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From builders to businesses to everyday users, Avalanche delivers a powerful experience built to drive adoption of blockchain.

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Avalanche is a high-performance blockchain platform designed for builders who need to scale. Avalanche is anchored by its Avalanche Consensus Mechanism, ensuring near-instant finality for transactions, while enabling the seamless creation of interoperable Layer 1 blockchains with high throughput on both public and private networks.

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News

Enterprise and Consumer Apps Announcement

Nov 20, 2025 / By Avalanche / 3 Minute Read

Royalties in Seconds, Not Months: Music Goes Onchain with Avalanche

How Record Financial and 11am, home to artists like Armani White, RealestK, Lil Tjay, A$AP Ferg, Alex Warren, and Maddox Batson, are bringing real-time royalty infrastructure to the music industry on Avalanche.

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Enterprise and Consumer Apps Announcement

Dec 12, 2025 / By Avalanche / 4 Minute Read

A New Kind of Holiday Exchange Comes to Life in New York City

At Union Square’s Holiday Market, small businesses and shoppers are experiencing faster, simpler payments powered quietly by Avalanche technology.

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Announcement

Dec 10, 2025 / By Avalanche Foundation / 3 Minute Read

Avalanche Foundation Establishes DLT Foundation in Abu Dhabi Global Market for MENA Regional Growth

The Avalanche Foundation has formally announced the establishment of a DLT Foundation within ADGM to accelerate growth across the MENA region.

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Enterprise and Consumer Apps Announcement

Dec 8, 2025 / By Avalanche / 3 Minute Read

Avalanche & Blockticity Bring Global Supply Chain Standards Onchain

Avalanche is positioned as the foundation for standards bodies, enterprises, and governments increasingly seeking supportive technology for global systems.

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Announcement

Dec 2, 2025 / By Avalanche Foundation / 4 Minute Read

The Avalanche Foundation Announces Third Cohort for Retro9000 L1 & Infrastructure Tooling Round

Meet the third cohort of builders rewarded through Retro9000 for launching Avalanche L1s or developer tooling on mainnet

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Institutions and Capital Markets Announcement

Nov 13, 2025 / By Avalanche / 3 Minute Read

Expanding Real-World Yield on Avalanche with Sierra and OpenTrade

Sierra and OpenTrade expand Avalanche’s real-world asset ecosystem with new technology that connects traditional financial systems to onchain infrastructure.

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Institutions and Capital Markets Announcement

Nov 11, 2025 / By Avalanche / 3 Minute Read

FIS and Intain Choose Avalanche to Power the Digital Liquidity Gateway

The Digital Liquidity Gateway bridges community banks to institutional-grade liquidity through Avalanche

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Ready to make your first move on Avalanche? Learn about the role of AVAX, how to set up a wallet, and ways to start participating in the network, whether its staking AVAX, playing games, using DeFi protocols, and more.

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The AVAX Token

AVAX powers the Avalanche network—used for paying fees, securing the platform, and fueling custom blockchain operations.

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