CoinVoice has recently learned that the international precious metals market as a whole is strengthening. The prices of major precious metals such as gold, silver, and platinum have successively reached record highs. According to Reuters, spot gold once touched approximately 4,525 USD/ounce during trading, and for the first time surpassed the 4,500 USD/ounce mark; the cumulative increase this year has exceeded 70%. At the same time, the prices of silver and platinum have also reached historical highs, with the precious metals sector performing exceptionally well.
Market views suggest that the current precious metals trend is related to the rise in geopolitical uncertainty, increased safe-haven demand, and expectations regarding future interest rate cuts. Against this backdrop, digital asset forms related to gold have also received attention. As the prices of underlying assets rise, the discussion around tokenized gold assets has simultaneously increased. Represented by the gold token XAUm launched on the RWA platform Matrixdock under Matrixport, such products are based on physical gold as the underlying asset, introducing the value of gold into the on-chain system through a tokenized structure, providing new value carrier options for digital asset investors. With the rise in gold prices, the exploration of holding, transferring, and potential financial application scenarios (such as collateral, DeFi participation, etc.) for gold tokens on-chain has gradually increased, becoming a related focus in the recent precious metals market.
