🪙 Tokenized Gold Hits Telegram: Tether’s XAUt0 Lands on TON

Tether just dropped a new flex: XAUt0, a gold-backed omnichain token launched first on TON — and it might just redefine what “digital gold” means in 2025. Now you can hold Swiss vault gold... inside your Telegram wallet.

Let’s unpack how this works — and why it’s a game-changer for DeFi and real-world assets.

💡 What Is XAUt0?

XAUt0 is the omnichain upgrade of Tether Gold (XAUt) — a token representing 1 troy ounce of real, LBMA-certified gold stored in Swiss vaults. But this isn’t some ETF-style paper gold. Each XAUt0 is backed 1:1 by a specific gold bar — and redeemable.

📦 Physical. Audited. Onchain. Welcome to Gold 3.0.

🚀 What’s New? Omnichain Gold on TON

Unlike the OG XAUt, XAUt0 runs on LayerZero’s OFT standard, meaning:

• 🧬 Omnichain movement: seamless transfers across chains
• 🔁 No bridges. No wrappers. No headaches.
• 🛠 Programmable gold: plug it into lending, yield farming, remittances

And where did they launch it first? TON blockchain, a.k.a. Telegram’s crypto engine.

🤝 Why TON Got the First Drop

TON isn’t just fast — it’s embedded inside Telegram, home to hundreds of millions of users.

With Telegram Wallets now supporting tokens like XAUt0 and USDT0, gold just became as easy to send as a sticker.

“We’re still early in RWA integration,” said USDT0 co-founder Lorenzo R. “But I like gold — and now I can use it daily.”

🧱 The Benefits: This Ain’t Your Grandpa’s Bullion

Holding gold used to mean banks, storage fees, and dusty paperwork. Now?

• 🕰 24/7 access from your crypto wallet
• 🔒 Self-custody: no bank, no broker, no gatekeepers
• 🧮 Fractional ownership: stack satoshis of gold
• 📦 Physical redemption available in Switzerland
• 🧠 DeFi-ready: Use it in lending, swaps, or as collateral

Gold just got composable.

📈 Real Gold, Real Numbers

• 🏦 770M+ market cap of legacy Tether Gold (XAUt)
• ⚖️ 7.7+ tons of physical gold backing the supply
• 🌐 Now live on TON, soon expanding to other DeFi chains
• 💬 All accessible natively from Telegram

This is RWA adoption with UX that actually works.

🔮 What’s Next for XAUt0?

Q3 2025 will bring expansion across DeFi-heavy chains — think Arbitrum, Base, Sui — with gold-backed collateral, lending markets, and asset-backed stablecoins on the roadmap.

“Some of these chains will have more of a DeFi spin,” said Lorenzo R. Translation: Gold yield farming might be coming.

🧠 Why This Matters

We’ve called Bitcoin “digital gold” for a decade — but now? Gold is becoming digital gold.

And not just as a price tracker. As a liquid, programmable, borderless asset — ready for real use in global finance.

XAUt0 is vault metal with a DeFi passport.

✅ TL;DR:

• 🪙 Tether launched XAUt0, a tokenized gold product built for cross-chain use
• 💬 Deployed first on TON, enabling gold trades directly inside Telegram
• 🧬 Built on LayerZero’s omnichain OFT standard — no bridges needed
• 📦 Fully redeemable, 1:1 backed by Swiss vault physical gold
• 🧠 Ready for DeFi use cases like lending, swaps, and remittances
• 📆 Multi-chain rollout coming in Q3 2025