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What Are Validators?

Learn how validators work and what it means to validate chains on the Avalanche network.

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Validator Stats

See current Avalanche stats, validator counts, stake distribution and more.

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How to Become a Validator

Everything you need to know to learn the process and requirements to become a validator.

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Validator FAQ

Explore frequently-asked-questions about validating the Avalanche network. 

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Stake your avax and receive rewards

See the current rewards rate, the number of validators, delegators and total AVAX staked.

Total Stake

Avax

247,622,350

validation stake

201,886,319

Delegated Stake

45,736,031

Staking ratio

4.41%

Staking Rewards

Annual Percentage Yield (APY)

6.7%

staking validators

1,724

Total delegations

11 pending

161,835

News & Stories from the Avalanche Network

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Enterprise and Consumer Apps Announcement

May 28, 2025 / By Avalanche / 5 Minute Read

$240B in Real Estate Is Coming On-Chain with Balcony and Avalanche

From Bergen County to Camden and Orange, New Jersey is using blockchain to modernize property records, cut delays, reduce fraud, and recover lost revenue.

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Enterprise and Consumer Apps Editorial

May 30, 2025 / By Avalanche / 7 Minute Read

Everyone Deserves to Be a Mogul

How mogul Club Is Quietly Unlocking Real Estate Wealth for the Next Generation

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Builders Announcement

May 27, 2025 / By Avalanche / 3 Minute Read

Avalanche and Filecoin Launch Cross-Chain Data Bridge for Scalable Web3 Infrastructure

Designed for builders and institutions, the new bridge brings scalable, verifiable data storage to Avalanche’s onchain ecosystem.

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Enterprise and Consumer Apps Announcement

May 22, 2025 / By Avalanche / 5 Minute Read

FIFA Selects Avalanche to Power Its FIFA Blockchain for Football’s Web3 Future

The world’s most iconic sports organization is launching its own blockchain, powered by Avalanche.

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Enterprise and Consumer Apps Announcement

May 20, 2025 / By Avalanche / 6 Minute Read

EVEN Moves to Avalanche to Power the Future of Fan-First Music

The platform powering direct-to-fan music drops from both emerging creators and chart-topping stars is building its own Avalanche Layer 1 with AvaCloud.

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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Announcement

May 15, 2025 / By Avalanche / 3 Minute Read

Unity by XSY Launches on Avalanche to Unlock Native Yield, Capital Efficiency, and Composable Liquidity

A new chapter in capital efficiency is underway with Unity on Avalanche

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Gaming Announcement

May 14, 2025 / By Gaming on Avalanche / 5 Minute Read

Pixelmon Joins Avalanche to Fuel the Next Wave of Mobile Web3 Gaming

This strategic alliance brings Pixelmon’s dark fantasy world of Nova Thera to millions of mobile gamers worldwide through Avalanche's high-performance blockchain infrastructure

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Gaming Press & Media

May 13, 2025 / By Avalanche / 1 Minute Read

'Pixelmon' to Launch 'Warden's Ascent' RPG and Idle Mobile Games on Avalanche

Pixelmon has signed an exclusivity deal with Avalanche as the franchise gears up to launch two mobile games on the network.

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Institutions and Capital Markets Press & Media

May 12, 2025 / By Avalanche / 1 Minute Read

Asset Manager VanEck Joins Tokenization Race With U.S. Treasury Fund Token

The tokenized U.S. Treasury fund was developed with tokenization firm Securitize and has launched on the Avalanche, BNB Chain, Ethereum and Solana networks.

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