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Avalanche By The Numbers
Avalanche Total Value Locked (TVL): $1.31B (+3.36%)
Avalanche C-Chain daily txns: 1.9M (-29.6%)
Max transactions per second: 410 (+5.94%)
Total Avalanche validators: 699 (+4.17%)
Total Avalanche L1s: 424 (+0.24%)
The percentages and metrics are based on a 7-day timeframe from Token Relations data, unless noted otherwise.
Inside The Blockchain
🔺What we’re watching: Grayscale has amended its S-1 filing for its proposed Avalanche Avalanche ETF, GAVX, as it looks to stake up to 70% of its AVAX holdings.
🔺Why it matters: Grayscale’s move comes after Bitwise and VanEck recently updated their own AVAX ETF filings to include staking rewards.
Grayscale is aiming to delegate a portion of its holdings to validators via the ETF to incentivize continued optimization.
Under the proposed framework, the ETF would delegate a portion of its AVAX to validators, allowing the fund to earn protocol-level yield while remaining fully onchain. This introduces a shift from passive exposure toward limited network participation, while still keeping operational control with the issuer.
🔺The bigger picture: A Grayscale-managed staking Avalanche ETF can give institutions and Wall Street investors exposure to Avalanche’s native yield without needing to evaluate validator performance. This, in turn, removes the need to manage slashing risks or develop internal staking expertise.
Chart Of The Week
Avalanche C-Chain processed 16.1M transactions between Dec. 29 - Jan. 4, recording a 12-month high.
Scaling the Ecosystem
Token Relations’ Avalanche Dashboard shows:
Joe DEX hit a 30-day high of $1.13M trading volume on Jan. 1
Avalanche’s average gas per second hit a 30-day high of 26.2M on Jan. 5, reflecting high demand for blockspace
AVAX One launched a dashboard for its digital asset treasury that tracks net asset value and purchase history
Avalanche’s Retro9000 program will hold its next snapshot on Jan. 13 to provide Avalanche L1s and infrastructure tool projects a grant from a $40M pool
The Defiant’s latest Avalanche Ecosystem Series goes into how fandom is becoming a market, and why loyalty and creator rewards are important for consumer crypto
AVAX Community Wins
The Arena’s 2026 roadmap for its Avalanche-powered SocialFi app includes a mobile app launch, NFT minting function, and an upgrade for its native token
ProTennis.fun is building an app that lets users trade shares of tennis players
CAVE dot money launched its exchange that lets crowdfunded tokens from Grotto’s Avalanche L1 gain access to liquidity pools upon deployment
Avax Team1 dove into how Costa Rica’s economy and future technological applications can benefit from Avalanche’s blockchain infrastructure
Join In The Fun
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Find the latest Ava Labs job postings here
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That’s all for now.
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