According to @KobeissiLetter, tokenized gold achieved its highest trading volume on record during US-Iran tensions, with February 28 volumes surging by 290% compared to the previous record. This spike in activity saw 25.5 million tokens traded on the Solana blockchain, coinciding with US military strikes on Iran.

According to @GracyBitget, recent weekend market movements highlight a significant structural shift where financial markets no longer rest on weekends due to technological advancements. Bitcoin (BTC) repriced immediately, tokenized gold attracted safe-haven flows, and oil futures and perpetual contracts for QQQ and SPY adjusted before Wall Street reopened. This continuous market activity underscores the growing need for 24/7 market access and real-time price discovery.

According to @OnchainLens, a 7-month-old wallet conducted a significant withdrawal of 384 PAXG, equivalent to $2.07 million, from the Binance exchange. The transaction highlights substantial movement of tokenized gold assets, potentially reflecting investor sentiment or strategy shifts.

According to @lookonchain, whale wallets 0x2788, 0x4E3c, and 0xDea3 accumulated tokenized gold, including a 1,500 XAUT withdrawal from OKX valued at $7.58M, a 931.33 PAXG withdrawal from Binance valued at $4.75M, and a 732.8 PAXG purchase valued at $3.74M, respectively. According to the same source, the activity was flagged with Arkham address links for verification, and the source characterized the flows as whales buying gold.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, XAUT reclaimed the $5,000 level as a wallet 0x278...3a7f6 withdrew 1,500 XAUT from OKX about an hour ago at a reported price of $5,055.15 per token, totaling roughly $7.58M. According to @ai_9684xtpa and Arkham Intelligence address data, this was the wallet’s first on-chain activity in 11 months and its first XAUT position. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the accumulation underscores strong buying interest in tokenized gold; based on this flow reported by @ai_9684xtpa, traders may monitor XAUT liquidity on OKX and further exchange outflows for potential follow-through.

According to @OnchainLens, gold surpassed $5,000 again and on-chain whales continued accumulating tokenized gold assets. According to @OnchainLens, wallet 0xf56 spent $8.09M USDC to buy 1,636.775314 XAUT at $4,943. According to @OnchainLens, wallet 0xa92 spent $6M in WBTC and stETH to acquire 564.27 PAXG and 631.56 XAUT at $5,020. According to @OnchainLens, wallet 0x09e spent $4.85M USDT to purchase 977 XAUT. According to @OnchainLens, these flows indicate ongoing whale buying of XAUT and PAXG on-chain.

According to @ag_dwf, Falcon Finance says it offers a 4% delta neutral yield on tokenized gold while keeping gold exposure intact and has been featured by Fortune Magazine for tackling a 4.6 billion tokenized gold gap (source: @ag_dwf citing Falcon Finance). According to @ag_dwf, the announcement frames tokenized gold as a yield-bearing RWA opportunity within DeFi (source: @ag_dwf). According to @ag_dwf, the post does not include mechanism specifics, risk terms, or token details and refers readers to Falcon Finance's announcement (source: @ag_dwf).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, wallet 0x0E4F3ed5B2A3dB2A2940c638418530e9f5c4927E withdrew 204.28 XAUT from Bybit worth about $1.13 million and has accumulated 1,454.28 XAUT since yesterday for roughly $7.802 million at an average cost near $5,365. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the position currently shows about $230,000 in unrealized profit.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, an on-chain whale at address 0x8C0…0F364 accumulated XAUT and PAXG via staggered entries since October 2025 and now shows roughly $3.865M in unrealized profit with an about 31.1% return over a little more than three months, based on the Arkham address explorer cited in the post. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the wallet reportedly holds approximately 2,371.4 XAUT and 559.74 PAXG at an average entry around $4,239, referencing on-chain data from the Arkham link provided. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the post also discloses sponsorship by Gate_zh.

According to @OnchainLens, $GOLD crossed $5,500 to a new all-time high as whales continued accumulating tokenized gold. The source reports whale 0x6af bought 1,253.35 PAXG for $6.59M at $5,260 over the past 3 days, whale 0x870 bought 777.47 XAUT for $4M at $5,145 over the past 3 days, and whale 0x7dc bought 667 XAUT for $3.55M at $5,321 in the past 24 hours; addresses: 0x6afa09f237a8ed7206416eb378aa72c83a015cdf, 0x8709ac3ceaae2a7a70c1d8e39df9804def7cac54, 0x7dc096832c19911256c9b590b389892e005cb882. The source highlights continued accumulation in PAXG and XAUT alongside the new ATH in $GOLD.

According to @lookonchain, on-chain data shows continued whale accumulation of tokenized gold as gold prints new all-time highs; address 0x6Afa spent $5.95M to buy 1,137 PAXG over the past two days, and newly created wallet 0x0E4F withdrew 800 XAUT ($4.22M) from Bybit about 13 hours ago (source: @lookonchain; Arkham Intelligence explorer links shared by @lookonchain). For trading, the reported large buys and CEX outflows concentrate supply in self-custody, so monitor PAXG and XAUT liquidity, exchange reserves, and any on-chain premium or spread versus spot gold to gauge potential dislocations (source: @lookonchain).

