UK FCA Explores Tokenized Gold for Wholesale Markets

Editorial portrait of a suited regulator before a gold vault, with soft lighting and digital token motifs hinting at tokenized gold.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority is examining how tokenized gold could be integrated into the country’s wholesale financial markets, including its potential use as collateral. The regulator is assessing whether blockchain-based representations of physical bullion could improve the efficiency of trading, transferring, pledging and holding gold while preserving existing market safeguards.