March 26, 2026 – Tether, the largest company in the digital asset ecosystem, today announced that Tether Gold (XAU₮) is now available on $BNB Chain, bringing the industry’s dominant tokenized gold product to the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The timing reflects where the markets are. Gold rose 64% in 2025, its biggest annual gain in four decades, and hit more than 50 all-time highs as global sentiment shifted toward safe assets amid geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty.
Most people can’t do anything about the gold trade. Buying physical gold means dealing with custodians, premiums and settlement delays. XAU₮ takes away that friction. Each token represents a fine troy ounce of physical gold held in Swiss vaults as a London Good Delivery bar, with a 1:1 backing, confirmed by independent attestations.
That scale has made XAU₮ the clear leader in its category. As the gold-backed stablecoin market grew from approximately $1.3 billion to over $4 billion by 2025, Tether Gold captured approximately 60 percent of the total supply, a position built on strict backup standards, on-chain verifiability, and regulated issuance under El Salvador’s Digital Asset Issuance Law.
Mention on $BNB Chain represents a major milestone in closing a gap that has existed since tokenized gold emerged as an asset class: the distance between institutional-grade gold holdings and the level at which most digital asset investors actually trade. $BNB On-chain users can now access direct exposure to physical gold in the same interface they use for all other digital assets, without middlemen, custody logistics or the friction of traditional commodity markets.
XAU₮ continues to expand. Tether has integrated This architecture enables seamless interoperability between platforms and participants, improving liquidity and accessibility while maintaining the simplicity of direct exposure to gold for end users.
“People understand gold. They trust it because it has had value for thousands of years,” he said Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether. “With $BNB Chain extends that access to hundreds of millions of users, bringing gold into a system where it can actually be used, not just stored.”
”XAU₮ on $BNB Chain expands what is already TVL’s second largest RWA ecosystem. It gives users a reliable, gold-backed asset that they can use in DeFi without any hassle, and it reinforces the direction we’ve been working toward.” said Nina Rong, Executive Director of Growth at $BNB Chain.
XAU₮ is issued by TG Commodities, SA de CV, a registered Stablecoin Issuer and Digital Asset Service Provider under the El Salvador Digital Asset Issuance Law. Full reserve details, attestation reports and vault transparency are available at gold.tether.to.
About Tether Gold (XAU₮)
Tether Gold (Gold) is a digital asset offered by TG Commodities, SA de CV. One full XAU₮ token represents one troy fine ounce of gold on a London Good Delivery bar. The token can be easily traded or moved at any time, anywhere in the world, and can be transferred from the buyer’s Tether wallet to any address on the chain, where it will be spent after purchase. The allocated gold is identifiable by a unique serial number, purity and weight, and can be redeemed in the form of physical gold.
Important note:
This press release is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy Tether Gold (XAU₮). TG Commodities, SA de CV will only sell or redeem XAU₮ in accordance with the Gold Token Sales and Service Terms available (as of the date of this press release) at https://gold.tether.to/legal