Tether and Fasset Launch World's First Gold-Backed Visa Card
Tether and Fasset have partnered to launch the world's first gold-backed Visa card, allowing users to spend fiat currency at Visa merchants globally while earning up to 6% cash back in gold tokens (XAUT) on eligible transactions.
The card supports real-time conversion from XAUT to USDT and then to fiat currency, featuring an automatic rounding function that invests spare change into XAUT.
Market Mechanism: Users passively accumulate gold through everyday spending, with funds flowing from fiat payment scenarios to tokenized gold assets. Tether and Fasset benefit from the circulation of XAUT and ecosystem expansion, while traditional bank cards and physical gold products face competitive pressure.
Supplementary Data: Tether has committed up to $1 million in XAUT for rewards. Currently, the total market value of tokenized gold exceeds $5.3 billion, with XAUT accounting for over $2.6 billion.
Source: Public Information
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Tether previously launched the XAUT gold token, and this collaboration with Fasset to issue the Visa card continues its path of expanding from stablecoins to multi-asset physical tokenization. Having built a global payment network through USDT, this initiative deeply ties gold earnings to everyday spending.
On the capital front, Tether's investment of $1 million in XAUT rewards and the provision of real-time conversion and automatic investment mechanisms aim to accelerate XAUT adoption in emerging markets via the Visa network, while transforming consumer behavior into a habit of holding gold, providing retail traffic for the mainstreaming of tokenized assets.
Similar to the payment integration of USDC with traditional financial products, Tether is currently in an accelerated transition from a stablecoin leader to a comprehensive tokenized financial service platform, focusing on capturing retail payment and gold investment shares in emerging markets.
Structural Judgment: This essentially represents a restructuring of the industry chain. Tether connects everyday payment with the accumulation of tokenized gold through the gold Visa card, forming a consumption-revenue closed loop, shifting pricing power from traditional bank cards and physical gold to blockchain tokenized asset platforms. The mechanism of 6% cash back and the automatic rounding function significantly lowers the threshold for users to hold gold and enhances the practical use cases of XAUT.
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