FileCoin (FIL) has announced a strategic partnership with Avalanche (Avax). FileCoin is an L1 protocol digital storage platform that enables people to store and retrieve digital data.
Avalanche, on the other hand, is an L1 blockchain network that provides the capabilities and tools that allow users to launch decentralized applications. The network also has a variety of tools to enable the development of financial assets, trading and business solutions.
Avalanche (@Avax) startups don't have to keep everything in chains. You can move archived or rarely accessed data to Filecoin. There, it is stored immutable and verified with encrypted proofs, reducing costs without affecting app performance or availability. pic.twitter.com/t7o7vj5yya
– Filecoin (@filecoin) June 22, 2025
Avalanche taps file coins for off-chain data
Based on this partnership, the two companies created a multi-chain data link between Avalanche's contract chain and Filecoin's FEVM.
This collaboration means that Avax connects its responsible, rapid transaction processing network with FIL's data computing ecosystem and creates the foundation for a multi-chain architecture that can be developed to meet business needs.
This integration will establish multi-chain data avenues and allow Avax smart contracts to communicate with FIL's distributed storage ecosystem. This means that whenever Dapps need to store data in Avax, they create requests via smart contracts via FIL via FEVM.
The data is stored in a Filecoin given a CID (Content Identifier) and is given encrypted authentication. When Fil generates a searchability proof, it sends it back to Avax's contract chain. This allows Avax Dapps to verify the accessibility and reliability of off-chain data without compromising chain validity and reducing Avax storage costs.
Building a Web3 infrastructure for business growth
Filecoin and Avalanche Alliance are important for Web3 landscapes as they provide solutions to address the critical demands of DAPP.
As interest in traditional financial and Web2 companies building on high-speed transactional blockchains (such as an avalanche), so will the demand for trusted, verifiable data infrastructure. FileCoin provides an archive storage layer that ensures data integrity and long-term verifiability.
By enabling Avalanche Dapps to transfer data storage to Filecoin, avalanche protocols can be blocked and maintain fast and efficient functionality.
This collaborative way to promote data storage and computing utilities is paramount to corporate Web3 adoption, allowing sophisticated applications (such as digital asset repository, digitally collected data storage, supply chain verification audits, etc.) to work effectively.
This will promote greater complexity among major protocol networks, and show you how niche protocols can work together to develop a more responsive, distributed and powerful digital world.
