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Avalanche Treasury Company shares fell 16% on Nasdaq debut Thursday, closing at $1.85 under ticker AVAT. The company merged with SPAC Mountain Lake Acquisition in a $675 million deal. It holds 15 million AVAX tokens, currently at a five-year low of $6.61, down 95% from its all-time high.
Avalanche Treasury Co. begins trading on the Nasdaq under ticker AVAT, following a $675 million SPAC merger. The company allocates capital across Avalanche infrastructure and applications rather than stockpiling AVAX tokens. The listing comes as crypto treasury firms face pressure to differentiate through active strategies and ecosystem investments.
Avalanche exclusively told TechCrunch its desktop-scale fusion prototype heated plasma to roughly 11 million degrees Celsius, exceeding a key milestone. The startup spent less than $50 million of venture investment to achieve the feat, suggesting fusion power might work at smaller scales than competitors are pursuing.
Equipment-financing lender Trad.Fi is working with AI-agent developer W3 to deploy $650 million in private credit on the Avalanche blockchain over four years. The initiative targets U.S. equipment financing for manufacturing, industrial electrical infrastructure, and residential solar, using AI to assess risk and price loans. Trad.
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