{"id":94359,"date":"2026-02-17T12:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94359"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:50:13","slug":"wintermute-launches-otc-trading-for-tokenized-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wintermute-launches-otc-trading-for-tokenized-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintermute Launches OTC Trading for Tokenized Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-market-maker\">Market maker<\/a> Wintermute has introduced support for Pax Gold (PAXG) and Tether Gold (XAUT) tokens on its <span data-descr=\"over-the-counter trading\" class=\"old_tooltip\">OTC<\/span> platform. Institutional clients now have access to instruments backed by physical gold.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7429209710811086848?compact=1\" height=\"399\" width=\"504\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" title=\"Embedded post\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Transactions can be settled in cryptocurrencies, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-stablecoins\">stablecoins<\/a>, and fiat currencies.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the launch, Wintermute offered clients algorithmic execution of spot orders. This mechanism ensures instant opening and closing of positions, simplifying liquidity management and risk hedging.<\/p>\n<p>Tokenized assets allow ownership of fractional parts of precious metals without the costs of storing and transporting bars.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, the market capitalization of &#8220;gold&#8221; tokens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/tokenized-gold\">reached<\/a> $5.3 billion. This figure has grown by 80% in just three months. Trading volume in the fourth quarter of 2025 exceeded $126 billion, surpassing the turnover of several major gold <span data-descr=\"exchange-traded fund\" class=\"old_tooltip\">ETFs<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The capitalization of XAUT stands at $2.5 billion, while PAXG is at $2.2 billion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Gold is undergoing the same infrastructural evolution that turned Forex into the world&#8217;s largest market. We expect the tokenized metal market to reach $15 billion by 2026,&#8221; said Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, by January 31, Tether <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tethers-gold-reserves-reach-148-tonnes-says-jefferies\">increased<\/a> its gold reserves to 148 tonnes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Market maker Wintermute has introduced support for PAXG and XAUT tokens on its OTC platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Wintermute adds tokenized gold to OTC platform.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[569,536,1245,1149],"class_list":["post-94359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-etf","tag-gold","tag-tether-usdt","tag-wintermute"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"140","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Wintermute adds tokenized gold to OTC platform.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94361,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94359\/revisions\/94361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}