Why Put Gold and Silver On-Chain?
Summary
In STRATO this announcement explains why tokenizing gold and silver matters: they are trusted, inflation-resistant, and cumbersome in physical form so tokenization boosts usability. The post compares the model to stablecoins, notes $30T in above-ground gold and only 0.02% tokenized, and highlights major growth opportunity for the community.
Why put gold and silver on-chain?
Stablecoins proved the model: take something valuable, put it on-chain, watch usage compound. But tokenizing gold and silver has key advantages over tokenizing cash and treasuries:
Everyone trusts them
They're inflation-resistant
They're super inconvenient in physical form
No one transacts in gold and silver. Buying them, storing them, and selling them are all expensive and difficult. Gold and silver are superior money to fiat, and they gain a lot more from tokenization than cash does.
There's $30T in above-ground gold. Only 0.02% is tokenized. There's a lot of room to grow.
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