Gold has become one of the most efficient assets of 2025, raised by geopolitical uncertainty, record purchases of the Central Bank and skepticism compared to the capacity of political decision -makers to curb inflation as budget deficits are widening.
While Bitcoin (BTC) is often nicknamed “digital gold”, the traditional secure assets attracts the renewed attention of investors. Gold has won around 35% for the start of the year, climbing new peaks of all time over $ 3,600 per ounce.
American retirement planners have a new way to access metal via the blockchain token, according to a partnership between Chiltai Nexus and Smartgold. The initiative adds momentum to the broader tendency to tokenization, which arouses increasing institutional interest for digital assets.
This week’s crypto-biz explores the Gold rally, the rise in decentralized financial loans (DEFI) and the last public offer of a crypto company.
American IRAs have access to tokenized gold
IRA Smartgold’s supplier has teamed up with the Chintai Nexus tokenization platform to allow investors to bring their orchain in vaulted gold, where it can be used to win the yield via DEFI loan platforms such as Morpho and Kamino.
For those who oppose it, Smartgold Ira ingots are tokenized on one basis one by one via Chiltai, creating a digital representation of underlying physical gold, while preserving the self-driven IRA tax status.
The trend of Gold tokenization is accelerating. International Precious Metals Bullion Group recently introduced tokénized products in all its supply chain, while the stable coin on the golden back of Tether, Xaut, increased by $ 1.3 billion in market value.
DEFI ready on overvoltages on the boom of active world real
Decentralized financial loans gain ground among institutions, with the rapid rise of stablecoins and active active world (RWAS) stimulating a new network activity.
According to Binance Research, the total value locked in the Defi loan protocols has climbed 72% so far this year, to 127 billion dollars against $ 53 billion.
“As the adoption of stablecoin and the adoption of tokenized assets accelerates, the Defi loan protocols are increasingly positioned to facilitate institutional participation,” noted Binance Research in a report.
The RWA tokenized has become one of the quickest use cases of the crypto in 2025. Industry data show that the market extended to nearly $ 28 billion, led by tokenized private obligations and US treasure bonds, with tokenized actions that also gain ground.
Figure Technology Eyes $ 526 million IPO
Figure Technology Solutions has become the latest company focused on crypto -ocal to pursue an initial American public offer (IPO), aimed at raising up to $ 526 million to an evaluation of more than $ 4 billion.
According to regulatory documents, the company plans to sell 21.5 million shares at a price between $ 18 and $ 20. The figure had previously pointed out its intention to make public, and if the agreement takes place as planned, the IPO could be assessed on Wednesday.
The figure, better known to offer financial products on the Blockchain of the Provenance, said $ 191 million in revenues in the first half. Although the targeted evaluation may seem ambitious, the company was estimated at $ 3.2 billion in 2021.
Several cryptographic companies have recently been published public or have indicated plans to do so. As Cintelelegraph reported, Crypto Exchange Gemini is continuing a list that could collect up to $ 317 million, while separate reports suggest that Kraken seeks to collect around $ 500 million.
Gryphon finalizes the merger with American Bitcoin
The shareholders of Gryphon Digital Mining approved a merger with American Bitcoin, a mining company linked to the family of US President Donald Trump. The combined entity will be negotiated under the symbol of Ticker “ABTC”.
Within the framework of the agreement, a reversal division of shares reduced the actions in circulation of Gryphon to around 16.6 million, against 82.8 million. This decision follows an initial agreement announced in May, when American Bitcoin described his intention to make public by a merger with Gryphon.
American Bitcoin himself is a change of brand of the American Data Center, launched in March by the sons of Trump, and is affiliated to the mining company Hut 8. In its beginnings, the company has described itself as a “pure-play” minor with plans to accumulate important assets of cryptocurrency.
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