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AVAX this week: +9% in seven days, positive funding on perps

Avalanche closed the week at $7.9 (+8.7% in 7 days, +22.2% in 30). Market cap, the seven-day range and what the ZIPMEX perp market is charging to hold a position, with sources.

· By ZIPMEX · 1 min read

Avalanche (AVAX) trades at $7.9 on September 8, 2026: -1.8% over 24 hours, +8.7% over seven days and +22.2% over thirty. That leaves it 95% below the all-time high of $144.96 set on 2021-11-21. Here is what the market and the ZIPMEX perp book say about the week, with every number sourced.

The numbers

Price$7.9
24 hours-1.8%
7 days+8.7%
30 days+22.2%
Market cap$3.4B
24h volume (all venues)$376.1M
Market rank#29
Perp open interest$65.8K
Perp 24h volume$127.7K
Max leverage20x

Perps: funding and open interest

On ZIPMEX Perps the AVAX/USDC market shows an estimated funding rate of +0.0086% per eight hours (last settled: +0.0099%), $65.8K of open interest and $127.7K traded in 24 hours. Positive funding means longs are paying shorts: leveraged traders lean bullish and pay for the privilege. Max leverage is 20x.

Levels from the last seven days

The seven-day high was $8.14 on 2026-09-08 and the low $7.08 on 2026-09-02, a 15% range. Reclaiming the all-time high would take a 18.3x from here. We do not publish price predictions; these are the levels the market actually printed.

Method and sources

Snapshot taken 2026-09-08 13:38 UTC. Price, supply and market cap: CoinGecko. Perps: ZIPMEX Perps public market data. Volume across all venues and all-time high: aggregated market data. This digest is generated from those feeds and reviewed by ZIPMEX Research; numbers on the AVAX landing refresh every minute.

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Updated on Sep 8, 2026