The tokenised structure allows fractional ownership and round-the-clock trading, backed by one gram of physical gold per token.

DBS Bank Ltd (DBS) has expanded its precious metals offering with the launch of tokenised physical gold - DBS Physical Gold Token - for customers in Singapore, introducing what the bank describes as the market’s first gold-backed digital token available to retail investors. The bank will tokenise, issue, distribute and manage the gold tokens entirely in-house The service will be rolled out via DBS digibank in the second half of 2026, allowing customers to digitally access, hold and tra