GAVA vs VAVX: which tracked its coin?
Over the window both share, GAVA finished 0.57 of a percentage point ahead of Avalanche and VAVX 1.5 ahead. Grayscale Avalanche Staking ETF and VanEck Avalanche ETF.
GAVA since launch: fund +14.82%, Avalanche +12.99%, 1.83 pts ahead of Avalanche.
VAVX since launch: fund −4.18%, Avalanche −6.67%, 2.49 pts ahead of Avalanche.
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The same coin, two trusts
GAVA and VAVX hold the same asset. Both are 1933 Act trusts holding Avalanche through a custodian, so neither has a portfolio to compare: the whole of each fund is one line. Over the days each has traded, GAVA finished 1.8 percentage points ahead of Avalanche and VAVX 2.5 percentage points ahead, but the two windows are not the same days, so neither figure is set against the other here. That gap is the fee, the custody, the creation and redemption friction and the market’s pricing of the shares, compounded into one figure.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | The coin over the same days | Difference, percentage points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | GAVA | VAVX | GAVA | VAVX | GAVA | VAVX |
| 1 month | +51.2% | +51.8% | +51.2% | +51.2% | 0.0 pts | +0.6 pts |
| 3 months | +63.6% | +65.1% | +64.1% | +64.1% | −0.5 pts | +1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +20.3% | +21.3% | +19.7% | +19.7% | +0.6 pts | +1.5 pts |
| Since each listed GAVA Mar 2026 · VAVX Jan 2026 | +14.8% | −4.2% | +13.0% | −6.7% | +1.8 pts | +2.5 pts |
GAVA and VAVX over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
GAVA and VAVX on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GAVA in plain words
GAVA holds Avalanche through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the time since it listed to Sep 30, 2026, Avalanche moved +13.0% and GAVA returned +14.8%. That leaves it 1.8 percentage points ahead. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only figure on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. GAVA charges 0.35% a year and finished 1.8% ahead of Avalanche, which a fee cannot do on its own. Avalanche is a proof of stake chain, so a fund holding it can stake. GAVA’s own filings say it does (424B3, Aug 7, 2026). What the prices show is that it finished 1.8% ahead of Avalanche’s own price over the same days, against +2.5% for the other 2 funds holding Avalanche. After a fee, an in-kind ETP ahead of the asset it holds got there by staking. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the Avalanche it custodies.
VAVX in plain words
VAVX holds Avalanche through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the time since it listed to Sep 30, 2026, Avalanche moved −6.7% and VAVX returned −4.2%. That leaves it 2.5 percentage points ahead. VAVX charges 0.20% a year and finished 2.5% ahead of Avalanche, which a fee cannot do on its own. VAVX’s own filings say it does (10-Q, Aug 13, 2026). What the prices show is that it finished 2.5% ahead of Avalanche’s own price over the same days, against +1.8% for the other 2 funds holding Avalanche.
Questions people ask
- Which tracked Avalanche more closely, GAVA or VAVX?
- Over the days each has traded, GAVA finished 1.8 percentage points ahead of Avalanche and VAVX 2.5 percentage points ahead. Those are not set against each other here, because the two windows are not the same days, so neither is nearer its coin than the other on this page. Each difference carries the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin.
- Do GAVA or VAVX pay a staking yield?
- Avalanche is a proof of stake chain, so staking is possible. Whether either trust stakes, and what the sponsor keeps of it, is a term in its own filings and is read from those rather than assumed.
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