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Story: Is Tether Gold (XAU₮) The Best Way To Hold Gold?

By Steven Anderson

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Tether Gold on Ethereum and Tron Networks

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Tether Gold Skeptics

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Tether Gold is a new introduction from Tether.  The purpose of introducing this product was to have a cryptocurrency backed by gold.

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Tether tweeted:  “In response to the growing demand for digital exposure to physical gold, we are proud to announce the launch of TetherGold (XAU₮)!

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As the token is pegged to physical gold (XAU₮), it facilitates the security of the digital asset.  As it is pegged to physical gold, it feels safe.

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tethergold (@tethergold) on January 24, 2020, tweeted:  "Tether Gold (XAU₮) has started big! XAU₮ can now be traded on @Bitfinex with U.S.

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Sydney Ifergan, the Crypto Expert, tweeted: "There is nothing called too much gold.  So, it does not matter if several other stable coins are already pegged to gold.

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The token is built on Ethereum and Tron Networks.  There is a necessity for gold-backed tokens because, at a point in time, investors might want to invest in tokens that…

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Will Tether Gold be genuinely backed by gold as it is widely known that Tether does have not sufficient fiat back up for its USD.

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Several investors are not entirely sure that Tether will be backed by true gold.  They tend to reinstate on the widely required concept in the cryptocurrency space of:…

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They also recollect several previous gold-backed offers that have been shut down. There is a general question on whether Tether gold will be subject to scrutiny by the SEC.

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