Avalanche Foundation presents AVAX tokenomics framework at Summit 2026
- —Maximum AVAX emission is capped at 720 million tokens
- —Transaction fees are burned, creating deflationary pressure
- —Validator rewards come from the genesis allocation, not new emission
- —The Helicon upgrade activates on mainnet on September 22, 2026
Why it matters: Declining staking rewards risk driving validators away, so the new model will determine how AVAX retains value.
Source: Crypto Briefing