August was the month Wall Street started showing up on Avalanche in earnest. Charles Schwab added AVAX for its 40 million brokerage accounts, Dinari brought 724 tokenized U.S. stocks including the full S&P 500 to Avalanche investors, and POSCO International completed a proof of concept for tokenizing global trade receivables on the network.
At the same time, Team1 officially launched in Korea. With Avalanche Summit NYC less than three weeks away, September is shaping up to be a major moment for the ecosystem.
Here’s everything that happened in August.
Tokenized Assets Grow Nearly 8x in a Year:
Tokenized assets on Avalanche climbed from $242 million to $1.93 billion over the past year, with Securitize now accounting for more than half of that value. [Growth]
Foundation Introduces Gross Chain Income:
The Avalanche Foundation published a new Gross Chain Income framework from Lead Economist Eric Lu, extending its Gross Chain Product work into a three-step model for measuring, capturing, and distributing value across the ecosystem. [GCI]
RWA Transfer Volume Jumps 360% in 30 Days:
Avalanche’s RWA ecosystem recorded $365.29 million in 30-day transfer volume, up 360.15% from the prior month, spanning tokenized funds, equities, treasuries, and private credit. [Volume]
Team1 Korea Officially Launches:
Team1 Korea launched after onboarding more than 500 builders, 12 teams, 200-plus developers, and 80-plus founders, giving Korean talent a clearer path to build on Avalanche.
Team1 Chapters Stay Busy Across Five Continents:
Team1 chapters continued bringing Avalanche directly to local builders. August highlights included a builder workshop in Seoul focused on AI-agent payments, a meetup in Reggio Calabria, a Builder Connect at Oracle’s Bogotá offices, an L1 workshop in Türkiye, university activity in Vietnam, and multiple builder and community events across Brazil, India, Latin America, Nigeria and lots more.
New paths for funding and support opened up this month.
Team1 Opens Applications for ProtocolCamp Cohort 10:
Team1 called for builders to join ProtocolCamp Cohort 10, a 12-week program turning ideas into shipped products with travel covered and a kickoff during Korea Blockchain Week. [ProtocolCamp]
Fyeo Offers Free Security Scans to Builders:
Fyeo began giving Team1 projects and members free scanner credits so builders can catch issues early and ship faster. [Securityscanner]
Retro9000 Program Concludes
The Avalanche Foundation has officially concluded Retro9000 following the final funding rounds, marking the end of the program after its final disbursements. [Details]
Foundation Draws 150+ Research Proposals:
The Avalanche Foundation received more than 150 applications for its Call for Research Proposals, now moving to review by an academic committee spanning Ava Labs, the Foundation, and outside economists. [Announcement]
Loopia Goes Public With Season 1:
Loopia opened to the public with missions, exploration, and leaderboard rewards including $2,000 in PNG, 10 YourGrails FreePacks, and 300 Blaze Backstage rewards. [Loopia]
EVEN Artist Sells $57K in Albums in 24 Hours:
La Russell sold 1,000 albums for $57,000 in a single day on EVEN, revenue the platform equates to roughly 14 million streams. [EVEN]
Agent-driven payments became a real focus, not just a talking point.
Avalanche Joins the Agentic Payments Alliance:
Avalanche became a founding member of the Agentic Payments Alliance, organized by Rain, to help shape standards for agent-driven commerce. Team1 Seoul ran an AI agent payments workshop with QuackAI, and Team1 LatAm covered how agents pay using x402. [Alliance]
Dinari Brings 724 Tokenized U.S. Stocks to Avalanche:
U.S. investors can now trade 724 tokenized stocks and ETFs, including the S&P 500, through the Dinari Trading App, settling on Dinari’s Avalanche L1. [Dinari]
Cashlink Brings European Institutional Tokenization to Avalanche:
Cashlink, a European tokenization leader with €1 billion-plus in volume and clients like KfW, is bringing its securities infrastructure to Avalanche. [Cashlink]
GCash Brings Stablecoins to 94 Million Users:
Avalanche stablecoins EURC, USDC, and USDT went live on GCash’s GCrypto, giving the Philippines’ largest wallet borderless access for 94 million-plus users. [GCash]
Neuberger Berman’s $230B Platform Comes Onchain:
Securitize launched the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund, bringing Neuberger Berman’s fixed income business onchain on Avalanche and three others. [HINC]
Asset Managers Keep Adding AVAX:
Bitwise, VanEck, and Grayscale crossed 5 million AVAX combined, with 3.49 million staked, while Bitwise’s ETF added nearly 90,000 AVAX in a month. [Holdings]
Ava Labs Announces Leadership Changes:
Ava Labs named Charley Cooper President, Lydia Chiu CFO.
