Digital Precious Metals

VaultChain Gold Simple Generic, fungible ounces of investment grade physical gold vaulted with the Royal The Future of Physical Gold Investing Canadian Mint.

VaultChain Gold Secure The Royal Canadian Mint, Title managed by a cryptographically secure blockchain database that secures accuracy Vault Ottawa of ownership. Pooled physical gold in Form investment formats Low Cost Purity 99.99 Deliverable Yes No fabrication, management or storage fees. Investors can avoid the layers of expense Trading Unit One Troy ounce of fine gold associated with asset management products and physical bars and coins. Storage Fee None Management Fee None Execution Pricing Efficiency Daily deposits and withdrawals Bullion banks and physical Traded on an interdealer electronic market powered by the exchange technology of Market Makers dealers IEX (www.iextrading.com). Liquidity provided via global bullion banks and physical commodities trading firms. VaultChain Gold is enabled by the Tradewind Platform, an electronic market and blockchain technology solution for building simple, secure, and efficient physical commodity markets.

Investor FAQs

What is VaultChain Gold? VaultChain Gold is investment grade physical gold vaulted with the Royal Canadian Mint, and is not a security, derivative, future or other financial contract.

What is the Tradewind Platform? The Tradewind Platform is an electronic market and blockchain technology solution that connects market participants and enables them to deal in VaultChain Gold.

How does the Tradewind make money? Tradewind charges fair and transparent trade execution fees to dealers of VaultChain Gold.

How does the blockchain add value? The Tradewind blockchain database creates a direct and immutable connection between investors and their physical gold positions vaulted with the Royal Canadian Mint, a crown corporation of the Government of Canada. It allows owners to independently verify those positions and to instruct physical delivery.

Is VaultChain Gold a cryptocurrency? No. VaultChain Gold leverages elements of the same technology underpinning Bitcoin and other decentralized cryptocurrencies. However, the Tradewind Platform is a private and permissioned ecosystem limited to regulated dealers and institutions.

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