World Gold Council report says digital gold market is valued at 45000000000 to 55000000000 USD
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World Gold Council report says the digital gold market is currently valued at 45000000000 to 55000000000 USD, and forecasts it will reach 2031 by 160000000000 to 170000000000 USD。
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Latest World Gold Council report: The digital gold market has reached 45000000000 to 55000000000 USD
PANews October 20 According to reports, the World Gold Council released the "Digital Gold Market Opportunity Report." The report shows that the digital gold market is currently valued at 45000000000 to 55000000000 USD. Digital gold converts authenticated physical gold into tradable digital "standard gold units" to support a range of products and services, including tokenization, vaulted gold, and collateral, without being limited by the attributes or storage location of physical gold bars. The report's 5-year baseline scenario forecast shows that the digital gold market will grow at an average annual rate of approximately 27%, reaching 2031 in market size by 160000000000 to 170000000000 USD. The report states that the physical gold investment market is valued at approximately 13000000000000 USD, while digital gold, including vaulted digital gold and tokenized gold, currently accounts for less than 1%of the global physical gold market. Tokenized gold's cumulative spot trading volume in the first quarter of 2026 reached 90000000000 USD, exceeding 202...
PANews reported that the World Gold Council released the "Digital Gold Market Opportunity Report."
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The report shows that the digital gold market is currently valued at 45000000000 to 55000000000 USD。
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The report describes digital gold as the conversion of authenticated physical gold into tradable digital "standard gold units."
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The report states that digital gold can support products and services such as tokenization, vaulted gold, and collateral, without being limited by the attributes or storage location of physical gold bars.
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The report's 5-year baseline scenario forecast indicates that the digital gold market will grow at an average annual rate of approximately 27%, reaching 2031 by 160000000000 to 170000000000 USD。
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The report states that the physical gold investment market is valued at approximately 13000000000000 USD, and digital gold currently accounts for less than 1%。
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The original text states that tokenized gold's cumulative spot trading volume in the first quarter of 2026 reached 90000000000 USD, but the remainder of the sentence is truncated.
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Digital gold can be understood as converting physical gold into tradable digital units for use in contexts such as tokenization, custody, or collateral. The future market size and growth rate cited in the article are report forecasts, not results that have already been achieved.
Why it matters to readers
If the report's forecast is realized, the market size for digital gold-related products and services will expand significantly; however, it currently accounts for less than 1%。
Beginners should distinguish between the current market size and future projections, and pay attention to whether digital gold corresponds to physical gold, how it is custodied, and which statistical methodology the data use.
Risks and unknowns
The end of the main text is truncated, making it impossible to confirm the full content of the statement concerning tokenized gold trading volume.
The evidence is PANews’ retelling of the report; the original report content was not provided for verification.
The statistical scope and calculation methods for market size, compound annual growth rate, and trading volume are not explained in the main text.
2031 market size and approximately 27% compound annual growth rate is a baseline-scenario projection, and whether it can be achieved remains uncertain.
“5 How the “year term” corresponds to the time range in the text is not further explained in the main text.
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