LIVE2 gold-backed cryptocurrencies to invest in as demand skyrockets
Gold has made consecutive new all-time highs year-to-date, drawing investors’ attention and fueling what was already a significantly increased demand. Finbold selected two tokenized gold cryptocurrencies to invest in and gain exposure to the leading commodity
As of writing, the TradingView index for gold marks an all-time high of $2,431 per ounce. Furthermore, gold contracts closed the week – on April 12, Friday – at a valuation of $2,343 per ounce. Looking ahead, Bloomberg Intelligence‘s commodity expert forecasts gold could reach $3,000 per ounce.
However, investing in gold can sometimes be expensive and limiting, according to different geographic locations, or investment budgets.
Gold investment alternatives
2 gold tokens that anyone can buy
In this context, Finbold selected two of the most popular gold-backed cryptocurrencies or gold tokens. These assets are a synthetic version of the commodity, with mechanisms built to keep a peg to gold’s price.
Tether Gold (XAUt)
First, Tether has its own gold token under the ticker XAUt, using gold’s nomination as a supranational currency. The company is the leading stablecoin issuer in the cryptocurrency industry, controlling USDT, with over $105 billion market cap.
In particular, Tether’s tokenized gold trades slightly above TradingView‘s index, at $2,345 per ounce. XAUt is a $577.75 million market cap cryptocurrency, indicating a low-cap project according to the industry parameters.
PAX Gold (PAXG)
Pax Gold (PAXG) is a gold-backed cryptocurrency issued by Paxos, a regulated blockchain infrastructure. The company is mostly known for serving as Binance‘s dollar-stablecoin (BUSD) controller, despite having its own synthetic dollar, the USDP.
Interestingly, PAXG trades with a nearly 2% premium against the index, priced at $2,385 with ongoing volatility. Paxos’s gold token has a $435 million capitalization, ranked in the 159th position according to the CoinMarketCap index.
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