implied chance
Yes 51% · No 49% $428 traded
Implied price distribution
by Jan 1, 2027

Crowd-implied probability the price touches each level · ● reach ● dip to

Now $714%$355%$452%$548%$858%$951%$1012%$1111%$12

Live odds from Polymarket · 3 markets · $574K traded. View on Polymarket → Prediction-market odds are informational, not investment advice.

03On-chain

Cross-asset correlations (90d)

Pearson correlation of daily log returns vs top L1 references

Bitcoin
+0.66
Moderate
-10+1
Ethereum
+0.69
Moderate
-10+1
Solana
+0.74
Strong
-10+1

Beyond Bitcoin, AVAX's 90-day return correlations to the other two largest layer-1 references help characterize whether the asset moves as part of a crypto-market beta complex or as something more idiosyncratic. The Pearson correlations across daily log returns:

  • Bitcoin reference: +0.66 — a strong positive relationship.
  • Ethereum reference: +0.69 — a strong positive relationship.
  • Solana reference: +0.74 — a strong positive relationship.

When an asset correlates strongly with multiple majors, it is trading largely as market beta — the big caps set the direction and standalone outperformance is elusive. Weak or negative correlations instead signal idiosyncratic forces (its own news, sector rotation, narrative changes) capable of producing returns the broader market does not share.

04Context

About Avalanche

Avalanche (AVAX) is a cryptocurrency, traded on global digital-asset markets. It trades at $7.23 as of the latest update, with a 24-hour move up 10.33%, placing it at rank #39 by market capitalisation among all listed digital assets. Avalanche's current market cap stands at $3.05B, a figure used by traders, analysts and institutional desks to gauge relative liquidity and risk exposure across the crypto market.

On this page you'll find a live, daily-refreshed dashboard tracking Avalanche across multiple data sources — price history going back several years, on-chain activity where available, fundamentals like circulating supply and dilution, top exchanges by volume, technical analysis using moving averages and RSI, and an algorithmic short, mid and long-term forecast. All figures are pulled from public APIs and cached locally; nothing here is investment advice.

Avalanche positions itself as a general-purpose chain for decentralized applications. The investment thesis rests on ecosystem traction: active addresses, application total-value-locked, and developer mindshare, balanced against the throughput-versus-decentralisation compromises baked into its consensus.

Avalanche (AVAX) is a top-50 asset, ranked #39 among all tracked tokens by capitalisation. About 59% of the maximum AVAX supply is in circulation today (422.28M of 715.75M), leaving a moderate emission stream still to come. It currently trades about 95% below its all-time high of $145.67 set in November 2021.

STNews Analyst Note

By market value Avalanche (AVAX) sits inside the top 50, trading at $7.23 as of the latest snapshot. AVAX is +10.33% over 24 hours, +2.59% over the past week, +10.04% over 30 days, putting it in the upper half of weekly performers across the top 250 by market capitalisation. Avalanche remains roughly 95% beneath its all-time high of $145.67, a level first printed in November 2021. Only 59% of AVAX's eventual supply (422.28M of 715.75M) is currently in circulation — meaningful future dilution is built into the schedule and should be factored into long-term valuation.

Daily volume runs at about 10.8% of market capitalisation, in line with the active-trading band for a coin of this size.

How it works — Avalanche

Under the hood, Avalanche is a smart-contract Layer-1 using staked validators rather than mining to reach consensus. Validators put the token at risk as a bond, the protocol selects them to order transactions, and fees plus issuance reward honest participation. Developers deploy contracts that this validator set then executes.

Avalanche (AVAX) is a top-50 asset, ranked #39 among all tracked tokens by capitalisation. About 59% of the maximum AVAX supply is in circulation today (422.28M of 715.75M), leaving a moderate emission stream still to come. It currently trades about 95% below its all-time high of $145.67 set in November 2021. Its fully-diluted valuation of $5.18B is about 1.7× the circulating market cap of $3.05B, a gap that signals issuance overhang to factor into any longer-term thesis.

Use cases — Avalanche

In practice the token does four jobs: it pays gas for on-chain activity, it is staked to help secure the network and earn yield, it underpins the applications and DeFi collateral built on the chain, and it carries governance weight. Its value tracks how much genuine usage the chain attracts.

Daily turnover is unusually high at roughly 11% of market cap ($331.22M traded in 24 hours), the kind of liquidity that reflects an active news or trading cycle.

