World Gold Council report estimates the digital-gold market at $45–55bln. Digital gold converts verified physical gold into tradable digital standard units to support tokenization, custodial products and collateral, without constraints of bar form or

2026-10-20

World Gold Council report estimates the digital-gold market at $45–55bln. Digital gold converts verified physical gold into tradable digital standard units to support tokenization, custodial products and collateral, without constraints of bar form or storage location. A five-year baseline scenario projects roughly 27% annualized growth to $160–170bln by 2031. The physical gold investment market is about $13tln; digital forms (vault-based digital gold and tokenized gold) currently represent under 1% of that market. Tokenized-gold cumulative spot trading volume in Q1 2026 reached $90bln, exceeding full-year 2025 volume.