Tokenized gold surges 177% drives quarter of RWA growth 2025

Tokenized gold surges 177% in 2025 to $4.4B market cap with $178B trading volume, holders nearly triple and Tether Gold driving a late-year onchain liquidity shift

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  • Tokenized Gold market cap rose about 177% in 2025 to roughly $4.4 billion, adding about $2.8 billion in net value.
  • Tokenized gold accounted for nearly 25% of net inflows into real-world assets (RWAs) during the year.
  • Trading volume reached about $178 billion in 2025, with quarterly volume peaking above $126 billion in Q4; Tether Gold (XAUT) drove much of the late surge.
  • Holder counts nearly tripled, with more than 115,000 new wallets added in 2025.
  • Physical gold rose over 67% in value, while tokenized gold expanded roughly 2.6 times faster and outperformed most major spot gold ETFs.

Data compiled in 2025 shows tokenized gold became one of the fastest-growing real-world asset classes in crypto, driven by strong precious-metals demand and onchain liquidity. According to data accumulated by Cex.io, the market capitalization of tokenized gold climbed about 177% over the year, expanding from roughly $1.6 billion to $4.4 billion and adding close to $2.8 billion in net value. The number of holders nearly tripled, with more than 115,000 new wallets recorded in 2025.

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Tokenized gold recorded about $178 billion in trading volume for the year, with quarterly volumes topping $126 billion in the fourth quarter. Much of the late-year surge was concentrated in Tether Gold (XAUT), which by the report accounted for 75% of total trading volume and had a market cap of about $2.4 billion on its website. The report added that this shift marked a change in where incremental gold trading liquidity is forming. “Such a massive expansion highlights a structural shift in where incremental gold trading liquidity is increasingly forming onchain rather than in traditional products,” the report claimed.

Tokenized commodities overall have seen market value top $4.3 billion, with data from RWA.xyz showing the sector grew 18% over the past month and led by Tether Gold at about $1.9 billion and Paxos Gold at about $1.7 billion. Broader macro and political factors also supported gold’s rally after reports of a criminal investigation involving Jerome Powell and a weaker-than-expected US Consumer Price Index report that strengthened expectations for Fed rate cuts.

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