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Swap AVAX from Avalanche C-Chain to ETH on BNB Chain

Swap AVAX from Avalanche C-Chain to ETH on BNB Chain. Native AVAX leaves the C-Chain, and pegged ETH arrives on BNB Chain.

Sell AVAX, chain 43114, marked 0xEeeeeEeeeEeEeeEeEeEeeEEEeeeeEeeeeeeeEEeE. Snowtrace shows the account. Leave a fee. The C-Chain is not the X-Chain. There is no token approval. Receive 0x2170Ed0880ac9A755fd29B2688956BD959F933F8 on chain 56. BscScan shows pegged ETH. It is not native ETH, not WETH, and not BNB. Blocks are about 3 seconds. BNB is the gas coin and is not what this quote buys. Ethereum's gas coin, on chain 1, is also not this token.

Diagram for Swap AVAX from Avalanche C-Chain to ETH on BNB Chain — AVAX leaves Avalanche C-Chain. ETH is what can arrive on BNB Chain.

You did not buy gas on either chain

AVAX was the fee coin you sold. Pegged ETH cannot become the fee coin on BNB Chain. BNB can, and you did not buy it. Ethereum ETH can, on chain 1, and you did not buy that either. If the reason for the trade was to pay fees, this page is the wrong output. If a BNB Chain app asked for 0x2170Ed0880ac9A755fd29B2688956BD959F933F8, it is the right one.

Keep AVAX back for the send

A full-balance entry fails. The X-Chain balance is not spendable here. No approval is required for native AVAX. If you see an approval, the asset line is wrong. You are changing AVAX exposure into a pegged token, so read the minimum as a price, not as a fee calculation.

WETH is still another contract

Canonical WETH is 0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2 on Ethereum. It will not appear on BscScan from this route. How cross-chain bridges work explains the explorer split. Three second blocks are not a promised arrival. Bring BNB before you try to move the peg.

Dollar routes exist if you wanted them

USDT and pegged USDC are different pages. Native BNB is a different page. Staying in AVAX is not a bridge at all. Leave this quote unsigned when the minimum pegged ETH is worse than you accept.

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XAUConnect is a non-custodial swap aggregator. Digital assets are volatile and may lose value rapidly. Content on this page is educational and not investment advice. Verify every contract address on the official block explorer before approving a transaction.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best way to swap AVAX from Avalanche C-Chain to ETH on BNB Chain?

Sell AVAX, chain 43114, marked 0xEeeeeEeeeEeEeeEeEeEeeEEEeeeeEeeeeeeeEEeE. Snowtrace shows the account. XAUConnect compares live routes and lets your own wallet sign.

Can pegged ETH pay BNB Chain fees?

No. 0x2170Ed0880ac9A755fd29B2688956BD959F933F8 is a BEP-20. Gas is BNB, the native coin, marked 0xEeeeeEeeeEeEeeEeEeEeeEEEeeeeEeeeeeeeEEeE on chain 56. You sold AVAX, which was the C-Chain gas coin, and did not receive BNB. Fund BNB or the pegged token cannot move. Blocks are about 3 seconds after that.

Is this Ethereum ETH?

No. Ethereum ETH is native on chain 1 and shows on Etherscan as the account balance. Blocks there are about 12 seconds. This credit is pegged ETH on BscScan. It is not WETH. The source is AVAX on the C-Chain, chain 43114, on Snowtrace, not the X-Chain.

Do I approve AVAX?

No. Native AVAX is sent. Leave a remainder on chain 43114 for the fee. The placeholder 0xEeeeeEeeeEeEeeEeEeEeeEEEeeeeEeeeeeeeEEeE means AVAX on the source and would mean BNB if you had chosen BNB as the output. This output is the pegged token instead. BNB would have been a different quote.

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