World Gold Council sees tokenized gold market reaching $700B
- —Gold tokens grew from $1.2B to $6B since late 2024
- —XAUT and PAXG control over 90% of the public gold token market
- —Gold token trading topped $90B in Q1 2026 alone
- —Nearly 9 in 10 surveyed investors would buy digital gold
Why it matters: Banks such as HSBC are entering the segment, potentially channeling fresh capital into tokenized assets and DeFi lending against gold collateral.
Source: Comparic