Avalanche (AVAX) has become one of the most closely watched cryptocurrencies in recent years, especially as it continues to gain traction among investors and developers alike. As the broader market enters what many are anticipating to be a new bull cycle, AVAX is expected to play a key role in this potential surge.

As recent bull market sentiment begins to show its cracks and Bitcoin takes a tumble, layer-1 altcoins appear among the most resilient, with Avalanche, Polkadot, and Fantom as standouts. The post Layer 1 Altcoins Immune to Bitcoin Dip: AVAX, DOT and FTM Price Surge Despite Red Market appeared first on Cryptonews.

Avalanche has just welcomed its largest software update ever hosted, with a dedicated launch on the Fuji testnet.

Decentraland's native cryptocurrency, MANA, has seen an astonishing 70% increase in value over the past week, reaching its highest price in nine months. This surge is part of a broader movement within the Metaverse sector, where virtual world-related tokens are experiencing a revival.

Story Highlights The Avalanche price retests the $45 mark, eyes to hit $50. The EMA 50/200-day record a Golden Cross in the daily time frame, highlighting a higher target. The AVAX price has soared over 70% during this month. The AVAX token has maintained its bullish price action despite increased price volatility.

Decentraland is a virtual reality platform powered by the Ethereum blockchain. Users can create, experience, and monetize content and applications.

This week's crypto calendar is packed with major events, as Sonic Labs is about to launch its L1 mainnet, the Avalanche Etna update went live, Jupuary voting began for Jupiter, and more.

Avalanche is going through its largest upgrade since the mainnet launch, unlocking more than $40 million in retroactive rewards.

Bitcoin's failure to cross above $100,000 could extend the current price pullback. The real question is whether or not bulls will buy the dip.

The Avalanche Foundation will disburse $40 million in retroactive grants as the new upgrade hits testnet ahead of a planned 2025 launch.

Also launching Monday is Retro9000, a grant program of $40 million to reward builders developing Layer 1 blockchains and other tools on the Avalanche9000 testnet.

Avalanche's largest upgrade to date, Avalanche9000, went live on testnet Monday. The upgrade is designed to cut costs of sending transactions and operating validators, making it easier to build apps on the network.

Non-fungible tokens are gradually rebuilding momentum with MANA and SAND now soaring to new weekly highs.

Story Highlights The live price of the AVAX crypto token is . Avalanche price may reach a maximum of $100 by the end of 2024. With a potential surge, the AVAX coin price may achieve a high of $528 mark by 2030.

The price of Avalanche (AVAX) has risen to a high of $45.07, continuing its uptrend. Cryptocurrency price analysis brought by Coinidol.com.

MANA, Decentraland's native cryptocurrency, has seen an impressive 70% price increase over the past week. This MANA crypto price surge is part of a broader rally in Metaverse-related tokens, which has caught the attention of the market.

With the broader market recovery, the altcoin segment has been set ablaze. In this heating demand, the Metaverse tokens are making a comeback. With Decentraland and Sandbox tokens surging nearly 200% in the past three weeks, the bull run is aiming for an extended rally.

The non-fungible tokens (NFTs) sector has seen prolonged underperformance as trends such as meme coins, RWA, and AI dominate the cryptocurrency marketplace. However, the emerging bull run, where Bitcoin stares at the $100,000 milestone, has invigorated each sector. CryptoSlam data shows NFTs performed well over the past few sessions.

For quite a long time, NFT space remained under shadows as the newly created space has dominated the crypto markets. Moreover, the rising interest of the market participants in memecoins had prevented the other segments of the crypto space to thrive.

As Bitcoin (BTC) closed the third consecutive week in the price discovery phase, the altcoin space gained significant bullish sentiment. During the past week, the altcoin market – led by Stellar Lumens (XLM), Decentraland (MANA), and The Sandbox (SAND), among others – registered palpable gains.

Bitcoin sellers take the upper hand as BTC struggles to rally to $100,000. What will altcoins do?

Widely followed crypto trader Rekt Capital says that Ethereum (ETH) rival Avalanche (AVAX) is positioning itself for another big rally to new price targets. Rekt Capital tells his 514,000 followers on the social media platform X that AVAX has turned the $38.

