About Avalanche
Avalanche is a blockchain platform that lets financial institutions, enterprises, and consumer brands issue assets, move money, and settle transactions in seconds, on infrastructure they control, and connected to global liquidity.
What Avalanche Does
Dedicated Networks Built to Your Requirements
Programs issue points as onchain assets that members can hold, transfer, and redeem without expiry, while the brand retains full control of issuance and rules.
Tokenization and Real-World Assets
Asset managers, transfer agents, and issuers use Avalanche to issue, manage, and settle tokenized funds, Treasuries, equities, real estate, and credit products. Distributions, redemptions, and reporting run automatically, and products can reach new investor channels. BlackRock's BUIDL fund, Franklin Templeton, VanEck, and WisdomTree products are available on Avalanche today.
Payments and Stablecoin Settlement
Banks and payment companies use Avalanche to settle cross-border payments in seconds without prefunding accounts in every corridor. Institutions can issue their own regulated stablecoins or tokenized deposits and move them around the clock, including weekends and holidays.
Capital Markets and Private Credit
Avalanche supports the full life of a credit or securities product, from origination and structuring through distribution, trading, and settlement. Galaxy issued its first CLO on Avalanche, and FIS and Intain are building a gateway that lets roughly 2,000 U.S. community banks buy, sell, and securitize loan portfolios.
Loyalty, Ticketing, and Fan Engagement
Brands, sports clubs, and event operators use Avalanche to run loyalty programs and ticketing systems they own outright. Tickets can't be counterfeited, rewards can move with the customer, and engagement data stays with the brand instead of a third-party platform.
Government and Public Sector
Public agencies use Avalanche for records, registries, and payments that need to be tamper-proof and auditable. The Kenya National Examinations Council, Uruguay’s Agency for Electronic Government and the Information, the CA DMV, and State of Wyoming all trust Avalanche for their deployments.
How Avalanche Works With You
Getting started
Submit the contact form with your use case, and the team routes you to a specialist for that industry.
Who you work with
Institutions and enterprises work with the Avalanche business development team, Ava Labs solutions engineers, and, where relevant, ecosystem partners for tokenization, custody, and compliance.
Onboarding
Projects move from discovery and architecture scoping to a test deployment, then to production. Avalanche ships with proven frameworks and enterprise support so teams can go from pilot to production in weeks.
Ongoing support
Customers have access to documentation, the Builder Hub, network status monitoring, and a named point of contact for enterprise deployments.
What Makes Avalanche Different
Compliance Enforced at the Network Level
On general-purpose blockchains, compliance rules live inside individual smart contracts that share one public network. Avalanche L1s let institutions set who validates and who transacts at the infrastructure level, so a regulated entity can meet its obligations before a single contract is deployed.
Settlement in Seconds, Not Days
Transactions on Avalanche reach final, irreversible settlement in under two seconds. Legacy blockchains like Ethereum take roughly 13 minutes to reach full finality, and traditional securities settlement runs on T+1 or longer. For regulated trades that must never be reversed once reported, that difference decides whether a platform can be licensed.
Private Networks That Connect to Public Markets
First generation blockchains built as private ledgers give institutions control, but keep their assets isolated from global liquidity. Avalanche L1s can be fully permissioned and still connect natively to the broader network. Progmat, Japan's largest security token platform, migrated from R3 Corda to a dedicated Avalanche L1 for exactly this reason.
Native Interoperability Without Third-Party Bridges
On general-purpose blockchains, compliance rules live inside individual smart contracts that share one public network. Avalanche L1s let institutions set who validates and who transacts at the infrastructure level, so a regulated entity can meet its obligations before a single contract is deployed.
Costs You Can Predict and Control
Fees on shared public networks rise and fall with overall demand. On Avalanche, transaction costs are typically less than one cent, and dedicated L1s can set their own fee token so end customers see zero visible fees. Because Avalanche is fully EVM-compatible, teams also keep using the wallets, audit firms, and developer tools they already trust, which chains like Solana and Canton don't support natively.
