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Gold has been stored in vaults, transported between financial centers and traded through increasingly sophisticated markets for centuries. Today, however, another layer is being added to the gold market: blockchain-based digital infrastructure. Tokenization does not eliminate physical gold, vaults or custodians. Instead, it can create a digital layer that connects these traditional components with programmable…

Cross-border payments remain one of the areas where financial infrastructure can be slow and operationally complex. Transactions between countries often involve multiple institutions, currencies, settlement systems and compliance requirements. At the same time, blockchain technology has introduced a different way of moving digital value across networks. This raises an interesting question: could tokenized gold become…

Collateral is one of the foundations of lending. Traditionally, assets such as real estate, securities and physical commodities can be used to secure loans. As financial assets move onto blockchain networks, tokenized gold is becoming another potential form of digital collateral. This creates a connection between gold and digital lending markets. What Does It Mean…

Gold has traditionally been used as a store of value and financial asset. Decentralized finance, or DeFi, introduced a different way of interacting with financial assets through blockchain networks and smart contracts. The combination of these two concepts is creating a new category: gold-backed DeFi. Instead of gold existing only as a physical asset or…

Tokenized gold is bringing one of the world’s oldest financial assets into a new technological environment. Blockchain can make gold-related value easier to transfer and integrate with digital applications, but tokenization also raises important questions about custody, ownership, compliance, investor protection and market structure. As the sector develops, regulation is becoming an increasingly important part…

Gold can be accessed through many different financial structures. Two increasingly discussed approaches are gold ETFs and tokenized gold. Both can provide exposure to gold-related value, but they use very different infrastructure. Understanding the difference is important because a tokenized gold asset is not simply a traditional ETF placed on a blockchain. What Is a Gold…