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 <p class="is-style-lead">HSBC leverages blockchain technology to digitize gold assets, aiming to modernize the traditional London gold market.</p>
 <p>HSBC Holdings Plc has initiated a <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="blockchain" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/blockchain.html">blockchain</a>-based platform to digitize gold assets stored in its London vault. Mark Williamson, head of global FX and commodities partnerships and propositions at the bank, elaborated on this development in a recent interview with Bloomberg. The cutting-edge system issues digital assets corresponding to physical gold bars, which can then be exchanged via HSBC’s proprietary trading platform.</p>
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey @HSBC_UK replacing manual record keeping is a good idea that is long, long overdue.<br><br>But <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="blockchain" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/blockchain.html">blockchain</a>?<br><br>What a strange architectural decision.https://t.co/inflYvrnWE</p>— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) November 1, 2023
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 <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="a-second-attempt-at-blockchain-based-gold-trading">A second attempt at Blockchain-based gold trading</h2>
 <p>HSBC’s venture into using <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="blockchain" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/blockchain.html">blockchain</a> for gold trading isn’t the industry’s first. Back in 2016, cryptocurrency startup Paxos collaborated with Euroclear to construct a <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="blockchain" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/blockchain.html">blockchain</a> platform for facilitating trades in the London bullion <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="market" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/market.html">market</a>. However, the alliance fell apart the following year. Nonetheless, Paxos has remained in the arena with its digital asset Pax Gold, which has garnered a total <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="market" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/market.html">market</a> cap of $479 million.</p>
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 <p>What distinguishes HSBC’s approach is its commanding presence in the precious metals <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="market" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/market.html">market</a>. The bank is not only one of the planet’s largest custodians of such metals, but also one of the four primary clearing entities in the London gold <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="market" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/market.html">market</a>. A staggering $30 billion worth of gold is traded daily in this <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="market" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/market.html">market</a>.</p>
 <p>Approximately 698,000 gold bars, estimated to be worth around $525 billion, are currently stowed in vaults across Greater London, as per the London Bullion Market Association. Despite its colossal scale, the London gold market continues to operate using outdated manual record-keeping methods and trades exclusively over-the-counter.</p>
 <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="more-details-on-hsbc-s-blockchain-system">More details on HSBC’s blockchain system</h2>
 <p>HSBC’s digital tokens will correspond to 0.001 troy ounces of gold, in contrast to a London gold bar, which is typically 400 troy ounces. Williamson mentioned that this system may potentially pave the way for retail investors to directly invest in physical gold, subject to the regulatory landscape in their respective jurisdictions. For now, the platform’s primary target remains institutional investors.</p>
 <p>The introduction of this <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="blockchain" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/blockchain.html">blockchain</a> system for gold is in line with HSBC’s broader commitment to leverage distributed ledger technology. The bank has previously launched HSBC Orion, a platform designed for the issuance and management of assets like digital bonds.</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/hsbc-uses-blockchain-to-revamp-outdated-london-gold-market-infrastructure-tbt68723.html">https://thebittimes.com/hsbc-uses-blockchain-to-revamp-outdated-london-gold-market-infrastructure-tbt68723.html</a></p>

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