Tokenomics

Supply schedule & distribution

Circulating vs locked vs unminted
  • Circulating supply: 422.28M AVAX — tokens actively trading and held by the public
  • Total supply: 457.94M AVAX — all tokens minted to date (including those locked or held by the issuer)
  • Max supply: 715.75M AVAX — the protocol-defined upper limit (if any) on lifetime issuance
  • Issued to date: 59% of max supply
  • Locked / treasury: 7.8% of total supply

Avalanche's supply schedule directly affects its long-term inflation rate and, by extension, how dilutive future issuance will be to existing holders. A coin near full dilution behaves very differently from one that still has 60% of its supply waiting to be unlocked.

Supply economics

Issuance pressure, dilution, and structural value accrual

Avalanche's tokenomics combine its supply schedule, current circulating supply, and the relationship between circulating market cap and fully-diluted valuation. Approximately 59.0% of maximum supply is currently circulating, meaning roughly 41.0% of total potential supply remains to be issued. This implies a structural emission stream against current demand for the asset. The fully diluted valuation (FDV) of $5.2 billion stands at 1.7× the current circulating market cap of $3.1 billion. The wider this ratio, the more issuance overhang the asset faces — a structural headwind on valuation that mature assets like Bitcoin do not face but that early-cycle assets typically do.

The question that matters for a longer-term view is simple: does value accrual (burns, staking-yield reinvestment, deflationary mechanics, growing ecosystem TVL) run ahead of new issuance, or behind it? Ahead, and price can compound quietly; behind, and it leans on continuous fresh demand to soak up the supply.

Trader's note

Coin-type-aware tactical interpretation

What tends to move Avalanche ahead of price is on-chain demand: active addresses and fees paid on the application layer, plus the staking picture (the share of supply bonded and where the staking yield is heading). Healthy, improving network usage has historically led the chart rather than lagged it.

Price Strength reads bearish (35/100). On a chain like this, the more durable entry signal is fundamental stabilisation — TVL and active users finding a floor — rather than the price chart alone. AVAX has historically tracked ecosystem and narrative shifts more than textbook technical setups.

05Action

Markets & exchanges

Top trading pairs by 24h volume

# Exchange Pair Last price 24h volume Trust
1 Binance AVAX/USDT $7.23 $331.22M A+
2 Coinbase AVAX/USD $7.23 $72.87M A+
3 OKX AVAX/USDT $7.23 $46.37M A
4 Bybit AVAX/USDT $7.23 $36.43M A
5 Kraken AVAX/USD $7.23 $26.50M A

Initial rows server-rendered from our verified pipeline (binance-v2). Data-only. STNews does not place affiliate links here. See our affiliate disclosure.

If you'd bought Avalanche...

ROI calculator · historical close prices

AVAX Bought
at
Value today
at $7.23
Total return

Calculated on daily close prices. Does not include trading fees, taxes, or staking yields. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Converter

Rate: 1 AVAX = $7.23

Compared to peers

Price, market cap, volume, supply

Coin7d trendPriceMarket Cap24h Vol24h %7d %
Avalanche Avalanche AVAX $7.23 $3.05B $331.22M +10.33% +2.59%
Bitcoin Bitcoin BTC $72,679.60 $1.46T $48.98B +6.44% -4.60%
Ethereum Ethereum ETH $2,337.64 $286.07B $29.59B +12.40% -5.79%
Solana Solana SOL $87.35 $47.44B $3.80B +7.36% -13.42%
XRP XRP XRP $1.31 $78.12B $4.53B +23.33% +2.56%
BNB BNB BNB $578.65 $80.54B $771.84M -0.05% -3.52%
Dogecoin Dogecoin DOGE $0.0829 $13.93B $1.19B +14.48% -6.29%
Cardano Cardano ADA $0.1997 $7.15B $515.60M +11.32% -11.45%
TRON TRON TRX $0.3394 $29.31B $550.67M +1.77% +1.23%
06Outlook

Market sentiment

Crypto Fear & Greed Index · alternative.me

62
Greed
2026-08-20

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index aggregates volatility, market momentum, social media activity, dominance and Google Trends data into a single 0–100 score updated daily. Today's reading is 62 — Greed.

Extreme fear (below 25) historically signals buying opportunities for contrarians, while extreme greed (above 75) often precedes corrections. The index works best as one input among many, not as a standalone trading signal.

Past 30 days

Avalanche on X

Live community discussion

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Macro & cross-asset context

How macro liquidity and cross-asset moves frame the trade

The macro backdrop for crypto assets is dominated by the Federal Reserve's rate path, the trajectory of dollar liquidity, and the unwind (or non-unwind) of the post-2020 expansion in M2 money supply. Crypto — Bitcoin in particular — has historically responded most strongly to shifts in the global liquidity regime, with risk-on phases coinciding with falling real yields and a softening dollar, and risk-off phases the inverse.

