Altcoins News
By Sakamoto Nashi
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Building on Uranium Success. Trilitech already proved the concept works. Their uranium.
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Market Timing and Risks. Arthur Breitman, who co-founded Tezos, sees tokenization fixing commodity market fragmentation.
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Metals.io just went live. The new platform lets people buy tokenized precious metals and rare earth elements through Tezos blockchain, targeting investors who want exposure to…
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Trilitech built the London-based application using Tezos' smart-rollup tech, which processes transactions in seconds rather than minutes.
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The platform offers three main tokens. There's xU3O8 uranium, VNX Gold, and something called the RARE token that bundles together strategic metals like hafnium, rhenium, and…
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Trilitech already proved the concept works. Their uranium.io platform launched on Tezos' Etherlink last year and drew investors who'd never touched commodities before.
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"We're seeing people who wouldn't normally invest in physical commodities getting involved," said Dimitrios Kavvathas from Noemon Tech Ltd.
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VNX Gold basically digitizes gold ownership. Instead of buying physical bars and worrying about storage, investors get tokens backed by gold sitting in secure vaults.
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But experts warn about volatility. Metal prices swing wildly based on policy changes, geopolitical tensions, and supply disruptions.
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The platform's March 30, 2026 launch date aligns with growing government focus on critical mineral security.
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Tezos has been attracting real-world asset tokenization projects because of its energy-efficient design and fast transaction speeds.
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Tkachenko thinks Metals.io could serve as a template for tokenizing other asset classes. The platform bridges physical commodities with digital finance in ways that weren't…
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The RARE token offers diversified exposure to metals that most individual investors couldn't access otherwise. Hafnium gets used in nuclear reactors and semiconductors.
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Metals.io's smart-rollup integration gives it speed advantages over platforms built on slower blockchains.
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The platform targets both crypto natives and traditional investors looking for portfolio diversification.
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