{"id":18669,"date":"2025-12-25T13:40:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T13:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/gold-backed-stablecoins-nearly-triple-as-one-token-dominates-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T13:41:04","slug":"gold-backed-stablecoins-nearly-triple-as-one-token-dominates-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/gold-backed-stablecoins-nearly-triple-as-one-token-dominates-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold-backed stablecoins nearly triple as one token dominates 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Gold-backed stablecoins have surged to about $4b in 2025, led by two tokens holding nearly 90% of supply as rising gold prices and a major issuer\u2019s vault push tokenized bullion into the spotlight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_8dd6044795a9770cdb04242897787abd\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Catenaa News data shows gold-backed stablecoins near $4b in market cap, almost tripling since early 2025 as one token expands supply and overtakes its main rival.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>The top two tokens now represent close to 90% of tokenized gold, offering fractional claims on vaulted bars and tracking a spot market lifted by macro risk and central-bank demand.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>A major stablecoin issuer has quietly become one of the world\u2019s largest non-sovereign gold holders, with bullion reserves comparable to smaller central banks.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Gold-backed stablecoins have reached approximately $4 billion in market capitalization, nearly tripling since the start of 2025, according to market data.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gold-backed stablecoins increase in value<\/h2>\n<p>One token accounts for approximately half of the total market, while another major token holds a significant share, with the two together representing nearly 90% of tokenized gold holdings, the data showed. The leading token surpassed its competitor following supply expansion throughout 2025.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>The growth in tokenized gold has occurred alongside a substantial increase in gold prices year-to-date, attributed to macroeconomic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, and sustained global demand for the precious metal.<\/p>\n<p>Gold-backed stablecoins enable investors to hold fractional ownership of physical gold bars stored in secure vaults, providing exposure to gold through blockchain-based tokens that can be traded on cryptocurrency platforms.<\/p>\n<p>A major stablecoin issuer has become a notable institutional holder of gold, acquiring quantities that place it among the top global gold holders according to International Monetary Fund data, ahead of several national reserves.<\/p>\n<p>The development reflects growing institutional and retail interest in digital assets backed by traditional commodities, offering features such as liquidity, transparency, and cross-border transferability while maintaining price correlation with physical gold.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold-backed stablecoins have surged to about $4b in 2025, led by two tokens holding nearly 90% of supply as rising gold prices and a major issuer\u2019s vault push tokenized bullion&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18670,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18669\/revisions\/18670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}