Tether invests 150 million in Gold.com to expand tokenized gold offerings

Tether said Gold.com will integrate Tether Gold (XAUt), its gold-backed token, into the platform. Gold.com is a publicly listed online marketplace that sells gold and other metals, including silver and platinum, in several markets, including the United States.

The companies are also exploring options that would allow customers to buy physical gold using Tether’s USDt stablecoin and its newer U.S.-focused stablecoin, USAt (USAT). Tether said it launched USAt on 27 January 2026 with crypto-native bank Anchorage Digital.

Gold prices have been volatile in recent weeks. The release cited gold rising more than 80% over the past 12 months to $5,600 on 29 January 2026 before easing to about $4,800.

The deal follows other moves by Tether aimed at building regulated U.S. distribution and payments links for its stablecoins. Tether said on 5 February 2026 that it also made a $100 million equity investment in Anchorage. The company has reported $10 billion in profit for 2025, largely from interest on U.S. Treasury holdings backing its $185.6 billion USDt reserves.

As GNcrypto wrote on 5 February 2026, Tether said USDt posted record user growth and on-chain activity in the fourth quarter of 2025, with estimated users rising by 35.2 million to 534.5 million and market capitalization increasing by $12.4 billion to $187.3 billion. The company also highlighted on-chain metrics, including a 14.7 million rise in holders to 139.1 million, average monthly active on-chain users reaching 24.8 million, and $4.4 trillion of value transferred on-chain across 2.2 billion transfers during the quarter.