Who Uses Avalanche
Asset Managers
Deploying money market funds, Treasuries, private credit, and hedge fund products onchain
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Transfer agents, broker-dealers, and tokenization platforms serving regulated issuers
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Global and regional banks issuing tokenized deposits or regulated stablecoins
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U.S. community banks buying, selling, and securitizing loan portfolios
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Payment companies and money service businesses operating cross-border corridors
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Private credit lenders and servicers modernizing origination and administration
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Fintechs and neobanks embedding yield, payments, or savings products in their apps
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Sports leagues, clubs, and live event operators running ticketing and fan programs
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Consumer brands building loyalty and rewards programs
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Government agencies modernizing records, registries, and public payments
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Developers building financial and consumer applications on EVM-compatible infrastructure
Key
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- Company Name
- Avalanche (Avalanche Foundation); core software developed by Ava Labs
- Type
- Blockchain infrastructure platform for financial institutions, enterprises, and consumer applications
- Founded
- Ava Labs founded 2018; Avalanche mainnet launched September 2020
- Founder
- Emin Gün Sirer, Kevin Sekniqi, and Maofan "Ted" Yin
- Headquarters
- [NEEDS: Avalanche Foundation jurisdiction; Ava Labs, New York, NY]
- Website
- avax.network
- Core Offering
- Dedicated, configurable blockchains (Avalanche L1s) connected to a public network for issuing assets, moving money, and settling transactions
- Pricing
- Open network. Public transaction fees are typically under one cent. Dedicated L1s set their own fee token and fee logic.
- Contract Terms
- No contract required to build on the public network. Managed and enterprise services are provided under commercial agreements.
- Services
- Tokenization and real-world assets, payments and stablecoin settlement, capital markets, private credit, settlement, government, loyalty programs, ticketing
- Communication
- Website contact form, business development team, developer documentation, Builder Hub.
- Notable Clients
- BlackRock (BUIDL via Securitize), Securitize, Progmat, Galaxy, FIS, Intain, Apollo, SkyBridge Capital, Franklin Templeton, VanEck, WisdomTree, Dinari, J.P. Morgan Onyx (Project Guardian)
- Customers Served
- [NEEDS: e.g. number of active L1s or institutional partners]
- Projects Delivered
- [NEEDS: e.g. tokenized assets live, total tokenized RWA value]
- Competitors
- [LEGAL: Ethereum, Solana, Canton Network, R3 Corda, Hyperledger Fabric]
- Social
- [NEEDS: X, LinkedIn, YouTube, GitHub links]
Frequently asked questions
Avalanche is blockchain infrastructure that businesses use to issue assets, move money, and settle transactions in seconds. Institutions can run dedicated, permissioned networks that stay connected to global liquidity.
No. The technology runs in the background, and end users interact with familiar apps, cards, and accounts. Many Avalanche deployments serve customers who never see a wallet or token.
Avalanche L1s let institutions control who participates, what activity is permitted, and who can see transaction data. KYC, AML, and sanctions screening can be built into the infrastructure itself. Regulated service providers such as transfer agents and custodians remain responsible for their licensed activities.
Transactions reach final settlement in under two seconds, typically in under a second. Once confirmed, they can't be reversed.
Transactions on the public network typically cost less than one cent. Organizations running a dedicated L1 can set their own fees, including zero visible fees for their customers.
An Avalanche L1 is a dedicated blockchain that an organization configures with its own validators, rules, and fee structure. It runs independently while staying natively connected to the rest of the Avalanche network.
The Avalanche Foundation launched the public network and supports the growth of its ecosystem. Ava Labs is a software company that develops core Avalanche infrastructure and provides services to the Foundation.
Teams can move from pilot to production in weeks using existing frameworks and enterprise support. Timelines depend on regulatory review and integration with existing systems.