New trend 2026 — tokenization of strategic metals. Companies are moving beyond gold (XAUT, PAXG) and launching digital assets on copper, nickel, cobalt, uranium, and antimony. And sometimes—even before mining.
Two approaches:
🔹 Metals.io — tokens xCo (cobalt) and xNi (nickel) are backed by real metal held in storage facilities. The investor gets ownership rights without the headache of logistics. Trading started in December — $24M, 9,000 holders.
🔹 Datavault AI (NASDAQ) — plans Coppercoin tokens backed by copper from deposits that haven’t been developed yet. In practice—digital futures on future production. Resource base — $2.15B.
Why is it cool? Access to assets that used to be available only to institutions. The market is still small ($6B vs. $530B for gold ETFs), but the potential is enormous.
But there are risks: legal uncertainty, operational risks at mines, and lack of regulation.
It’s a bold experiment. Will this become a standard or a bubble? Time will tell.
🔥 Would you buy a token for metal that hasn’t been mined yet?
$XAUT
$PAXG
Two approaches:
🔹 Metals.io — tokens xCo (cobalt) and xNi (nickel) are backed by real metal held in storage facilities. The investor gets ownership rights without the headache of logistics. Trading started in December — $24M, 9,000 holders.
🔹 Datavault AI (NASDAQ) — plans Coppercoin tokens backed by copper from deposits that haven’t been developed yet. In practice—digital futures on future production. Resource base — $2.15B.
Why is it cool? Access to assets that used to be available only to institutions. The market is still small ($6B vs. $530B for gold ETFs), but the potential is enormous.
But there are risks: legal uncertainty, operational risks at mines, and lack of regulation.
It’s a bold experiment. Will this become a standard or a bubble? Time will tell.
🔥 Would you buy a token for metal that hasn’t been mined yet?
$XAUT
$PAXG