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🚨Gold Just Changed Hands Between Banks As A Digital Token! 👉Hong Kong has completed a pilot transaction linking tokenized physical gold with tokenized bank deposits. A digital certificate represented a real gold bar, & the cross-bank payment was credited instantly, according to gold issuer Zhaojin.👀 🏦China Construction Bank (Asia) acted as custodian and paying bank. 🪙Zhaojin issued the gold token, with one certificate per bar. 💻Ant Digital provided the technology. 👉Hong Kong officials describe the project in terms of standard 400-ounce gold bars. At $4,000 an ounce, that’s roughly $1.6 million per standard bar. The issuer didn’t disclose the actual transaction value. 🚨But stackers, here are the questions I want answered:👇 ❓Can the token holder demand physical delivery? ❓Who can block or reverse a transfer? ❓What happens if the custodian fails or an account is frozen? 👉The full pilot terms aren’t public, so we don’t yet know. 👉And here’s where it gets interesting: the HKMA’s Ensemble program has roots in wholesale CBDC work, & now has a separate 24/7 settlement capability using tokenized central-bank "money." 👉This gold trade was described as using tokenized bank deposits & the existing interbank settlement system. We don’t have evidence it used the new central-bank-money capability. 👉Is this a more efficient way to trade gold, or another step toward a financial system with more digital control? Maybe both... 👉Either way, a token held through an institution & metal in your own hands come with different risks & benefits. 🦀Crustacean Nation: Would you trust tokenized gold, or do you want the physical metal in your possession? You know my answer! 👉Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 👉Sources: Zhaojin · Hong Kong government · HKMA

🚨BREAKING: Poland Hits 700 Tonnes Of Gold… And May Keep Buying! 👉Poland’s central bank has reached its goal of 700 tonnes of gold… but its governor says he sees no reason to stop buying! 👉Adam Glapiński says gold holdings should continue to grow alongside the country’s overall reserves. 👀And here’s another detail: The bank’s long-term plan is to eventually hold roughly one-third of its gold in Poland, one-third in London, & one-third in New York. 👉That’s the plan for the future, not where all of Poland’s gold is stored today. Reuters reports that less than one-third is currently held in Poland, while the most recent purchases remain in London. 👉It’s a reminder for physical stackers: where you store your gold matters too. 🦀Crustacean Nation: Would you rather keep all your gold close to home or spread it across multiple locations? Would that opinion change if you lived next to Russia? 👉Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 👉Source: Reuters via Kitco