To swap BTC to AVAX, choose BTC on Bitcoin as “from” and AVAX on Avalanche as “to”, paste your 0x address, then send BTC to the deposit address shown. On November 13, 2026, $1,000 of BTC (0.014541 BTC) quoted 121.065067 AVAX in about 28 minutes, before the 0.7% service fee. The AVAX arrives as the native gas coin of the Avalanche C-Chain, ready to use.
Key Takeaways
- Route type: NEAR Intents (best quote) or Relay; you send one ordinary Bitcoin transaction.
- Time: about 28 minutes at every amount; nearly all of it is Bitcoin confirmation time.
- Cost: a flat 0.37% route fee plus about $0.63 of Bitcoin network fee; you kept about 99.3% of the reference value at $1,000.
- Main catch: AVAX arrives on the C-Chain; paste a 0x address.
What Is BTC?
BTC is native bitcoin on the Bitcoin network. It has no smart contracts, so swaps out of it start with a normal transaction to a deposit address that a solver watches. LI.FI priced BTC at $68,773 on November 13, 2026.
What Is AVAX?
AVAX is the native coin of Avalanche and pays gas on its main smart contract chain, the C-Chain, which uses Ethereum-style 0x addresses. You need AVAX for any transaction on Avalanche, including moving tokens you hold there. LI.FI priced AVAX at $8.20 in the same check.
How the BTC to AVAX Swap Works
The swap shows a Bitcoin deposit address. You send BTC there; once the Bitcoin transaction confirms, NEAR Intents pays AVAX from its own liquidity to your C-Chain address. You sign nothing on Avalanche and need no AVAX in advance. Relay quoted the same route as a second option.
Quotes by Amount (November 13, 2026)
| You send | BTC | You receive | Kept vs reference | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100 of BTC | 0.0014541 | 12.1046 AVAX | 99.3% | about 28 min |
| $1,000 of BTC | 0.014541 | 121.065067 AVAX | 99.3% | about 28 min |
| $10,000 of BTC | 0.14541 | 1,210.525537 AVAX | 99.3% | about 28 min |
At LI.FI’s reference prices, $1,000 of BTC equals about 121.95 AVAX. The route kept about 99.3% at every size, so there was no extra price impact up to $10,000; the $0.63 Bitcoin fee is the only fixed cost. Quotes are LI.FI routes before the 0.7% Step Exchange service fee.
How Much AVAX Do You Need?
A transfer or swap on the Avalanche C-Chain usually costs a few cents in AVAX, so even the $100 swap above, about 12 AVAX, covers a long run of transactions. If you only want a small amount of AVAX for gas and the rest in dollars, consider sending part of your BTC to a stablecoin instead: BTC to USDT. Fees on Avalanche in detail: Avalanche gas fees.
Step by Step
- Copy your Avalanche C-Chain address (starts with 0x).
- From: BTC on Bitcoin. To: AVAX on Avalanche. Paste the address.
- Check the quote in AVAX.
- Send BTC from your Bitcoin wallet to the deposit address shown, exactly the amount displayed.
- Wait about 30 minutes for Bitcoin confirmations and the AVAX payout.
Mistakes to Avoid
- X-Chain or P-Chain address: these start with X-avax or P-avax and cannot receive the route; use the C-Chain 0x address.
- Low Bitcoin fee: if your wallet lets you pick the fee, a very low fee can delay confirmation far beyond 30 minutes.
- Expecting minutes: the time is set by Bitcoin blocks, not by the route.
More routes: ETH to AVAX, USDT to AVAX, AVAX to BNB.