Kurt Hemecker

Opinions my own. Tokenizing gold with DGLD® // prev Minaprotocol, Diem/Libra, PayPal.

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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

[Kurt Hemecker @khem]

Trust is the foundation of digital gold. Glad to share my perspective with @KitcoNews.

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Digital gold could unlock bullion's next bull market by solving liquidity challenges, but trust remains a challenge - Gold Token SA’s Hemecker

(Kitco News) - Not only has #gold surpassed U.S. Treasuries to become the world’s top central bank reserve asset, but the recent global energy crisis provoked by the war in Iran has proven the precious metal’s worth as an important source of liquidity, and according to one market executive, the yellow metal's evolution is just beginning.

In an interview with Kitco News, Kurt Hemecker, CEO of #Gold Token SA, the tokenization arm of MKS PAMP, said digital #gold has the potential to transform bullion from a largely static reserve asset into a far more liquid financial instrument that can be traded around the clock, used as collateral and further integrated into the broader global financial system.

Full article at Kitco: https://t.co/Xbb7aLFVKi

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Le marché mûrit, la régulation aussi.

Notre CEO @khem signe une tribune dans @Allnews_ch consacrée au CLARITY Act et à ce qu'il annonce pour la place financière suisse.

Membre de l'équipe fondatrice de Diem (ex-Libra), Kurt a vécu le premier chapitre de l'intérieur (!). Il retrace le chemin parcouru depuis les auditions du Sénat américain en 2019 jusqu'au vote du CLARITY Act, et montre comment la régulation rattrape un marché arrivé à maturité.

En Suisse, le mouvement est bien engagé: la révision de la LEFin prépare deux nouvelles licences FINMA, six banques dont @UBS et @PostFinance lancent une sandbox pour un stablecoin en CHF, et des acteurs comme @AMINABankGlobal, @sygnumofficial et @taurus_hq constituent les bases d'une infrastructure solide.

Merci à Maître Biba Homsy pour son éclairage juridique. La FINMA publie désormais directement ses attentes en matière de gestion des risques, l'institutionnalisation des cryptoactifs est en marche.

Dans ce paysage, l'or tokenisé occupe une place à part parmi les real-world assets. Avec $DGLD, nous nous réjouissons de contribuer à cette convergence entre finance traditionnelle et actifs numériques.

Article complet en reply.

[Richard Briffod @rbriffod]

@Flowslikeosmo Bitcoin

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"trust me bro, but verify bro"

not all tokenized gold is the same

who owns the gold?
who vaults the gold? and where?
who is the issuer?
who is the regulator?

important questions
key answers

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It's physical.

Not just a token.

Real gold, refined and vaulted in Switzerland.

DGLD is different.

[Nicky Shiels @nixsa84]

Swiss trade flows and intraday price action also confirm the trend of Asia buying vs West selling

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Gold has no CEO.

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$17 billion in tokenized assets today.

$5.5 trillion projected by 2030, per @Citi.

As of today, tokenized gold is almost 30% of the RWA market...

Interesting times ahead.

https://t.co/TAfQP7kILt

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Central banks are accumulating gold like it's going to get rough.

Stats drop from the 2026 @GOLDCOUNCIL's 76 central banks survey:

💱 Reserves are increasing, and changing.

- The 4-year average pace of central bank buying is close to 1,000t a year, roughly double the 500t average of the prior decade.

- 84% expect gold to be a higher share of total reserves in five years, up from 76% last year.

- 74% expect the US dollar's share to be lower over the same window.

(For context: as of Q3 2025, the dollar was 42% of total reserves, gold 26%, the euro 15%, the renminbi 1%.)

🏦 Why, where and how they are holding it?

- 90% cite gold's performance during a crisis as a reason to hold it, a record high.

- 84% cite long-term store of value, 83% effective diversifier, 80% diversification policy and 78% geopolitical hedge.

- On overall reserve management: interest rates top the list at 92%, with geopolitical instability (88%) now ahead of inflation concerns (79%).

- 93% hold their physical gold as London Good Delivery bars, and the Bank of London's vault is still dominant (57%), domestic storage is second at 49%, followed by the Bank for International Settlements at 16%.

- 76% manage gold separately from other reserves, 75% call it a strategic asset, up from 64%.

- 37% actively manage their gold. Among them, 85% do so to enhance returns and 42% for risk management, nearly double last year's 22%.

There's not much yet on tokenized gold...

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Oil is down, gold is up, talks of peace.

A good way to start the week.

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denominate everything in gold is the way

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Gold in Art / Art in Gold

Kintsugi uses gold to magnify broken objects.

It treats breakage and repair as part of an object's history, rather than something to disguise.

It introduces uniqueness to common objects.

The crack is traced, named, illuminated.

It makes us think of impermanence and the dignity of imperfection.

Some things are worth more broken than whole.

What better material than gold to express this precious idea?

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"Gold is no longer a tactical, cyclical asset; it's now a strategic allocation that you hold on to."

Couldn't have said it better.

@nixsa84 is always clear as day on @GOLDCOUNCIL's podcast.

Give it a listen!

https://t.co/BhtqFrfKyg

[Nicky Shiels @nixsa84]

This was fun!

Great to sit down with @JohnReade & @JoeCavatoni from @GOLDCOUNCIL for Unearthed — $4k is the new floor, $6k is the question. Full episode out below!

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Measured in gold, the major currencies have all lost most of their value since 2000.

Dollar, euro, yen, pound, franc, renminbi.

Every one of them.

A unit of major fiat today buys only a fraction of the gold it bought in 2000.

Think about that.

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Key gold events for the week:

Mon - ISM Manufacturing PMI
Tue - Euro-area May CPI
Wed - Fed Beige Book + ISM Services
Wed -Australia Q1 GDP
Wed -ADP Employment
Fri - US Nonfarm Payrolls

Inflation's still hot (PCE 3.8% y/y).

The Fed tightening question won't quit.

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A token will never beat this.

Beautiful, physical, creative design and 100 years of history.

The Swissmint 100 Years 100-Franc Vreneli coin has been nominated in the Best Gold Coin category for the 2026 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards.

Basically the Hall of Fame of numismatics.

Designed by the talented Chiara Principe in collaboration with Swissmint and @MKSPAMP.

One day, soon, we'll have our very own commemorative coin too.

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What do you actually own when you own tokenized gold?

@khem takes that question to Geneva on June 2, on stage with @hashdex's Bruno Caratori at @allnews_ch's Alternative Investments Insights.

The panel asks whether digital assets are finally ready for institutional portfolios.

tl;dr - YES.

Join us !

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Don't take our word for it.

Central Banks on their gold reserves.

From @GOLDCOUNCIL 2025 CB survey.