26 March 2026 – Tether, the largest company in the digital asset ecosystem, today announced that Tether Gold (XAU₮) is now available on BNB Chain, bringing the industry’s dominant tokenized gold product to the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The timing reflects where markets are. Gold surged 64% in 2025, its largest annual gain in 40 years, setting more than 50 all-time highs as global sentiment shifted toward safe-haven assets amid geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty.
Most people can’t act on the gold trade. Buying physical gold means dealing with custodians, premiums, and settlement delays. XAU₮ removes that friction. Each token represents one fine troy ounce of physical gold held in Swiss vaults as a London Good Delivery bar, with 1:1 backing confirmed by independent attestations.
That scale has made XAU₮ the clear leader in its category. As the gold-backed stablecoin market grew from approximately $1.3 billion to over $4 billion in 2025, Tether Gold captured approximately 60 percent of the total supply, a position built on strict backing standards, on-chain verifiability, and regulated issuance under El Salvador’s Digital Asset Issuance Law.
Listing on BNB Chain represents a major milestone in closing a gap that has existed since tokenized gold emerged as an asset class: the distance between institutional-grade gold ownership and the level at which most digital asset investors actually trade. BNB Chain users can now access direct exposure to physical gold in the same interface they use for every other digital asset, without intermediaries, custody logistics, or the friction of traditional commodity markets.
XAU₮ keeps expanding. Tether has integrated XAU₮ on @BNBCHAIN with the @USDt0_to network, unlocking unified liquidity across 12+ chains through a purpose-built infrastructure layer that enhances the efficiency of issuing, transferring, and settling tokenized gold across digital asset markets. This architecture enables seamless interoperability between platforms and participants, improving liquidity and accessibility while preserving the simplicity of direct gold exposure for end users.
“People understand gold. They trust it because it has held value for millennia,” said Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether. “With XAU₮, we are not changing what gold is; we are making it usable in a modern financial system. You still have direct exposure to physical gold, but now it can move instantly, settle globally, and integrate seamlessly with digital markets. Listing on BNB Chain expands that access to hundreds of millions of users, bringing gold into a system where it can actually be used, not just held.”
”XAU₮ on BNB Chain extends what is already the second-largest RWA ecosystem by TVL. It gives users a trusted, gold-backed asset they can use across DeFi without friction, and it reinforces the direction we have been building toward.” said Nina Rong, Executive Director of Growth at BNB Chain.
XAU₮ is issued by TG Commodities, S.A. de C.V., a registered Stablecoin Issuer and Digital Asset Service Provider under El Salvador’s Digital Asset Issuance Law. Full reserve details, attestation reports, and vault transparency are available at gold.tether.to.
About Tether Gold (XAU₮)
Tether Gold (XAU₮) is a digital asset offered by TG Commodities, S.A. de C.V. One full XAU₮ token represents one troy fine ounce of gold on a London Good Delivery bar. The token can be traded or moved easily at any time, anywhere in the world, and can be transferred to any on-chain address from the purchaser’s Tether wallet, where it is issued after purchase. The allocated gold is identifiable with a unique serial number, purity, and weight, and is redeemable in the form of physical gold.
Important Note:
This press announcement is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy Tether Gold (XAU₮). TG Commodities, S.A de C.V. will only sell or redeem XAU₮ pursuant to its gold token terms of sale and service available (as of the date of this press release) at https://gold.tether.to/legal
