The spot price of gold punched through $3,200/oz for the first time in history this year, marking a ~30% rally since the start of 2025. With geopolitical uncertainty rocking the world and trust in fiat currencies shaken, recent data shows gold investment inflows of 552 tons in Q1 (up 170% year-on-year), with central banks adding an additional 244 tons to sovereign coffers.

This surge in gold investment activity isn’t only taking place in traditional markets. As stablecoins and blockchain technology continue to reshape digital finance in ways that are too big to be ignored, gold-backed tokens are increasingly in demand. In fact, the market cap of gold-backed tokens topped $2B in recent weeks, an all-time record that coincided with the asset’s traditional market rally.

The rise of Tether Gold reflects this trend. The project's latest public attestation logged just over 7.7 tons of Swiss-vaulted bullion underpinning every token in circulation, giving XAUt a $770M float. In short, gold has become both a macro barometer and a programmable asset – and XAUt0 is now taking this opportunity omnichain.

Gold’s superpower resides in its timeless, borderless fungibility: the same solid ounce holds significant value from Ming-era Nanjing to modern-day London. That said, the ability to directly invest in gold has long been a privilege only available to institutions, insiders, and accredited investors. Fortunately, this is no longer the case.

Projects like Tether Gold have democratized access to gold and brought it into the modern era in significant, structural ways. But up until now, most tokenized gold has remained trapped in single-chain deployments or wrapped and bridged representations that involve hidden security risks and efficiency gaps.

XAUt0, the omnichain deployment of Tether Gold’s XAUt0 token, further expands access and new onchain opportunities for the world’s most trusted store of value. By creating a seamless, omnichain liquidity layer for XAUt’s native Ethereum deployment, XAUt0 enables:

• Universal accessibility: Any LayerZero-compatible wallet like Telegram Wallet can custody and transmit bullion-grade gold without ever touching a bank counter.

• Full composability: XAUt0 is minted and burned through LayerZero’s OFT standard, so tokens you hold on one chain are identical to the tokens on any other chain.

• Capital efficiency: XAUt0 can be used in lending markets, collateral vaults, and other onchain protocols without fragmented liquidity or additional workarounds.

• Fair market pricing: XAUt0’s unified liquidity means protocols reference one global pool, compressing bid-ask gaps and settlement prices for anyone transacting in gold.

Gold secured trade routes for pharaohs centuries ago. Today, omnichain blockspace secures trade routes for everyone, as we protect and build our personal financial empires. With XAUt0, anyone can use Telegram’s Wallet or USDT0’s portal to buy and swap gold and leverage it across the growing world of digital finance – with multiple new onramps expected soon.

Gold has survived multiple empire collapses and currency resets, which have only burnished its reputation and value. By welding Tether Gold’s audited reserves to new omnichain rails, XAUt0 gives gold a gamechanging ability: timeless value that moves at internet speed while maintaining bullion-grade assurances.

This is liquid gold, redefined.

Learn more at gold.usdt0.to