World Gold Council to Develop Shared Infrastructure for Digital Gold

World Gold Council to Develop Shared Infrastructure for Digital Gold

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 19, 2026-

World Gold Council pushes ‘Gold as a Service’ to transform tokenized Gold market

The World Gold Council (WGC) is stepping up efforts to modernize the gold market by introducing a shared infrastructure model aimed at accelerating the growth of tokenized gold.  Through its proposed “Gold as a Service” platform, the council seeks to simplify how digital gold products are created and managed, addressing long-standing inefficiencies while improving trust, scalability, and accessibility for both issuers and investors in an increas…

World Gold Council Launches ‘Gold as a Service’ to Boost Digital Gold

The World Gold Council unveils “Gold as a Service” to standardize and scale digital gold infrastructure globally. The new platform aims to boost liquidity, interoperability, and trust in tokenized gold products. Initiative could expand gold’s role beyond store of value into collateral and active financial use cases. The World Gold Council (WGC) has launched a new initiative to modernize how gold works in today’s financial system, marking a step …

World Gold Council Moves To Standardize Digital Gold

The global gold industry stands at a turning point as the World Gold Council pushes into digital finance. It has joined forces with Boston Consulting Group to bring structure to the growing Tokenized Gold Market. This move signals a serious effort to transform how investors access gold through blockchain. The initiative aims to create trust, liquidity, and transparency in a fragmented space. The Tokenized Gold Market has grown steadily, yet it s…

World Gold Council Proposes ‘Gold-As-A-Service’ Framework To Standardize And Scale Digital Gold Markets

World Gold Council announced a new initiative aimed at developing market infrastructure intended to support the next phase of digital gold evolution. The organization, in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group, has released a white paper titled Digital Gold: The Case for a Shared Infrastructure, which outlines a concept referred to as “Gold as a Service.” This proposed framework is designed to enable the issuance and management of scalable a…

World Gold Council launches digital gold platform

THE World Gold Council said on Thursday it plans to build a digital platform aimed at improving trade in gold. The initiative, which is in cooperation with the Boston Consulting Group, will improve the way gold is traded by connecting the physical custody of the metal with a digital trading system. In standardising tradig processes such as reconciliation, compliance and redemption, barriers to entry in gold trade will be lowered, the council sai…