Why tokenized gold beats other paper alternatives — GOLD DAO

Tokenized gold carries several benefits over other forms of paper gold, including gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to Melissa Song and Dustin Becker, representatives of Gold DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that facilitates investor access to tokenized gold. In an interview with Cointelegraph, the DAO representatives outlined three major benefits unique to tokenized gold, including 1:1 redeemability for a specific quantity of physical, serialized gold, usage as collateral in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, and transactional efficiency through on-demand liquidity. "When you buy an ETF, you are betting on the gold price going up, but you do not own any specific gold bar," Song told Cointelegraph. The pair added that the price of gold surged in 2025 due to the current macroeconomic uncertainty, the high level of US government debt, and geopolitical tensions that are reshaping the global monetary order source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/tokenized-gold-beats-paper-alternatives-gold-dao?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound