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Tether Says Its Newest Stablecoin Is Backed by Gold in Swiss Vault
Tether is issuing a new stablecoin as ERC-20 and TRC20 tokens, backing their price with one ounce of gold.
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Liquid gold being poured into a cast to make a bullion bar at a Gold Reef City demonstration. Even the crucible glows under the immense heat. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
Paxos' Tokenized Gold Futures Are Now Trading on FTX Exchange
For the first time, investors can trade gold-backed futures contracts on a leading crypto derivatives exchange. In addition to its spot market trading, PAX Gold is now availab...
Liquid gold being poured into a cast to make a bullion bar at a Gold Reef City demonstration. Even the crucible glows under the immense heat. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

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Travis Kling on Bitcoin as a Safe Haven Asset
Ikigai’s Travis Kling looks at BTC's correlation to gold and crude in response to Iran missile strikes, plus SEC priorities and Congressional intrigue.
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Bitcoin Price Will Be Golden in 2020 Thanks to Limited Supply, Increasing Use: Bloomberg Report
Bitcoin, like gold, is a limited asset that can't be easily increased to meet demand. Bloomberg analysts predict the price of both will rise this year.
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Bitcoin May Follow Gold With Significant Price Breakout
Bitcoin looks set to take a page out of gold's book and confirm a price breakout on the weekly chart.
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Store of Value Remains Crypto’s Best Use Case
Store of value was the most viable and desirable use case across crypto in 2019 and offers a basis to increase adoption in the second decade of crypto, says Ryan Zurrer of Dia...
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Bitcoin Price Set to Outshine Gold and Stocks by Big Margin in 2019
Despite the downtrend in the latter half of 2019, bitcoin is on track to significantly outperform gold and stocks.
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Tradewind, Canadian Mint to Verify Origins of Precious Metals on Blockchain
Tradewind Markets is tracking the geography, name and standards of mines that produce precious metals for the Royal Canadian Mint.
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CoinShares, Blockchain Launch Gold Token Network on a Bitcoin Sidechain
Two years in the making and already backed by some $20 million in digitized gold, CoinShares announced the DGLD token Tuesday.
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Is Bitcoin a Safe Haven Like Gold? These Four Charts Say Not Yet
Market movements show us that bitcoin is not generally accepted as a safe-haven investment.
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