This week's 'top cryptocurrencies to watch' are all from the gaming market segment: Sandbox, MANA and Axie Infinity.

The crypto market is buzzing with Avalanche (AVAX) establishing itself as one of the best-performing assets in recent weeks. With its value doubling in record time, AVAX has captured the attention of investors while also rekindling speculation about a potential prolonged rally.

As the altcoin market maintains its November bull rally, top tokens have added significant value to their respective portfolios over the last few days. Following this, the AVAX price has reclaimed the $40 mark and is on the path to recording a new 8-month high.

Avalanche (AVAX) has made a significant move, breaking above a crucial resistance level and soaring over 20% in less than 24 hours. This surge has reignited bullish sentiment among analysts and investors, who are now closely monitoring AVAX's potential to reach the key $50 mark in the coming days.

Avalanche surges 100% after key breakout. Can it sustain momentum and hit $60, or is a pullback coming?

The crypto market is expecting Bitcoin price to break the $100k mark imminently, with analysts saying the altcoin season is next. Meanwhile, Solana, XRP and Cardano have soared to new highs after the SEC Chair announced he will be leaving the agency on January 20.

Avalanche price continued its strong rally as the crypto fear and greed index remained in the extreme greed zone. The AVAX token jumped to a high of $45, its highest level since April 12 and 158% above its lowest level in August.

The bulls, institutions, and market participants have become highly optimistic about the crypto markets, and as a result, the tokens have begun their journey to their highs. After the Bitcoin price rally, the altcoins were expected to take over some momentum.

Bitcoin trades just a few hundred dollars from $100,000. What will altcoins do if the price milestone is hit?

Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche are forming bullish price action and appear poised to follow bitcoin's surge.

Dogecoin hit its highest price in over a week, but other altcoins are seeing massive gains as Bitcoin approaches the $100,000 milestone.

After experiencing a notable upside rally in recent days, Avalanche's (AVAX) price action confirms that the rally is likely to continue in the coming days. This bullish outlook has attracted significant attention from traders and investors, leading to a record surge in Open Interest.

The Frosty protocol, developed by a16z crypto and Ava Labs, introduces robust liveness guarantees to the Avalanche blockchain's Snow family, addressing challenges posed by Byzantine adversaries.

Avalanche (AVAX) has been one of the notable performers in the cryptocurrency market, recently reaching new heights and breaking into the top 15 cryptocurrencies. Despite the overall positive market sentiment and growing bullishness surrounding AVAX, the token faces critical challenges that could prevent its price from breaking out further.

Avalanche trades at $34.05, key levels in focus as whale activity and resistance zones heat up.

Avalanche's unique three-chain architecture and novel consensus mechanism makes it ideal for decentralized applications and digital asset creation. What is Avalanche? Avalanche is a decentralized layer one (L1) blockchain platform and ecosystem tailored for building decentralized applications (dapps), custom blockchains, and digital assets.

Avalanche (AVAX) has been on a phenomenal upward trend as overall market optimism has buoyed it. Recently, the token surpassed crucial resistance levels fueled by recent Federal Reserve rate cuts and Donald Trump's election victory.

BlackRock announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its tokenized liquidity fund, the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), to operate on multiple blockchain platforms.

BlackRock has expanded its BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) to five additional blockchains—Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, and Polygon—enhancing access to tokenized real-world assets and integrating with decentralized finance ecosystems. The post BlackRock's BUIDL Expands to Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism and Polygon appeared first on Cryptonews.

Asset management titan BlackRock is announcing the expansion of its proprietary BUIDL, the company's on-chain money market fund, across five new blockchains.

The tokenized money market fund will launch on nearly half a dozen new blockchain networks.

Bitcoin is showing no signs of stopping its advance toward $100,000, and several altcoins look poised to follow.

BlackRock is expanding its tokenized fund — BUIDL — to multiple blockchains.

BUIDL currently leads the tokenized government securities market with $517 million in assets under management.

BlackRocks BUIDL fund now spans Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, and Polygon, enhancing access for digital asset investors. The post BlackRock expands BUIDL fund access across Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, and Polygon appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

American multinational investment company BlackRock Inc has broadened the supported platforms for the BUIDL product. Per the latest update, the product has now expanded to different layer-1 and 2 networks to boost its overall diversity.