Wrap & Unwrap AVAX
Avalanche Wrapper
Avalanche Wrapper: turn AVAX into WAVAX and back on the C-Chain. WAVAX is what Trader Joe pools and DeFi contracts hold.
How to use the Avalanche Wrapper
- Connect your Avalanche wallet
- Choose Wrap (AVAX to WAVAX) or Unwrap (WAVAX to AVAX)
- Enter the amount you want to convert
- Confirm the fee transaction and then the wrap transaction
- Your WAVAX (or AVAX) is updated within seconds
Benefits of Wrapper
One transaction
send AVAX, receive WAVAX, or the other way round
Always one for one
the wrapper holds your AVAX and issues the same amount
Any amount
wrap what a single trade needs, unwrap part of it later
What contracts expect
Trader Joe pools and DeFi protocols hold WAVAX, not AVAX
Nothing custodial
the wrapper contract holds it and you redeem whenever you want
No coding
no router call to compose and no contract to interact with by hand
If you need more help contact our team
Got questions?
If you need more help contact our team
Because a pool holds ERC-20 balances and AVAX is the network currency, which has no transfer function for a contract to call. WAVAX is the ERC-20 that stands in for it, at parity.
It deposits your AVAX into the wrapper contract, which issues you the same amount of WAVAX, an ERC-20. Unwrapping returns the AVAX and burns the WAVAX. The rate is one for one in both directions and there is no lock-up.
Because AVAX is the network currency and not a token: it has no transfer or approve function for a contract to call. Anything written against the ERC-20 standard needs WAVAX instead, which is most of DeFi.
Yes, any amount at any time. The rest stays wrapped and usable.
The wrapper is one of the most used contracts on any EVM chain and does one thing: hold AVAX and issue WAVAX against it. Your claim is the WAVAX in your wallet, redeemable whenever you want.
A small fee shown before you sign, plus Avalanche gas. The conversion never takes a cut: what goes in comes out.
On the C-Chain, one for one
The wrapper lives on the C-Chain, which is the only Avalanche chain that runs contracts and where every DeFi protocol you would use WAVAX with sits. Send AVAX, receive the same amount of WAVAX, redeem whenever you want.
Watch how it works