Delphi Digital Maps a Growing Real-World Finance Stack:
Two Delphi Digital reports tracked $2.8B-plus in Japanese securities migrated, $1.6B-plus in cross-border payments settled, and $2.5T-plus in settlement infrastructure migrated. [Report]
POSCO Completes a Trade Tokenization Proof of Concept:
POSCO International, with Intain and Olea, completed a proof of concept tokenizing trade receivables, and plans to expand into treasury and stablecoin payments. [POSCO]
KBank Builds a Stablecoin Remittance Market:
KBank, gateway for Korea’s largest crypto exchange, announced an Avalanche remittance market with Korea Telecom and BC Card. [KBank]
Kenya Anchors 15 Million Academic Records Onchain:
Kenya’s KNEC anchored 15 million-plus academic records dating to 1989 on Avalanche’s C-Chain, cutting verification time from months to seconds. [Blog]
Charles Schwab Adds AVAX:
Charles Schwab, home to 40 million brokerage accounts, added AVAX to Charles Schwab Crypto, its first move beyond BTC and ETH. [Schwab]
Uniswap Auctions Launch on Avalanche:
Uniswap’s Continuous Clearing Auction issuance method went live on Avalanche, giving teams a fully onchain way to run auctions and bootstrap liquidity. [Uniswap]
Robinhood chain on Tippikl:
Robinhood Chain went live via Tippikl Labs for tipping. [Announcement]
Avalanche Summit NYC Takes Center Stage:
If August was about building the infrastructure, September is about bringing the people building it into one room.
Avalanche Summit NYC takes place September 16–17, bringing together institutional leaders, founders, builders, policymakers, investors and major businesses exploring what comes next for onchain finance.
The speaker lineup now includes leaders from Securitize, Aave, BlackRock, Apollo, FIFA Collect, EVEN, Tether, Strata Media, Rain, Valinor Digital, the Cleveland Cavaliers and more. Conversations will span tokenization, stablecoins, payments, institutional adoption, fan engagement, digital identity and the future of blockchain-powered businesses.
Carlos Domingo of Securitize will discuss how compliant tokenization is changing the way securities are issued, managed and traded. Other sessions will explore tokenized equities through Dinari, institutional finance through Aave, stablecoins and policy, and the infrastructure needed to bring traditional markets onchain.
The Summit goes beyond finance, reflecting just how far Avalanche’s real-world applications have come. As blockchain increasingly becomes part of how businesses operate, Avalanche Summit NYC is a chance to see what that future looks like and where the ecosystem goes next.
Get your tickets here.
A few conversations explained the “why” behind August’s institutional wave.
John Wu Points to Hyundai and Securitize as Proof Points:
Speaking with Schwab Network, John Wu cited Hyundai’s cross-border payments and Securitize’s tokenized equity as Avalanche put to work. [Interview]
Stani Kulechov Explains Why Aave Picked Avalanche Again:
Aave founder Stani Kulechov said proven DeFi, durable liquidity, and institutional strength made Avalanche the natural choice for V4. [Kulechov]
Axiym Finance Frees Up Working Capital at Scale:
Ava Labs’ Tokenization Lead explained how Axiym Finance passed $1 billion in volume by freeing up 70-90% of working capital through just-in-time funding. [Axiym]
August was less about one explosive announcement and more about the accumulation of infrastructure.
Tokenized assets grew. Financial institutions moved closer to production. Stablecoins reached new users. Businesses explored blockchain-based settlement, treasury and trade finance. Team1 kept expanding the human layer behind the technology.
And now, with Avalanche Summit NYC just around the corner, the ecosystem has a stage to bring all of these stories together.
September is going to have a lot to talk about.
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