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Results of Operations

For the period from April 14, 2026 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2026*

1 Net assets in the above table are calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP based on the principal market price for Avalanche that the Trust considered its principal market, as of 4:00 p.m. ET on the valuation date.

During the period from April 14, 2026 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2026, the Trust's net assets increased from $200 on April 14, 2026 (commencement of operations) to $16,673,620 on June 30, 2026. The increase in the Trust's net assets resulted primarily from additions of approximately 2,737,243 Avalanche with a value of $25,946,396 in connection with Share creations, and approximately 16,372 Avalanche received from staking rewards, with a value of $136,941 during the period. Additions were partially offset by dispositions of approximately (413) Avalanche to pay Sponsor Fee, and approximately (214,634) Avalanche for the redemption of Shares, with a value of $(2,107,403) during the period.

Net investment income for the period April 14, 2026 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2026 was $128,525, which included income from Staking Rewards of $147,423 and net expenses of $18,898. Total expenses for the period ended June 30, 2026 were $31,937, which included $14,246 in Sponsor Fee and $17,691 in Staking Fees. For the one-month period starting on April 15, 2026, the day the Trust began accruing expenses, the Sponsor waived the entire Sponsor Fee on the first $500 million of Trust assets through May 14, 2026. In addition, for the same period, the Sponsor reimbursed the Trust for all Staking Expenses incurred on the first $1 billion of Trust assets through May 14, 2026. For the period from April 15, 2026 through May 14, 2026, the Trust waived $5,830 in Sponsor Fee and was reimbursed $7,209 in Staking Fees.

Net realized and change in unrealized loss on investment in Avalanche for the period April 14, 2026 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2026 was $(7,297,543), which included a realized loss of $(83) on the transfer of Avalanche to pay the Sponsor Fee, a realized loss of $(1,026) on the sale of Avalanche to meet redemptions, a realized gain of $179 on the transfer of Avalanche for staking activities, and a change in unrealized depreciation on investment in Avalanche of $(7,296,613). Net realized and change in unrealized loss on investment in Avalanche for the period resulted primarily from Avalanche price depreciation from $9.32 on April 14, 2026 (commencement of operations) to $6.57 on June 30, 2026. Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was $(7,169,018), which consisted of the net realized and unrealized loss on investment in Avalanche and net investment income of $128,525.

* No comparative period presented as the Trust commenced operations April 14, 2026.

As of June 30, 2026*, the Trust held a net closing balance of 2,538,567.9222 Avalanche with a total market value of $16,635,489 based on the CME CF Avalanche-Dollar Reference Rate - New York Variant (“AVAXUSD_NY”) price of $6.55 used to determine the Trust's NAV. The total market value of the Trust's Avalanche held was $16,678,391 based on the price of Avalanche (Lukka Prime Rate) in the principal market (Coinbase) of $6.57, used to determine the Trust's Principal Market NAV.

On April 14, 2026 (commencement of operations), the Trust began staking its Avalanche pursuant to staking arrangements with the Staking Agent and earns Staking Rewards in the form of additional Avalanche. The amount of Staking Rewards received by the Trust is influenced by factors including Avalanche Network conditions, protocol-level reward rates, the amount of Avalanche held by the Trust and the portion of the Trust’s Avalanche that is staked, and the Trust does not expect Staking Rewards to be earned at a consistent rate. Staking also introduces operational and liquidity considerations, including that staked Avalanche may be inaccessible for a period of time required to un-stake and withdraw Avalanche under Avalanche Network protocols and the Trust’s dependence on its Staking Agent for the execution of staking activities.

Pursuant to the Trust’s staking arrangements and the Trust Agreement, a portion of gross Staking Rewards is allocated among the Staking Agent and the Sponsor (the Sponsor’s “Staking Fee”), with the remainder retained by the Trust. Staking Rewards retained by the Trust increases the Trust’s Avalanche holdings, while distributions or sales of Avalanche reduce the Trust’s Avalanche holdings. The Trust may distribute Staking Rewards (in Avalanche or cash from the sale of Avalanche) to shareholders at the Sponsor’s discretion and subject to the Trust Agreement.

Under normal circumstances, the Sponsor anticipates that it will engage in staking with respect to all of the Trust’s Avalanche, except for Avalanche held in the Liquidity Reserve and pursuant to other short-term and temporary exigencies. On the Avalanche Network, the staking period is fixed in advance and ranges from a minimum of two weeks to a maximum of one year and cannot be unstaked prior to the conclusion of the chosen staking period.

Accordingly, the Trust intends to maintain a Liquidity Reserve composed of an amount of unstaked Avalanche that is freely transferable that will be used to satisfy Redemption Orders. However, there may be circumstances pursuant to which an insufficient amount of Avalanche comprising the Liquidity Reserve, impairing the Trust’s ability to satisfy Redemption Order(s) that it receives on a given day. This means that the Trust will not be able to make redemption distributions on the business day following a properly submitted and accepted Redemption Order, without taking additional action. This risk is especially heightened during periods of heightened market volatility. A circumstance where the Trust was unable to satisfy Redemption Orders could have significant negative consequences for the Trust. Disruptions to the Trust’s creation and redemption mechanism could widen the bid-ask spreads for the Shares or cause Shares to trade at an increased premium or discount to NAV.

