AVAX One Heads to DC: A High-Stakes Bid to Shape Crypto's Future

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – March 09, 2026 – As the digital asset industry continues its complex dance with Washington, one publicly traded company is placing a significant bet on influencing the outcome. AVAX One Technology Ltd. (Nasdaq: AVX) announced today that its CEO, Jolie Kahn, will take the stage at the influential DC Blockchain Summit this month, signaling a determined push to carve out a regulated path for institutional investment in the Avalanche blockchain ecosystem.

On March 18, Kahn is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat titled “Avalanche Policy Institute – What’s To Come?” alongside Ava Lab's General Counsel, Lee Schneider. The discussion, hosted by the advocacy group Digital Chamber, places AVAX One at the epicenter of crucial conversations between industry leaders and the nation’s top policymakers, whose decisions will shape the future of the on-chain economy.

A High-Stakes Pivot

AVAX One's presence in Washington is the latest chapter in a dramatic corporate transformation. The company, formerly an agriculture technology firm named AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd., executed a bold pivot in late 2025, rebranding itself as the “first publicly traded Avalanche Treasury company.” Its stated mission is to build the premier institutional gateway to the financial economy powered by Avalanche, a leading competitor in the high-performance blockchain space.

This strategic shift has been anything but smooth from a market perspective. The company's stock (AVX) has experienced extreme volatility, reflecting the high-risk, high-reward nature of its new identity. Over the past year, the stock has plummeted by approximately 95%, with a 52-week range stretching from a high of $22.50 to a low near $0.55. This performance underscores the market's uncertainty about a business model so tightly tethered to the notoriously volatile cryptocurrency markets.

Despite the turbulent stock performance, AVAX One's management has been aggressively executing its strategy. The company has focused on its core tenets of AVAX accumulation, generating on-chain yield, and pursuing strategic acquisitions. As of late November 2025, its treasury holdings had surpassed 13.8 million AVAX tokens after acquiring an additional 9.3 million tokens for $110 million. To further signal confidence, the board authorized a $40 million share repurchase program, and the company recently launched its own Avalanche validator node, creating a new potential revenue stream.

Courting the Regulators

The DC Blockchain Summit is more than just a conference; it is a critical battleground for the soul of crypto regulation in the United States. Hosted by the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a key lobbying force, the event is where the theoretical meets the practical. Industry executives engage directly with officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and Capitol Hill.

For AVAX One, participation is not optional—it is existential. Its ambition to be a “scalable, regulated gateway for public market investors” is entirely dependent on the creation of a clear and predictable legal framework. The current environment is fraught with ambiguity, marked by jurisdictional turf wars between agencies and a prevailing SEC stance that views most digital assets as securities.

By placing its CEO at the heart of these discussions, AVAX One is actively working to shape a narrative that benefits its business model. The goal is to help policymakers understand the nuances of blockchain networks like Avalanche and advocate for rules that foster institutional adoption rather than stifle it. Success in Washington could de-risk the company's strategy in the eyes of the institutional investors it seeks to attract, potentially unlocking significant value and stabilizing its market perception.

The Policy Blueprint for Avalanche

The title of the fireside chat, “Avalanche Policy Institute – What’s To Come?”, is particularly revealing. While not a formal, independent entity, the concept points to a coordinated effort by key ecosystem players to develop and promote a coherent policy vision for Avalanche. The pairing of Jolie Kahn and Lee Schneider is symbolic of this strategy.

Kahn represents the public market bridge—the regulated, investor-facing entity. Schneider, as General Counsel for Avalanche's primary developer Ava Labs, brings deep legal and technical expertise. He is a respected voice in digital asset law, known for advocating a pragmatic approach to regulation that balances innovation with investor protection. Together, they can present a unified front, arguing that the Avalanche network was “intentionally purpose-built for the institutional on-chain finance.”

Their argument will likely center on Avalanche’s unique architecture, particularly its use of “subnets.” These customizable, application-specific blockchains can be configured to meet stringent regulatory and compliance requirements, such as know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) checks, making them highly attractive for enterprise and institutional use cases. By highlighting these features, the speakers can demonstrate that the technology itself is evolving to meet the demands of a regulated financial world.

From Volatility to Viability?

Ultimately, AVAX One’s political engagement in DC is inextricably linked to its financial reality on Wall Street. The company remains unprofitable, reporting losses of $16.27 million in 2024 and a preliminary EBITDA of $(7.3) million for 2025. However, it has issued ambitious guidance for 2026, projecting revenues between $11 million and $44 million and a positive EBITDA between $2 million and $25 million.

Achieving this dramatic turnaround hinges on the successful execution of its on-chain strategy, which in turn depends on a favorable regulatory climate and widespread institutional adoption of Avalanche. Analyst sentiment reflects this dichotomy, with some seeing a high-risk buying opportunity while others point to weak fundamentals and unstable profits as major red flags. AVAX One’s journey from a struggling agriculture firm to a pioneering blockchain treasury company is a bold gamble, and its foray into the heart of Washington’s policy debates is a critical move in its quest to prove that the bet will pay off.