The gold trade is worth trillions—but proving where that gold came from, where it’s been, and who touched it? That’s still done with spreadsheets, PDFs, and guesswork.
As regulators crack down on exports with incomplete records, gold must be traceable, auditable, and digitally verifiable at every stage—from mine to vault.
TokenX helps gold businesses digitally transform their physical assets with blockchain-powered gold tokens. By digitizing custody and compliance without disrupting physical vault operations,This not only prevents fraud and export delays—it also unlocks new ways to monetize, move, and verify gold assets across borders with confidence. Whether you manage refined gold bars, doré, or in-ground reserves, you can now create a digital gold token for every step of the supply chain and open new channels for resale and investment.
The Challenge: Proving Gold’s Legitimacy from Mine to Vault
For most of the gold industry, establishing provenance is still manual and paper-based. Whether you’re refining, vaulting, or exporting, you’re likely juggling:
- Missing or inconsistent chain-of-custody records
- Unverifiable certificates or smelting documents
- Manual systems vulnerable to fraud and double-counting
- Delays in customs clearance and international trade
- Limited liquidity due to uncertainty or compliance risks
Meanwhile, the demand for track and trace capabilities—from both regulators and buyers—is rising fast.
The Solution: Gold Tokenization That Follows the Asset
With TokenX, each bar, doré lot, or in-ground ore reserve is paired with a gold token—a tamper-proof, blockchain-based digital twin that tracks its full lifecycle.
Here’s how it works:
🟡 At the Source (In-Ground Gold Ore)
Tokens capture mine registration, license data, estimated yields, and GPS coordinates, ensuring that the digital gold record begins before the asset is even extracted.
🟠 During Processing (Doré Bars)
When gold is melted into intermediate doré bars, a new gold token is issued—linking back to the mine of origin and enriched with data like smelting dates, purity levels, shipping details, and attached certifications.
🔵 Final Refinement (Refined Gold Bars)
Once gold reaches its final form, tokens are updated or replaced with refined metadata: official assay results, vault storage location, RFID or NFC tag references, and export readiness. These digital gold tokens can also be fractionalized, enabling investment or trade without physical movement.
Each token is connected to the one before it—creating an unbroken, auditable track and trace system across the entire chain of custody.
What It Looks Like in Your Business
Let’s say you’re a gold refinery or vault operator in the UAE, Switzerland, or West Africa. Here’s how gold tokenization helps you streamline and protect your business:
- ✅ Regulatory Compliance
Instantly prove origin, processing history, and ownership to customs agents, compliance officers, and auditors—backed by immutable blockchain records. - ✅ Export and Import Certainty
Accelerate international shipments with standardized, tamper-proof documentation tied to every gold token. - ✅ Fraud Prevention
Eliminate duplicate paperwork and verify the legitimacy of every shipment with trackable, timestamped digital records. - ✅ Storage and Custody Confidence
Link vault inventory directly to verifiable digital gold tokens, enabling audits, secure custody, and potential token-backed collateralization. - ✅ New Revenue Streams
Offer fractionalized gold investments to partners or buyers, increasing asset liquidity and market reach without releasing physical custody.
Let’s Make Your Gold Verifiable by Default
TokenX provides a full-stack solution designed specifically for tokenizing real-world assets like gold. Here’s what makes us different:
- Custom Token Design: Tailored metadata and structure for each processing stage
- Physical Tag Integration: NFC, RFID, QR, or serial linking to real-world bars
- Dynamic Data Feeds: Automatically update tokens with external data (GPS, smelting results, certifications)
- Secure Asset Storage: Support for encrypted documents, appraisals, and assay reports
- Fractionalization Ready: Unlock liquidity through ERC-1155 token options
- Enterprise Control: Choose your blockchain (public, private, or hybrid), manage access, and set compliance rules
You don’t have to digitize everything. You just need to digitize what slows you down. Whether you’re preparing for new AML regulations, modernizing your operations, or seeking ways to make your gold assets more valuable without physically moving them—gold tokenization gives you a secure, scalable, and future-proof edge.
👉 Book a strategy session to explore how digital gold tokens and track and trace solutions can fit into your vault, refinery, or trading operation.
