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Wall Street Says Tokenization Will Change Markets, and Gold Is Next
By Ines Ferre
Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Gold's rise to all-time highs this year has sparked a growing appetite for tokenized bullion as investors look for ways to take part in the "debasement trade," but on blockchain.
The precious metal issued in token form uses the same technology that underpins cryptocurrencies, with issuer guarantees that the tokens are backed by physical gold securely held and designed to closely mirror the price of gold.
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Alaska Silver Announces High-Grade Discovery Zone: Silver Sage
Company Announcement
Monday, November 3, 2025
Alaska Silver Corp. (TSXV: WAM, OTCQX: WAMFF) announces the discovery of a high-grade mineralized zone, named Silver Sage, on its 100% owned Illinois Creek Carbonate Replacement Deposit project in western Alaska.
The Silver Sage zone represents a significant exploration breakthrough, located 4.8 kilometers south of the Waterpump Creek resource. The discovery has been confirmed through surface trenching, pit sampling, and initial drilling. Drill hole results will be discussed when assay results are received and reviewed.
Discovery highlights:
A new high-grade zone identified. Early work confirms Silver Sage as a promising mineralized system with near-surface samples running:
-- 1,235 g/t silver (Ag) with 65% lead (Pb); and 1,135 g/t Ag with 73% Pb. ...
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As gold soared to new highs in October, stablecoin issuer Tether saw as much as a 60% jump in the value of its gold tokens (XAUT). Tether noted that XAUT's market cap jumped from $1.44 billion at the end of last quarter to nearly $2.1 billion last month, prior to the gold selloff.
Tokenized gold currently accounts for only about 1% of the broader real-world asset market. While stablecoins backed by the US dollar or short-term Treasurys boast a market capitalization of around $300 billion, tokenized gold represents just about $3 billion, led by Tether's XAUT and PAX gold.
"It's really an alternative way that people can hold gold if they prefer to hold it in a [digital] wallet," WisdomTree head of digital assets Will Peck told Yahoo Finance. "They can trade it 24/7 around the clock, peer-to-peer transferability." ...
While tokenized gold can theoretically be redeemed for physical gold or traded like any other cryptocurrency, Peck sees it used in a similar fashion as bitcoin (BTC-USD), with both assets coexisting as ways to hedge against inflation. ...
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