According to @lookonchain, three whale addresses moved large amounts of tokenized gold off exchanges: wallet 0xbe4C withdrew 1,959 XAUT from Bybit and Gate; wallet 0x0F67 withdrew 559 XAUT from MEXC; and wallet 0x1b7D withdrew 194.4 XAUT and 106.2 PAXG from MEXC. @lookonchain characterizes these on chain exchange outflows as accumulation, and provided Arkham Intelligence address links for verification. Source: @lookonchain on X; Arkham Intelligence links shared by @lookonchain.

According to @paoloardoino, Tether Gold’s Q4 2025 attestation has been released, coinciding with XAUT tracking gold above $5000. According to Tether, XAUT has surpassed $4 billion in value and now accounts for more than half of the gold backed stablecoin market.

According to @EmberCN, after gold broke above $5,000, a whale previously described as losing $13.73M in one week trading ETH in Nov 2025 bought 3,983.6 XAUt using $20.23M USDT at an average price of $5,080. The post adds that with earlier XAUt purchases around $4,400 this month, the whale now holds 7,369 XAUt valued at about $37.03M, with a blended cost basis of $4,780. Per @EmberCN, the position shows unrealized profit at the time of posting.

According to @lookonchain, whale address 0x6B99 deposited 1.53M USDC into Hyperliquid to accumulate XAUT again, indicating whales are buying gold, not crypto (source: @lookonchain). According to @lookonchain and on chain records on HypurrScan, the wallet has already purchased 481.6 XAUT valued around 2.38M USD (source: @lookonchain; HypurrScan). According to @lookonchain, the address still holds 1.44M USDC, which the source suggests may be used to buy additional XAUT (source: @lookonchain).

According to Lookonchain, a whale-controlled address 0x8522 accumulated 8,337 XAUt worth about $38.4 million over the past 20 days while borrowing 18.3 million USDe on Aave via a looped borrowing strategy (source: Lookonchain). Lookonchain reports that the buying activity and USDe borrowing are tied to the same address, indicating leveraged exposure to tokenized gold through XAUt financed by debt on Aave (source: Lookonchain). Lookonchain cites the address portfolio page on Debank for on-chain verification of the transactions (source: Lookonchain).

According to @CoinMarketCap, traders should evaluate tokenized gold beyond headline price by using each token’s detail page to conduct deeper due diligence on PAXG and XAUt. Source: CoinMarketCap on X. According to @CoinMarketCap, PAXG may be better aligned with institutional preferences, while XAUt is a widely used decentralized alternative, guiding instrument selection for gold-backed crypto exposure. Source: CoinMarketCap on X. According to @CoinMarketCap, reviewing each token’s markets, liquidity, spreads, and other metrics on the detail pages can help assess slippage and basis risk before entering trades. Source: CoinMarketCap on X.

According to @CoinMarketCap, users can navigate to the Real World Assets category on CoinMarketCap via web or mobile and select Gold to view tokens, source: CoinMarketCap on X, Jan 13, 2026. The post states these listings are backed 1:1 by physical gold, source: CoinMarketCap on X, Jan 13, 2026.

According to @CoinMarketCap, market volatility is elevated and interest in gold has returned, and the platform has released a step-by-step guide showing how to buy tokenized gold directly on CoinMarketCap as of Jan 13, 2026, source: @CoinMarketCap, Twitter, Jan 13, 2026. According to @CoinMarketCap, this provides traders with an on-platform path to access tokenized gold exposure within the crypto market, source: @CoinMarketCap, Twitter, Jan 13, 2026.

According to Paolo Ardoino, Tether introduced Scudo as an on-chain unit equal to one thousandth of an XAUT ounce of gold, defining Scudo as 0.001 troy ounce within the Tether Gold framework (source: https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/2008541912060547496; source: https://tether.io/news/tether-introduces-scudo-redefining-fractional-gold-ownership-onchain/). Tether stated that Scudo is meant to redefine fractional gold ownership on-chain, providing a standardized denomination for the Tether Gold ecosystem that traders can reference for settlement and pricing workflows (source: https://tether.io/news/tether-introduces-scudo-redefining-fractional-gold-ownership-onchain/). For trading calculations, the specification implies 1 XAUT equals 1000 Scudo and Scudo pricing is mechanically derived from XAUT by a 1 to 1000 ratio, enabling direct conversion of XAUT price quotes into Scudo terms (source: https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/2008541912060547496; source: https://tether.io/news/tether-introduces-scudo-redefining-fractional-gold-ownership-onchain/). The announcement was published on January 6, 2026 via Ardoino’s X post and Tether’s newsroom, setting the reference parameters for market integrations and quoting conventions (source: https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/2008541912060547496; source: https://tether.io/news/tether-introduces-scudo-redefining-fractional-gold-ownership-onchain/).