Gold, Silver, and Commodity-Backed Crypto Projects (2025)

A curated, fresh list of the most important gold, silver, oil, carbon, and RWA/commodity-backed crypto tokens as of October 2025.
Market caps and details auto-updated monthly from CoinGecko/CoinMarketCap.

Top Gold-Backed Crypto Projects

PAX Gold (PAXG)

Market Cap: ~$476M (Oct 2025)

1 troy ounce LBMA gold per token. Redeemable, audited, regulated.

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Tether Gold (XAUT)

Market Cap: ~$760M (Oct 2025)

1 troy ounce Swiss-held gold, redeemable. Highest liquidity in the sector.

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Kinesis Gold (KAU)

Market Cap: ~$97M

1 gram physical gold per token. Holders share in fee yields via blockchain transfer.

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AurusGOLD (tGOLD | tXAU)

Market Cap: ~$24M

Multichain gold token. 1g gold per token in insured, audited vaults. Runs on Ethereum, Polygon.

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VNX Gold (VNXAU)

Market Cap: ~$21M

European multi-chain token, 1g gold per VNXAU, full FMA regulatory compliance.

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Oro (ORO & ORO.Finance)

DeFi gold protocol, Solana native
2025 market cap: emerging

Tokenized gold on Solana for DeFi. Stake, trade, borrow, and earn real-yield on gold. Fully composable, growing rapidly. Major VCs, integration with Meteora Vaults & Bonk partners.

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Quorium Gold (QGOLD)

BNB Chain, launched late 2023

Sustainable mining. Each token is one gram of gold, issued by UK-regulated entity.

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Top Silver-Backed Crypto Projects

Kinesis Silver (KAG)

Market Cap: ~$81.7M

1 ounce silver per token. Stellar-based project, redeemable, audited.

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AurusSILVER (tSILVER | TXAG)

Market Cap: ~$1.24M

Multichain silver, 1g/t. Backed by physical silver, redeemable, yield for stakers.

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sXAG (Synthetix)

Synthetix-based, synthetic

Synthetic silver token. Not directly redeemable (synthetic), but part of Synthetix DeFi basket.

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Other Real-World Asset & Commodity-Backed Projects

UPCO2 (Universal Carbon)

Market Cap: ~$2.1M

Tokenized, verified carbon credits, tradeable on Ethereum and Celo. Backed by certified credits.

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Petro (PTR)

Market Cap: ~N/A / Disputed, Venezuela state

Oil-backed. State-issued. Redemption and conversion risks.

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BT Asset Hub / RWA (Antier)

Over $2.5B RWA tokenized

Leading RWA DeFi hub—bridges real estate, commodities, equities, treasuries and more into usable tokens.

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