To read crypto in a wider context, keep an eye on four markets — the dollar, where strength typically pressures risk assets; long-dated Treasury yields, which set the discount rate on future cash flows; gold, sometimes a parallel hard-money bet; and US equities, frequently correlated with crypto during liquidity-driven swings despite the popular "uncorrelated" label.

Narrowing to Avalanche, the cleanest leading signal has usually been crypto-native liquidity — the combined trend in stablecoin supply, futures open interest and exchange turnover. When that pool of on-chain capital grows, AVAX has tended to advance with it; when it drains, the move has typically gone into reverse. Given the 90-day BTC correlation of +0.66, AVAX's near-term macro sensitivity will be similar to Bitcoin's — driven primarily by the same liquidity conditions and risk-asset flows.

Risks

The hazards to weigh: stake that concentrates in a handful of validators, bugs in the applications running on the chain, an unusually crowded field of competing L1s, unsettled regulation of staking rewards and MEV, and the hard truth that a base layer loses value fast if builders and users drift to a rival.

07More

Frequently asked questions

What is Avalanche (AVAX)?

Avalanche is a cryptocurrency, traded on global digital-asset markets. It trades under the ticker AVAX and currently has a market capitalisation of $3.05B.

What is the price of AVAX today?

The price of Avalanche today is $7.23, refreshed daily from public market data. Live price changes are visible at the top of this page.

What is the maximum supply of Avalanche?

The protocol caps lifetime issuance of Avalanche at 715.75M AVAX. This limit is enforced by the network's code and cannot be raised without coordinated upgrades.

What was Avalanche\'s all-time high?

Avalanche's all-time high in USD terms is $145.67. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.

How can I buy Avalanche?

Avalanche is available on the major centralized exchanges; the Markets table on this page ranks them by AVAX/USD volume. As always, verify the venue's withdrawal fees, funding options, and licensing for your jurisdiction first.

Is Avalanche a good investment?

We do not give investment advice. Crypto is a high-volatility asset class where large drawdowns are normal, so any position should be sized to your personal risk tolerance and, ideally, discussed with a licensed adviser before you act on the data shown here.

Where does the data on this page come from?

Our price, supply and volume data come from public cryptocurrency APIs (Binance, CoinGecko, CoinPaprika and similar), and the sentiment gauge is from alternative.me. Everything is stored locally and refreshed on a recurring cycle.

Latest STNews coverage of Avalanche

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In the news

Headlines from major crypto outlets · refreshed every 6h

Cointelegraph 2 days ago

Neuberger teams with Securitize on multi-chain tokenized fixed-income fund launch

The $613 billion asset manager will subadvise a high-yield fund tokenized across Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche and Sui.

The Block 2 days ago

Securitize brings Neuberger’s $230 billion fixed-income platform onchain with new tokenized fund

HINC will be available across Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui, as Securitize expands its push to bring fixed-income strategies onchain.

ambcrypto 4 days ago

Avalanche’s RWA volume jumps 360% – Can whales push AVAX to $7.20?

AVAX gains momentum as RWA activity and whale orders rise, strengthening the case for a pennant breakout toward $7.20.

cryptoslate 1 week ago

Nasdaq puts $675 million Avalanche Treasury on the clock over two listing failures

The AVAX treasury company must hold a $1 closing bid and $35 million listed-securities value threshold for at least 10 consecutive business days. The post Nasdaq puts $675 million Avalanche Treasury on the clock over two listing failures appeared first on CryptoSlate.

cryptoslate 2 weeks ago

AVAX One holds $88 million in Avalanche tokens, but its lender only wants cash or Bitcoin

The waiver required a $1.3 million payment, increased the remaining note and left $5.437 million under lender control. The post AVAX One holds $88 million in Avalanche tokens, but its lender only wants cash or Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

cryptoslate 2 weeks ago

How 4,200 malicious smart contracts tricked 5,700 victims into signing away their crypto

The unpeer-reviewed study links 4,224 contracts to 5,742 victim addresses, while its Avalanche count and collection cutoff conflict. The post How 4,200 malicious smart contracts tricked 5,700 victims into signing away their crypto appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Disclaimer & data sources

The information on this page is provided for general educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal or tax advice. Cryptocurrency markets are highly volatile; you can lose some or all of your capital. STNews does not recommend that any cryptocurrency should be bought, sold or held by you. Conduct your own due diligence and consult your independent financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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