AVAX jumps 18% to $9.78 on Paxos integration and Helicon upgrade
- —AVAX rose 18% to $9.78, up 32.5% for the week and 36.5% for the month
- —Paxos added AVAX and USDC on Avalanche for 650+ institutions on September 17
- —The Helicon upgrade on September 22 will cut the staking lock from two weeks to 48 hours
- —Market cap $4.3 billion, daily trading volume $846 million
Why it matters: Institutional access through Paxos and a shorter staking period could attract capital to the Avalanche ecosystem.
Source: CryptoTicker