Why Tokenized Gold is Becoming the Standard for Hard Assets

by Yogi Nelson

Tokenized gold is not about changing gold.
It is about changing how we own, transfer, and verify it.

For thousands of years, gold has endured because it combines scarcity, durability, and universal recognition. Those properties will not change in 2026 or beyond. What is changing is the infrastructure around gold.

Platforms such as T-Gold and Paxos Gold (PAXG) show how fully backed physical gold can now be represented digitally—without turning it into paper promises or abstractions. The gold remains vaulted and insured. Ownership moves digitally.

This is not a revolution. It is an upgrade.

Tokenization separates custody from ownership transfer, reducing friction while preserving asset integrity. That is why gold is emerging as the benchmark for real-world asset tokenization—and why institutions are paying attention.

Gold remains gold. What changes is how efficiently it can participate in a digital financial system.

This is an abbreviated version of this article. For the complete article, or previous articles in this series visit my blog at:  https://yogapuertorico.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2537&action=edit

This article is part of an ongoing weekly series examining the tokenization of precious metals—covering custody, standards, regulation, issuer structure, settlement infrastructure, and market design. The series is published on BlockchainAIForum and LinkedIn and is among the few sustained, multi-metal editorial projects focused on tokenized metals as financial infrastructure rather than product promotion.