On December 2, news emerged that Emin Gün Sirer, founder and CEO of Ava Labs, revealed during a response to community user questions on platform X that Avalanche (AVAX) is in discussions with the incoming new U.S. government. He stated that the team would not flaunt their political connections with the government on social media, but would instead showcase results in 'full Avalanche style' and suggested that the community 'plan accordingly'.