For thousands of years, people have turned to gold as a way to preserve value. Yet for most people, actually owning gold has never been simple.

When we launched the Buy Gold Mini App, the idea was simple: make gold easier to access from a mobile wallet. Gold has long been one of the world's most familiar stores of value. Yet for many people, accessing it still means navigating brokers, high minimums,  storage concerns, or complex financial products. According to the World gold council, these are the main barriers affecting gold ownership.

The Buy Gold Mini App offers a different experience, one where users can buy any amount of digital gold directly from their phone, in just a few taps. People responded. And now we are taking the next step. 

Gold Balance is now available on the MiniPay home screen, making it easier than ever to see and manage your gold holdings alongside your balance. 

Gold, right where your money lives: 

From now on, MiniPay users can see their digital gold balance directly from the home screen. Alongside their dollar balance, users can now view the value of their gold holdings without navigating through separate apps or interfaces. 

Buying and selling gold continues to happen through the Buy Gold Mini App, powered by swaps between USDT and XAUT0. What's new is visibility and easy accessibility. 

Your gold is right there, every time you open MiniPay. Because the easiest way to use a financial tool is to make it part of the tools you already use every day. 

More than a feature. A sign of real adoption:

Today, more than 140,000 MiniPay users hold digital gold. Together, they have generated more than $4 million in transaction volume through Buy Gold Mini App.  This makes MiniPay home to one of the largest communities of digital gold holders anywhere in the blockchain ecosystem. 

While much of the tokenized asset market remains institutional, digital gold in MiniPay has been driven by everyday users choosing to save in an asset they already understand and trust.  This is what real-world asset adoption looks like when it reaches people. 

Gold without the gatekeepers:

For generations, access to gold has depended on financial infrastructure. 

You needed someone to buy it, a bank to offer it, a dealer to sell it and often, a minimum amount to get started. Digital gold removes many of those barriers. 

With MiniPay, anyone with a smartphone can access gold directly from their wallet, hold it onchain and manage it alongside their everyday finances.  So basically, just gold, accessible from your phone. 

Building financial tools people actually use:

The promise of blockchain has always been greater access to financial opportunities. But access only matters when products are simple enough for people to use.  The growth of digital gold within MiniPay shows what happens when real-world assets meet a product designed for everyday users. With more and more users choosing to hold gold through MiniPay. 

Now, with Gold Balance on the home screen, that experience becomes even more accessible. Because financial tools shouldn't feel complex. 

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FAQ:

What is digital gold?

Digital Gold is a digital asset that represents ownership of real, physical gold stored in Swiss vaults. Instead of a "gold coin crypto" that might just track the price of gold, an asset-backed token like XAUt0 represents direct, verifiable ownership of the physical metal. 

How can I buy or sell gold?

Users can access the Buy Gold Mini App from MiniPay, where gold can be bought or sold.

What is XAUt0?

XAUt0 is Digital gold, also known as Tether Gold or XAUt0, is tokenized gold that provides token holders with real-world ownership of physical gold. Users can swap USDT for XAUt0, and vice-versa, directly within the Mini App. In it you can acquire fractions of an XAUt0 token, meaning they are not required to purchase a full ounce of gold.

Can I start with a small amount?

Yes. Users can buy and hold fractional amounts of digital gold.

Why is MiniPay showing gold on the home screen?

Gold Balance makes digital gold easier to discover, monitor, and manage by integrating it into the core MiniPay experience.

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