The World Gold Council plans to launch a tokenized gold framework to challenge Tether and Paxos
According to market news, the World Gold Council, established in 1987, is collaborating with the Boston Consulting Group to propose a "Gold as a Service" framework aimed at establishing standards for tokenized gold, challenging crypto-native issuers such as Tether Gold and PAX Gold.This service will provide a shared network that allows companies issuing tokenized gold to access a unified platform for managing physical reserves, enhancing trust through continuous audits, and establishing interchangeability between products. Currently, the tokenized gold market, dominated by Paxos and Tether, has a total market capitalization of approximately $4.9 billion, with each having established independent custody and issuance systems.The World Gold Council previously launched the first physical gold ETF in the U.S., SPDR Gold Shares, in 2004, which currently has a market capitalization of $126 billion. The council stated that the new service could lower the entry barriers for issuers and is expected to give rise to hundreds of tokenized gold products.