Avalanche Treasury stock sinks 38% after Nasdaq debut under AVAT

Avalanche Treasury Co. had a weak first trading session on Nasdaq as its stock closed sharply lower under the ticker AVAT.

Avalanche Treasury Co. closed at $1.85 on Thursday, down 38.13% in its Nasdaq debut. Google Finance data showed the stock opened at $2.99, reached a high of $3.00, and fell as low as $1.75 during the session.

The stock later moved to $1.88 in after-hours trading, up 1.62%. Volume stood near 497,580 shares, while the company’s market value was listed at about $486.37 million.

The listing followed Avalanche Treasury’s merger with Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp., a SPAC transaction valued at about $675 million. The company now trades as a public market vehicle tied to the Avalanche ecosystem.

Company says it is not just holding $AVAX

Avalanche Treasury Co. said it aims to give public market investors exposure to Avalanche without requiring them to hold the $AVAX token directly. The company is structured as an operating company and digital asset treasury.

Chief Executive Bart Smith said the company plans to put capital to work across the Avalanche ecosystem. He said, “It is not a bet on price,” framing the company as an ecosystem investment vehicle rather than a passive token holder.

The company is backed by investors and industry names including Dragonfly, ParaFi Capital, VanEck, Galaxy Digital, Pantera Capital, CoinFund, Kraken, FalconX, and Borderless. Its board and advisory group also includes Ava Labs founder Emin Gün Sirer and Aave founder Stani Kulechov.

Avalanche Treasury holds about 15 million $AVAX tokens, equal to roughly 3.5% of circulating supply. That gives the company direct exposure to $AVAX price moves while also leaving room for staking, infrastructure, and ecosystem investments.

$AVAX price remains under pressure

$AVAX traded near $6.64 on June 12, according to crypto.news market data. The token was up 2.09% over 24 hours, but remained down 13.02% over seven days and 33.3% over the past month.

The token’s 24-hour trading volume stood at about $184.9 million, while its market cap was near $2.87 billion. $AVAX traded between $6.48 and $6.67 over the latest 24-hour period.

The token remains far below its November 2021 all-time high of $144.96. Current data shows $AVAX is still down more than 95% from that peak, keeping pressure on companies linked to its market value.

Earlier market reports showed $AVAX had fallen to levels last seen in early 2021 after a wider crypto liquidation wave. That backdrop made AVAT’s first trading session harder, as investors weighed both the company’s structure and the token’s weak trend.

Treasury firms face a harder market

AVAT’s debut comes as digital asset treasury firms face a tougher market. These companies have tried to offer public equity exposure to crypto assets, but falling token prices have tested investor demand.

Recent crypto.news reporting also showed pressure around BitMine’s Ethereum treasury strategy. BitMine moved to raise $300 million through preferred stock while market conditions continued to challenge crypto-linked public companies.

Avalanche Treasury is trying to separate itself from simple token-holding vehicles. Its model depends on active capital use across the Avalanche network, not only the value of $AVAX on its balance sheet.

The first trading session showed that investors remain cautious. AVAT now has to prove that a listed Avalanche treasury can create value during a weak altcoin market.