Although the Sponsor monitors and manages liquidity risk pursuant to the Liquidity Policies, there remains a possibility that Redemption Orders could exceed the unstaked Avalanche available for immediate withdrawal. In such cases, the Sponsor may delay settlement of a Redemption Order (i.e., long settle the Redemption Order) or temporarily suspend the right of redemption entirely. Monitoring and risk management procedures, while designed to mitigate such risks, cannot eliminate them entirely, particularly in the event of extreme or unforeseen market conditions, sudden spikes in Redemption Orders, or operational disruptions. There is no assurance that the Sponsor’s Liquidity Policies will prove successful and that there may be times when the Trust may delay settlement of a Redemption Order or temporarily suspend the right of redemption entirely. While pursuant to the terms of the Authorized Participant Agreements the Trust may have the ability to defer settlement for a certain time if there are insufficient unstaked assets to meet Redemption Orders (long settlement), there can be no assurance that this will be sufficient to meet all Redemption Orders or that the Trust’s contractual long settlement right will be adequate to meet the Trust’s settlement obligation to Authorized Participants. If not, the Trust could be in default to such Authorized Participants. As a result, investors may still face delays or restrictions on redemptions if the volume of requests surpasses the Trust’s available unstaked Avalanche, or the Trust could face penalties, costs, damages, or other losses in connection with its settlement obligations to Authorized Participants, which could adversely affect the value or liquidity of, or cause losses in connection with an investment in the Shares. If Authorized Participants are unable to reliably redeem Baskets within the expected timeframe, they may decline to provide such services to the Trust, which would cause additional increases in bid-ask spreads and larger premiums and discounts. Furthermore, the Sponsor and the Trust’s service providers could face reputational and regulatory scrutiny which could ultimately have a negative impact on the Trust. Investors seeking an investment that is not subject to heightened liquidity risk should not purchase Shares.

In addition, pursuant to the Liquidity Policies, the Sponsor will seek to employ a laddered staking approach with regard to the defined staking period it selects when managing the Trust’s staked Avalanche. Under this approach, the Sponsor expects to stagger staking positions across multiple staking periods with differing maturity dates, rather than staking all the Trust’s Avalanche for a single, uniform duration. By maintaining multiple staking positions with rolling expiration dates, the Sponsor seeks to ensure that a portion of the Trust’s Avalanche holdings is periodically becoming unstaked and available to meet redemption requests, as needed.

In the event that on a given day the amount of Avalanche comprising the Liquidity Reserve is insufficient to meet Redemption Orders received by the Trust, pursuant to the Liquidity Policies, the Trust may utilize a Contingent Liquidity Arrangement. Under such an arrangement, the Trust may enter into a credit facility that allows the Trust to borrow cash or Avalanche to meet its current obligations. If the Trust draws cash or Avalanche under any such credit facility, the Trust may incur additional expenses in the form of interest on its indebtedness or other costs of borrowing. In addition, the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may seek to engage in a transaction with a third-party pursuant to which the Trust will exchange staked Avalanche (that will be freely transferable upon completion of the unstake period) (“Moderately Liquid Avalanche”) for Avalanche that is unstaked and freely transferable (“Highly Liquid Avalanche”). The Highly Liquid Avalanche that the Trust receives in this transaction will be used to satisfy the applicable Redemption Orders. The amount of Avalanche sold by the Trust under such circumstances will be the minimum necessary to satisfy the applicable Redemption Orders. Such trades are expected to occur at a spread, requiring the Trust to deliver a greater quantity of Moderately Liquid Avalanche in order to receive an equivalent amount of Highly Liquid Avalanche.

No material changes have occurred during the period from April 14, 2026 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2026.

The financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements relies on estimates and assumptions that impact the Trust’s financial position and results of operations. These estimates and assumptions affect the Trust’s application of accounting policies. Below is a summary of accounting policies on cash, investment valuation and investment company considerations. There were no material estimates involving a significant level of estimation uncertainty that had or are reasonably likely to have had a material impact on the Trust’s financial condition used in the preparation of the financial statements. In addition, please refer to Note 2 to the Financial Statements included in this report for further discussion of the Trust’s accounting policies.

Cash

Cash represents cash deposits held at financial institutions and Digital Asset exchanges. Cash in a bank deposit account, at times, may exceed U.S. federally insured limits. The Trust has not experienced any losses in such accounts and does not believe it is exposed to any significant credit risk on such bank deposits.

