Avalanche tokenization hits fourth quarter high as BlackRock BUIDL expands onchain
Avalanche saw growth in tokenized real world assets in the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by new institutional products on the network even as the AVAX token fell sharply, according to a Messari report published on 29 January 2026.
Messari research analyst Youssef Haidar wrote that the total value locked in tokenized real world assets on Avalanche rose 68.6% over the quarter and nearly 950% over the year to more than $1.3 billion. The increase was supported by the $500 million BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, BUIDL, which launched on Avalanche in November 2025.
Haidar also pointed to tokenized loan activity after Fortune 500 fintech FIS partnered with Avalanche based marketplace Intain in November 2025. Intain enables about 2,000 U.S. banks to securitize more than $6 billion of loans on Avalanche, the report said.
Another project cited was the S and P Digital Markets 50 Index, launched through a partnership between S and P Dow Jones Indices and Dinari. The index tracks 35 crypto linked stocks and 15 crypto tokens on Avalanche, according to the report.
Despite the growth in tokenization, AVAX fell 59% in the fourth quarter to $12.3 and slipped another 10.5% so far in 2026 to around $11, the report said. Haidar noted that the token has lagged bitcoin and ether in the current cycle and remains more than 92% below its November 2021 all time high of $144.96, based on CoinGecko data.
The report also flagged improving onchain activity. Native decentralized finance value locked rose 34.5% over the quarter to 97.5 million AVAX, while average daily transactions increased 63% to 2.1 million. Stablecoin market capitalization on the Avalanche main chain was little changed, rising 0.1% in the quarter to $1.741 billion. Tether USDt became the largest stablecoin on Avalanche by the end of 2025, representing 42.3% of supply with $736.6 million in circulation.
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