Avalanche news

VanEck updated its Avalanche ETF filing to allow staking up to 70% of its AVAX holdings via Coinbase Crypto Services, generating yield after a 4% service fee. Tokens will be stored by regulated custodians such as Anchorage Digital and Coinbase Custody in cold wallets. The fund will not use leverage or derivatives and will track the price through a custom MarketVector Avalanche Benchmark Rate index. If approved, the ETF would trade under VAVX on Nasdaq, following Bitwise’s recent similar filing.

Mugafi, an AI‑driven entertainment IP platform, has teamed with Avalanche to tokenize films, anime, music and other media assets, allowing creators to finance and distribute projects directly onchain. Using its AI models trained on thousands of scripts, Mugafi evaluates projects before they are tokenised, with the partnership aiming to raise over $10 million now and ultimately exceed $1 billion in annual IP financing throughput on Avalanche’s network. Since its 2020 launch in India, Mugafi has attracted investors such as Netflix, Amazon and Panorama Studios; its 2025 film Kuberaa grossed $35 million worldwide. The collaboration will create new roles across AI, production, blockchain operations and compliance, opening roughly 1,500 creator and studio opportunities in India, North America, Japan and Korea.

Bitwise updated its spot Avalanche ETF filing, changing the ticker to BAVA and setting a 0.34% sponsor fee, the lowest in the space. The trust can stake up to 70% of its AVAX holdings, earning yield that will be split 12% for expenses and the rest to shareholders. A first‑month fee waiver applies to the initial $500 million of assets. The filing also adds a liquidity reserve, tighter Coinbase custody rules, and expanded risk disclosures. If approved, BAVA would trade on NYSE Arca, while VanEck’s and Grayscale’s similar ETFs would list on NASDAQ. All three firms target Q1 2026 approval.

The approval lets Securitize operate at the market-infrastructure layer, going beyond its earlier brokerage and transfer-agent permissions.

Securitize has received full EU regulatory approval to launch a digital trading and settlement platform, positioning it as the sole firm authorised to operate licensed tokenised‑securities infrastructure in both the European Union and the United States. The company plans to roll out an Avalanche‑based platform, aiming to go live with its first EU issuance early next year, and to allow issuers and investors across the Atlantic to engage in digital finance under a single compliant framework. Tokenised assets could reach an $18 trillion market by 2033.

Coinbase's CFTC-regulated derivatives arm plans to launch 24/7 trading and "perp-style" futures for nearly a dozen altcoins.

Record Financial aggregates royalty data in real time, paying creators in USDC on Avalanche to bypass legacy intermediaries, offering instant settlements. Early adopters like 11am Management already give artists real-time earnings visibility across platforms. The company plans to extend the model to film, TV, gaming and other digital media, aiming for a transparent creative economy where money moves as quickly as culture. Avalanche’s low-cost, high-speed settlement infrastructure makes the system scalable for thousands of micropayments worldwide.

BeInCrypto highlights three altcoins—Filecoin, Zilliqa, and Avalanche—whose upcoming developments could influence their price action in the uncertain market. Filecoin faces a major announcement that could trigger a sharp rebound above $2.26 or deepen a decline toward $1.46. Zilliqa’s 0.19.0 mainnet upgrade aims to boost staker flexibility and network liveness, potentially lifting the token to $0.0082; failure could push it below $0.0058. Avalanche’s Granite upgrade may support a recovery to $18.27, but a fall below $14.89 could expose downside risk.

NH NongHyup Bank, one of South Korea's largest banks, is piloting a proof‑of‑concept that uses the Avalanche blockchain and stablecoins to digitise value‑added tax (VAT) refunds for inbound tourists. The test, carried out with Avalanche, Fireblocks, Mastercard and Worldpay, will not involve real funds or customer data, but will confirm the technical feasibility of smart‑contract‑driven refunds and instant settlements. The project targets South Korea's 16.4 million 2024 inbound tourists, aiming to replace paper‑based refunds with a blockchain‑based system that automates record‑keeping and enables real‑time, currency‑exchange‑free settlements. NH NongHyup plans to expand stablecoin payment and refund services once regulatory guidelines for won‑pegged stablecoins are released.

FIS and Intain have launched a blockchain‑based marketplace on Avalanche that lets regional and community banks securitize and sell loan portfolios directly to institutional investors. The Digital Liquidity Gateway tokenizes each loan as an NFT, automates settlement with stablecoins like USDC, and removes intermediaries. Integrated with FIS’s core banking, Intain’s AI verifies data before minting, making each loan traceable on‑chain and improving transparency. The platform already attracts banks and investors, with hundreds of millions of dollars in loans expected by year‑end, starting with commercial real‑estate and aviation finance.