Staked Avalanche and Staking Rewards

Avalanche held by the Trust will be bonded through Attestant, Ltd., an affiliate of the Sponsor (the "Staking Agent"), to the Avalanche network ("staked") for purposes of validating a node or multiple nodes on the network. Avalanche staked to the Avalanche network receives network inflation and Maximum Extractable Value (“MEV”) rewards in the form of Avalanche ("Staking Rewards"). Staking Rewards are variable and will accrue to the benefit of the Trust, net of delegator fees. Avalanche Staking Rewards are measured at fair value on the date they are accrued. Under current Avalanche network protocols, Avalanche staked on the Avalanche Network is staked for a defined staking period (between two weeks and one year, depending on the staking period selected). While staked, Avalanche cannot be immediately withdrawn.

Under normal circumstances, the Sponsor anticipates that it will engage in staking with respect to all of the Trust’s Avalanche, except for Avalanche held in the “Liquidity Reserve,” which is the portion of the Trust’s Avalanche holdings that are unstaked and are freely transferable and available to meet redemptions. Because the Trust anticipates staking a substantial portion of its Avalanche holdings, the Trust has adopted liquidity risk policies and procedures to monitor and manage the Liquidity Reserve. These policies and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that the Trust is able to satisfy redemptions without incurring the risk of significant dilution of the remaining Shareholders’ interest in the Trust.

Staking Rewards are earned by the Trust in Avalanche, which is a non-cash consideration, as the validator with whom the Trust has staked its Avalanche validates transactions on the Avalanche network. The Trust has concluded that the validator is the principal to the validation activities giving rise to the Staking Rewards and, therefore, the Trust recognizes only the net amount (i.e., net of the Staking Rewards retained by the validator) of Avalanche to which it is entitled for staking its Avalanche with the validator.

To determine which market is the Trust's principal market (or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market) for purposes of calculating the Trust's net asset value in accordance with U.S. GAAP ("Principal Market NAV" and "Principal Market NAV per Share"), the Trust follows ASC Topic 820-10, Fair Value Measurement, which outlines the application of fair value accounting. ASC 820-10 determines fair value to be the price that would be received for Avalanche in a current sale, which assumes an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820-10 requires the Trust to assume that Avalanche is sold in its principal market to market participants or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market. Market participants are defined as buyers and sellers in the principal or most advantageous market that are independent, knowledgeable, and willing and able to transact.

The Trust only receives Avalanche in connection with a creation order from the Authorized Participant (or a Liquidity Provider) and does not itself transact on any Digital Asset Markets. Therefore, the Trust looks to market-based volume and level of activity for Digital Asset Markets. The Authorized Participant(s), or a Liquidity Provider, may transact in a Brokered Market, a Dealer Market, Principal-to-Principal Markets and Exchange Markets (“Trading Platform Markets”), each as defined in the FASB ASC Master Glossary (collectively, “Digital Asset Markets”).

In determining which of the eligible Digital Asset Markets is the Trust's principal market, the Trust reviews these criteria in the following order:

First, the Trust reviews a list of Digital Asset Markets that are U.S. accessible, have historically provided publicly available data, and are exchanges that Bitwise normally transacts on. Specifically, the Trust utilizes a third-party valuation vendor, Lukka, Inc., to identify publicly available, well established and reputable crypto asset exchanges selected in their sole discretion.

Second, Lukka, Inc. sorts these Digital Asset Markets from high to low by market-based volume and level of activity of Avalanche traded on each Digital Asset Market. For the period from April 14, 2026 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2026, this sort was performed for Digital Asset Markets for the period mid-May through mid-June 2026.

Third, Lukka, Inc. then reviews pricing fluctuations and the degree of variances in price on each Digital Asset Market during the 60 minutes prior to 4:00 p.m. ET for Avalanche to identify any material notable variances that may impact the volume or price information of a particular Digital Asset Market.

Fourth, Lukka, Inc. then selects a Digital Asset Market as its principal market based on the highest market-based volume level of activity and price stability in comparison to the other Digital Asset Markets on the list.

As of June 30, 2026, Lukka, Inc. included Binance, Bitfinex, Bitflyer, Bitstamp, Bullish, Bybit, Coinbase, Crypto.com, Gate.io, Gemini, HitBTC, Huobi, itBit, Kraken, KuCoin, LMAX, MEXC Global, OKX and Poloniex as its primary Exchange Markets in consideration.

At June 30, 2026, the principal market and the principal market price for Avalanche, which is composed of the majority of the Trust’s assets as of June 30, 2026, was Coinbase with a price of $6.57.

The Trust determines its principal market (or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market) annually and conducts a quarterly analysis to determine (i) if there have been recent changes to each Digital Asset Market’s trading volume and level of activity in the trailing twelve months, (ii) if any Digital Asset Markets have developed that the Trust has access to, or (iii) if recent changes to each Digital Asset Market's price stability have occurred that would materially impact the selection of the principal market and necessitate a change in the Trust's determination of its principal market.

The cost basis of the Avalanche received by the Trust in connection with a creation order is recorded by the Trust at the fair value of Avalanche at 4:00 p.m. ET on the creation date for financial reporting purposes. The cost basis recorded by the Trust may differ from proceeds collected by the Authorized Participant from the sale of the corresponding Shares to investors.

Please refer to Note 2 to the financial statements included in this Quarterly Report for further discussion of the Trust’s Significant Accounting Policies.