BTCC, the world’s longest-running cryptocurrency exchange, announced that tokenized gold trading volume in 2025 has surpassed the $5 billion milestone, ending 2025 with $5.72 billion. This milestone was driven by explosive growth, with fourth quarter transaction volume reaching $2.74 billion, an 809% increase over the first quarter. This milestone highlights the accelerating demand from traders for blockchain-enabled access to precious metals as traditional and digital finance continue to converge.
Volumes showed consistent growth throughout 2025.
Q1 2025: $301.4 million Q2 2025: $1.5 billion Q3 2025: $1.19 billion Q4 2025: $2.74 billion (48% of annual activity)
“The 809% increase from Q1 to Q4 reflects gold’s rally driven by geopolitical tensions and policy uncertainty,” said Marcus Chen, Product Manager at BTCC Exchange. “With gold prices reaching record highs, our tokenized product will enable users to trade precious metals and cryptocurrencies directly on the BTCC platform.”
Three gold products to meet the diverse needs of traders
BTCC Exchange currently offers three different tokenized gold USDT margin perpetual futures.
GOLDUSDT (Gold Spot Price) tracks the spot price of gold and has a direct impact on gold price movements, making it ideal for trading and hedging strategies. PAXGUSDT (PAX Gold) is a gold-backed Ethereum token launched by Paxos under NYDFS regulations. Each token represents one troy ounce of physical gold. XAUTUSDT (Tether Gold) is issued by Tether for cryptocurrency market circulation. Each token is backed by physical gold and provides on-chain transferability for DeFi integration.
Gold products achieved significant growth in BTCC
As reported in the Q4 2025 Growth Report, BTCC’s total tokenized futures trading volume reached $53.1 billion in 2025, while tokenized gold emerged as the fastest growing commodity. At $5.72 billion annually, tokenized gold trades account for approximately 10.7% of total tokenized futures trading, with a nearly 8x growth trajectory from Q1 to Q4 of 2025, significantly outpacing other asset classes.
The acceleration in the fourth quarter, with 130% quarter-over-quarter growth, coincided with heightened economic uncertainty and increased institutional awareness of tokenized real-world assets.
“Gold is just the beginning,” Marcus added. “We are actively working on expanding into other products and traditional financial products. With what we have built here, BTCC is poised to bring tokenization to a broader range of assets and make them accessible to traders everywhere.”
About BTCC
Founded in 2011, BTCC is the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange serving over 11 million users in over 100 countries. BTCC has partnered with 2023 Defensive Player of the Year and two-time NBA All-Star Jaren Jackson Jr. as its global brand ambassador to provide a secure and accessible crypto trading service with an unparalleled user experience.
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