Tether Gold
Token backed 1:1 by physical gold held in Swiss vaults.
Deployments
0x68749665FF8D2d112Fa859AA293F07A622782F38
0x21cAef8A43163Eea865baeE23b9C2E327696A3bf
XAUT across four dimensions
Signal readings
- Disclosure tier
- aggregate naming instrument
- Attestations / 180d
- 0
- DEX liquidity
- $0.00
- Outstanding supply
- $2.93B
- Liquidity / supply
- 0.000%
- Top-10 holder pct
- 8.4%
XAUT supply over time
XAUT · Tether
Outstanding supply (USD)
XAUT outstanding supply is $2.93B as of Jul 7, 2026. -4.2% over the prior 30 days.
XAUT trust rating since coverage began
XAUT · Verified Capital Trust Rating
Composite rating (0–100)
XAUT rating is 72 as of Jul 7, 2026.
What closes the gap — and who closes it
XAUT has no yield by design — each token represents 1 troy oz of physical gold. The Yield Accuracy dimension scores against the LBMA gold spot price, but the LBMA benchmark collector is not yet wired.
What would close it
Daily gold spot price reference becomes part of our measurement set — already collected, integration shipping next.
- ·No getPrice() or equivalent found on Read as Proxy tab (2026-06-01).
- ·Valuation method: totalSupply() * offchain_gold_spot (LBMA).
- ·LBMA benchmark collector not yet wired (lbma_gold_spot). yield dimension will use pegWithoutRate fallback until LBMA feed is live.
Score impact: yield score: pegWithoutRate = 5/25 until LBMA benchmark collector is wired.
Tether publishes periodic reserve breakdowns for USDT, but no dedicated per-token XAUT attestation report has been published.
What would close it
Issuer publishes a dedicated XAUT reserve attestation.
- ·No onchain price oracle found on Read as Proxy tab (2026-06-01).
- ·No published reserve attestation URL found for XAUT as of 2026-06-01.
- ·Tether does not publish regular third-party attestations for XAUT gold reserves comparable to stablecoin attestation cadence. attestationFreshness scores 0.
Score impact: attestationFreshness = 0/25 (no live attestation source). Full transparency score penalized.
- ·owner() returns .
- ·Contract is classic Gnosis MultiSigWallet (Stefan George / ConsenSys, Solidity 0.4.16, MAX_OWNER_COUNT = 50).
- ·Read Contract: required = 3, owners[] = 6 addresses.
- ·Upgrade pattern: AdminUpgradeabilityProxy (transparent proxy).
- ·3-of-6 multisig controlling upgrades on ~$700M token.
- ·Better than single EOA but lighter than 4-of-7 used by Ondo instruments.
Score impact: governance sub-score: multisig (better than single_eoa baseline). Upgrade pattern: transparent_proxy (not immutable). Combined governance score lower than USDY/OUSG due to 3-of-6 vs 4-of-7 threshold.
- ·Etherscan label "Aave V3: aEthXAUt Token".
- ·DeFi protocol holding XAUT as collateral.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
0x93008d9593d8CD06E
- ·No Etherscan label, no Contract tab check performed.
- ·Holds 1.37% of supply.
- ·Conservative choice: kept in concentration calculation.
Score impact: Contributes ~1.37% to scored top-10. If Contract tab shows proxy, removal would have minimal effect given how many others are excluded.
- ·Contract tab on Etherscan confirms AdminUpgradeabilityProxy bytecode.
- ·Not a retail holder — Tether internal proxy contract consistent with their contract architecture.
- ·Excluded from concentration calculation.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 concentration calc. Rank 2 exclusion shifts remaining ranks up; lowers scored concentration pct.
- ·Contract tab on Etherscan confirms AdminUpgradeabilityProxy bytecode.
- ·Not a retail holder — Tether internal proxy contract.
- ·Excluded from concentration calculation.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 concentration calc.
Etherscan label "Exchange". OKX custody account. Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Contract tab: TransparentUpgradeableProxy.
- ·Tether infrastructure.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Contract tab: TransparentUpgradeableProxy.
- ·Tether infrastructure.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Etherscan label includes "XAUt0" — clearly Tether infrastructure.
- ·Full address not captured from screenshot.
- ·Kept out of exclusion migration 0034 pending address confirmation.
- ·Should be excluded once address is retrieved.
Score impact: Likely excludable once address confirmed. Holds 2.63% of supply.
- ·Etherscan label "XAUt0: OAdapterUpgradeable".
- ·Tether own adapter contract for XAUT token.
- ·Infrastructure contract, not a retail holder.
- ·Address confirmed 2026-06-01.
- ·Closes the pending item noted in migration 0034.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 concentration calc. Post-exclusion top-10 is now rank 16 only (~1.37%). Concentration score: 25/25.
- ·Etherscan label "Exchange".
- ·Tether own treasury wallet.
- ·Excluded from concentration.
Score impact: Largest single holder removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Etherscan label "Exchange".
- ·Bitfinex exchange custody account.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
Etherscan label "Exchange". Bitfinex hot wallet. Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Etherscan label "Exchange".
- ·Binance custody account.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Contract tab: TransparentUpgradeableProxy.
- ·Tether infrastructure.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
Etherscan label "Exchange". Bybit custody account. Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
Etherscan label "Exchange". Bitget custody account. Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Etherscan label "Exchange".
- ·Gate.io deposit account.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Contract tab: TransparentUpgradeableProxy (AdminUpgradeabilityProxy).
- ·Tether infrastructure.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Contract tab: TransparentUpgradeableProxy.
- ·Tether infrastructure.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Contract tab: TransparentUpgradeableProxy.
- ·Tether infrastructure.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Contract tab: TransparentUpgradeableProxy.
- ·Tether infrastructure.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
- ·Contract tab: TransparentUpgradeableProxy.
- ·Tether infrastructure.
- ·Excluded.
Score impact: Removed from top-10 calc.
Resolved anomalies
Jun 13, 2026
→ Jun 14, 2026
Total trust score dropped 25pts (62 → 37, band: unverifiable)
Jun 11, 2026
→ Jun 11, 2026
Total trust score dropped 25pts (62 → 37, band: unverifiable)
Jun 9, 2026
→ Jun 9, 2026
Outstanding supply increased 72.8% step-to-step ($1.77B → $3.06B). Verify against onchain totalSupply and price source. Run: npm run trace xaut_eth
Jun 6, 2026
→ Jun 8, 2026
Total trust score dropped 15pts (48 → 33, band: limited)
XAUT is scored across the same four dimensions as every other rated instrument — Disclosure Quality, Redemption Liquidity, Structural Trust, and Holder Concentration. Each dimension contributes up to 25 points. The dimension breakdown above shows where the score comes from; the diligence trail shows every verified fact behind it.
Read the full methodology →