BTCC surpasses $5.7B in tokenized gold trading volume as crypto investors flock to safe havens

Gold is back in fashion. This time, it’s trading on-chain.

BTCC, the world’s longest-operating cryptocurrency exchange, just closed 2025 with $5.72 billion in tokenized gold trading volume. That milestone signals a sharp shift in how crypto traders hedge risk, blending digital assets with one of humanity’s oldest stores of value.

The surge accelerated late in the year. Q4 alone delivered $2.74 billion in volume, nearly half of the annual total. That marks an 809% jump from Q1, showing how quickly sentiment flipped as global markets grew shaky.

“The 809% surge from Q1 to Q4 reflects gold’s rally driven by geopolitical tensions and policy uncertainty,” said Marcus Chen, Product Manager at BTCC Exchange. “As gold prices hit record highs, our tokenized products give our users direct access to trade precious metals with cryptocurrency on the BTCC platform.”

BTCC’s gold lineup blends traditional assets with crypto rails. Traders can take positions using GOLDUSDT, which tracks the spot price of gold. Others prefer PAXGUSDT, tied to Paxos’ NYDFS-regulated PAX Gold token, where each unit represents one troy ounce of physical gold. Then there’s XAUTUSDT, linked to Tether Gold, backed by vaulted bullion and transferable on-chain for DeFi strategies.

This shift reshaped BTCC’s futures business. Of the $53.1 billion in total tokenized futures volume in 2025, gold accounted for about 10.7%. That might sound modest until you look at growth. Tokenized gold expanded nearly eightfold from Q1 to Q4, outpacing every other asset class on the platform.

Momentum stayed strong into the final stretch. Q4 posted a 130% quarter-over-quarter gain as interest in real-world asset tokenization climbed. Institutional traders joined the rush, hunting stability while crypto markets whipsawed.

“Gold is just the beginning,” Marcus added. “We’re actively working on expanding into other commodities and traditional finance products. With what we’ve built here, BTCC is ready to bring tokenization to a much wider range of assets and make them accessible to traders everywhere.”

The numbers come from BTCC’s Q4 2025 Growth Report, which tracks user behavior and shifting demand across the exchange’s global user base. The takeaway feels clear. Crypto traders aren’t abandoning digital assets. They’re blending them with old-school hedges, pulling gold into a system built for speed, liquidity, and nonstop access.

Safe havens just went on-chain.