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The gold standard is back — Stablecoins need to rethink what ‘backing’ really means

Opinion of: William Campbell, advisory advance at the USDKG

The stablecoins were announced as a breakthrough in the space of cryptocurrencies as a means of marrying nature without border and without border of digital assets with the stability of traditional currencies. They achieve it by fixing their value to reserves such as fiduciary currencies or raw materials. Stablecoins are designed to maintain a fixed exchange rate, generally one by one, with the underlying asset.

What does “stability” mean? Basically, stability requires three pillars:

  • Reliable collateral: tangible active ingredients that support the token.

  • Transparency: the possibility for anyone to check the reserves independently.

  • Coherent PEG maintenance: Robust guarantees against overcoming, where the market value of a Stablecoin is moving away from its fixed relationship with the underlying assets.

Without these fundamental elements, the stablecoins are hardly more than speculative instruments disguising themselves as safe ports. In 2022 alone, billions of value were evaporated when they are supposedly “secure” from the ankle loss stages, which means that their market prices have considerably diverged from their report 1: 1 with an underlying asset-causing a disturbing question: Can digital active ingredients ever be truly stable without audit and independently demonstrable support?

The need for reliable active back models

Recent market events have exposed serious fundamental weaknesses in the stabbles emitted private. These tokens are often based on opaque mechanisms, inadequate audit practices or guarantees that investors cannot check independently.

These shortcomings have repeatedly led to sudden events of “clearing”, such as the collapse of the Titan of Iron Finance token in 2021. The Algorithmic Surversé system has collapsed to nearly zero, annihilating billions of liquidity.

The collapse of terrausd in 2022 also highlighted a similar vulnerability, the value of the stablecoin quickly disintegrating, intensifying doubts about algorithmic models without transparent reserves.

Meanwhile, partially guaranteed and so-called “fully verified” stabbed were examined for a meticulous examination for inconsistent disclosure practices. Even well -known transmitters must constantly prove that their reserves are sufficient and legitimate.

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These problems mainly arise from insufficient surveillance and ambiguous guarantees management practices by private transmitters. Investors generally have limited means of verifying reserves independently, fueling persistent doubts as to whether the support indicated really exists or if the tokens are properly guaranteed.

Only models with tangible active support and truly documented reserves can really offer the stability that digital assets promise. Thanks to transparent executives, we can rebuild confidence and inaugurate a new era of reliable digital financing. These events underline a universal truth: true stability is forged by verifiable monitoring and verifiable reserves, not a hollow brand.

Gold is a timeless anchor

Gold served as a ultimate reserve of humanity for millennia, preserving wealth by wars, economic collapses and pandemics. Its rarity, its intrinsic value and its universal acceptance made a refuge when the institutions weakened – evidenced by its 25% increase during the crash of the 2020 market while investors fled volatile assets.

The value of gold transcends borders and ideologies, based on tangible rarity rather than hollow promises. For example, while the US dollar has lost 96.8% of its purchasing power since 1913, gold has always kept and even increased its purchasing power. This assessment positions it as an ideal anchor for digital assets looking for stability in a volatile cryptographic landscape.

Gold criticism can indicate its storage and guard costs, as well as the logistical challenges of the physical moving in ingots. Modern jumping solutions and robust insurance measures, however, have greatly reduced these concerns, especially when combined with audit mechanisms based on blockchain.

The stables of gold backs capitalize on this timeless reliability, associating the lasting value of physical gold with the efficiency of blockchain. By connecting digital tokens directly to physical gold, they bypass the speculative risks of cryptocurrencies and the inflationary traps of money issued by the government.

Golden token compatible with blockchain

Blockchain technology removes traditional obstacles to gold property by allowing a split digital property and a global exchange without intermediaries.

The physical gold stored in the regulated vaults is digitized in tokens, each representing a precise fraction of the underlying asset. Each transaction is immutably recorded on a large decentralized book, allowing investors to constantly check the reserves in real time thanks to automated intelligent contracts.

This system overcomes Gold’s historical limits, including illiquidity and high storage costs, while eliminating the opacity of traditional reserves management. Menting Gold’s tangible security with the holding of unchanging blockchain files, the system also trusted architecture directly.

This approach creates a stablecoin model unlike any other, where the verifiable support is the backbone of the system, not only promised on paper.

Creation of Stablecoins which really offer stability

The stablescoins to support gold merge the inherent responsibility of the blockchain with the stability of Gold, establishing a new class of digital assets resistant to volatility. Anchoring of digital tokens with the intrinsic value of Gold, this model bypasses the volatility of speculative cryptocurrencies and the inflationist risks of the foreign currency issued by the government.

The result is a stablecoin designed for confidence, where stability is not promised by the code or institutions – it is reinforced by the tangible rarity and the inflexible transparency of the blockchain.

Trust as a cornerstone

The main challenge faced by Stablecoins is to establish the confidence of users. This confidence cannot be built solely on the reputation of a business. It must be won by independently verifiable guarantees, real -time audits and clear regulatory monitoring.

Innovative hybrid models effectively present this approach. The government regulates and strictly checks the gold reserves in a hybrid model to maintain verifiable support 1: 1. Private entities manage the emission, negotiation and compliance processes of the tokens, carefully separating the verification of the state from the guarantees from the private management of operational functions.

This public-private partnership guarantees rigorous monitoring without creating a digital currency from the Central Bank. As they divide responsibilities, the model establishes a system where the government guarantees authenticity and collateral integrity while private companies manage operational efficiency, guaranteeing a balanced and decentralized but trustworthy environment.

To a more reliable digital financial ecosystem

The real stability of digital finance emerges not from marketing slogans but transparent mechanisms and verifiable guarantees.

The future of digital finance lies in the combination of the revolutionary transparency of blockchain with the historically proven stability of gold, in particular under the audit of the government and the private structures. As more solutions supported by assets are emerging, institutions, regulators and everyday users will adopt stabbed which transparently hold their promises of stability.

This evolution marks a pivot change. Investors will no longer accept insurance waves. Investors demand the stability of concrete. Stable -co -backstrokes, mixing old reliability with blockchain innovation, will direct the next generation of digital financial instruments, guaranteeing stalins stablecoins which hold their original promise – stability without compromise.

Opinion of: William Campbell, advisory advance at the USDKG.

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