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<h2 id="span-span-span-span-span-avalanche-news-today-ai-payments-collective-and-halfmoon-dex-launch-span-span-span-span-span">Avalanche News Today: AI Payments Collective and HalfMoon DEX Launch</h2>Avalanche had a busy 24 hours — a new derivatives DEX went live, an AI-agent startup joined its payments network, and AVAX made a notable price move. Each of these touches a different part of the ecosystem, from trading to enterprise finance. Here's what happened, piece by piece.<h3 id="span-span-avax-price-update-span-span">AVAX Price Update</h3><a href="https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/avalanche-news-today-avax-one-ceo-resigns-nasdaq-deadline" class="f-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">AVAX crypto price</a>&nbsp;is trading at $6.69, up 4.77% over the last 24 hours.&nbsp;Zooming out, AVAX has had a rough stretch — it traded above $10 in early June before dropping sharply to around $6.00 by late June. The current bounce puts it back near $6.70, still well below its recent highs. Market cap sits at $2.88 billion, with a circulating supply of 431.77 million AVAX out of a 715.74 million max supply.<img alt="AVAX Price Update" src="https://d3iuzwoiyg9qa8.cloudfront.net/webadmin/storage/public/commonEditerImage/aggk3qpS78ZHXUknNBxRcBTkYdyhUQvWUhgIqykC.jpg" width="300" title="AVAX Price Update">Source: CoinMarketCap<h4>HalfMoon DEX Launches on Avalanche</h4>Orderbook-based DEX HalfMoon launched on Avalanche this week, pitching itself as a CEX-level trading platform built on-chain. Its three main features are perpetuals trading with up to 100x leverage and one-click execution, a "shielded spot" mode designed to hide trading strategies from other market participants, and a fully on-chain, transparent orderbook. HalfMoon is positioning itself as infrastructure for advanced DeFi traders who want speed without giving up transparency.<img alt="HalfMoon DEX Launches on Avalanche" src="https://d3iuzwoiyg9qa8.cloudfront.net/webadmin/storage/public/commonEditerImage/BsoPEyxj4Oj9uHSbuea3qvskJXymFQ9vq5GvQjP7.jpg" width="300" title="HalfMoon DEX Launches on Avalanche">Source: <a href="https://x.com/HalfMoon_Dex/status/2074845884282802557" class="f-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Official Post</a><h4>Avalanche Payments Collective Adds an AI-Agent Partner</h4>The Avalanche Payments Collective, a group of 28 organizations including Paxos, Franklin Templeton, Ethena, Anchorage Digital, and Tassat, added its first AI-agent-focused member this week: GoKiteAI, backed by <a href="https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/paypal-expands-pyusd-70-markets-stablecoin-growth" class="f-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">PayPal Ventures</a> and General Catalyst.Ava Labs' Tokenization Lead, Olivia Vande Woude, described the Collective as running live production volume rather than isolated pilots — pointing to Axiom's $1.4 billion in cross-border payments processed on Avalanche and Tassat's Link settling institutional transactions in seconds across 30 participants. Combined, the group's rails reportedly reach 150+ countries and 96 currencies.GoKiteAI's contribution is its Kite Agent Passport, which gives AI agents a verifiable identity, user-set spending limits, and a kill switch controlled by a human — letting agents transact on Avalanche's payment rails without ever handling user credentials directly.<img alt="Avalanche Payments Collective Adds an AI-Agent Partner" src="https://d3iuzwoiyg9qa8.cloudfront.net/webadmin/storage/public/commonEditerImage/Q1ODRyWKewfcoQ0tH31tNtzPjo8Xyt2NhCcVyVR6.jpg" width="300" title="Avalanche Payments Collective Adds an AI-Agent Partner">Source: <a href="https://x.com/avax/status/2074909750719135975" class="f-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Official X</a><h4>ORO's Fluency Campaign for DeFi Learners</h4>Separately, ORO, an AI assistant built for navigating Avalanche DeFi through natural language, is running a "Fluency" campaign. Users complete interactive lessons on <a href="https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/avalanche-foundation-1b-treasury-deal-could-lift-avax-price" class="f-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Avalanche DeFi concepts</a> and actions like swaps, staking, and lending to earn ORE Points, with extra rewards for eligible participants before the campaign closes.<img alt="ORO Fluency Campaign for DeFi Learners" src="https://d3iuzwoiyg9qa8.cloudfront.net/webadmin/storage/public/commonEditerImage/18ZYr5NGnyhqPhlI4XfiwB6soTFre07Uf6b94UAG.jpg" width="300" title="ORO Fluency Campaign for DeFi Learners">Source: X<h4>What to Watch Next</h4><ul><li>Whether GoKiteAI's agent rails generate real transaction volume beyond the announcement.</li><li>HalfMoon's early trading volume and whether it pulls liquidity from existing Avalanche DEXs.</li><li>AVAX price behavior if it retests the June range near $9–10, or slips back toward its $6.00 low.</li></ul><h4>Conclusion</h4><a href="https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/bitwise-avalanche-etf-bava-trading-live-staking-rewards-nyse" class="f-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Avalanche&nbsp;latest news</a> cycle touched trading infrastructure, enterprise payments, and AI-agent tooling all within a day of each other. AVAX's price bounce to $6.69 reflects renewed attention, but it remains well off its June highs — meaning the ecosystem developments, not just the chart, will likely decide where AVAX goes from here.Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency markets are volatile; readers should conduct their own research before making investment decisions.

Avalanche News Today: HalfMoon DEX Live and AI Payment Network Expands

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