{"id":24131,"date":"2026-03-20T10:55:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/world-gold-council-unveils-plan-to-standardize-tokenized-gold-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:55:30","slug":"world-gold-council-unveils-plan-to-standardize-tokenized-gold-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/world-gold-council-unveils-plan-to-standardize-tokenized-gold-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"World Gold Council unveils plan to standardize tokenized gold infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p>The World Gold Council has proposed plans to develop a platform that will change how the metal operates in digital financial systems.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_fa268014b1103a88bbaeca0cf7d2caa6\" 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>World Gold Council has proposed a \u201cGold as a Service\u201d platform aimed at standardizing and scaling tokenized gold products across digital financial systems.<\/li>\n<li>The model seeks to link physical gold custody with digital issuance frameworks while streamlining processes such as compliance, reconciliation, and redemption.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>In a white paper <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260319415787\/en\/World-Gold-Council-to-Develop-Shared-Infrastructure-for-Digital-Gold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">released<\/a> on March 18, the World Gold Council outlined plans for a proposed \u201cGold as a Service\u201d platform that would \u201csupport the issuance and operation of scalable, interoperable digital gold products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The platform would link the physical custody of gold with digital systems used to issue and manage tokenized gold products. It would standardize essential market processes such as custody coordination, reconciliation, compliance, and redemption to \u201creduce operational complexity, improve access, and enable greater consistency across digital gold products,\u201d the World Gold Council said.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>Among some of the key features, the new service would include standardizing tokenized gold issuance and management, improving digital gold\u2019s fungibility, embedding audits and assurance, enabling interoperability with existing financial rails, and improving liquidity in lending and borrowing markets.<\/p>\n<p>According to CEO David Tait, gold must evolve to maintain its role in the global financial system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShared infrastructure can help gold become more accessible, more easily traded and fully integrated into modern financial systems, ensuring it remains as relevant tomorrow as it has been for millennia,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>It must be noted that similar products already exist, such as Tether Gold or Pax Gold, which have built their own custody, compliance, and redemption frameworks. However, the Council\u2019s position in the space could offer its platform an edge among institutional participants.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>World Gold Council\u2019s push for digital gold<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>As previously reported by crypto.news, in September last year, Tait said the group was working on a framework that would allow participants to \u201cpass gold digitally around the gold ecosystem, as collateral, for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said gold is often seen as a static unyielding asset, and by digitalizing it, the metal could be used for margins and collateral, generating profit for investors through a structure referred to as \u201cpooled gold interest\u201d or PGI.<\/p>\n<p>A pilot for the initiative was planned for the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Gold Council has proposed plans to develop a platform that will change how the metal operates in digital financial systems. 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