Key Notes
Tether Gold (XAUt) crossed the $1 billion market cap milestone on October 1, becoming the second tokenized gold product to do so.
The token's value surpassed the threshold with gold's recent rally to a new all-time high of over $3,800 per ounce.
The market for tokenized gold now features a duopoly between Tether's XAUt and the NYDFS-regulated Paxos Gold (PAXG).
Tether Gold , a digital token backed by physical gold, has officially surpassed the $1 billion market capitalization mark. The milestone, reached on Oct. 1, 2025, highlights growing investor interest in tokenized real-world assets (RWA) and was largely driven by a historic rally in the price of gold, a sentiment recently echoed by Tether’s CEO.
The token’s market value grew directly because of its underlying asset. Ac