PAXGy sounds like another gold token at first. It isnโt quite that simple.
Paxos Labs has launched PAXGy, a receipt token backed by PAX Gold (PAXG). The interesting part is what happens underneath: instead of your token balance increasing, each PAXGy is designed to represent an increasing amount of PAXG over time.
That means the return is measured in gold ounces, not dollars.
Honestly, I think that distinction matters more than the โgold-backed tokenโ headline.
PAXG gives you a fixed amount of tokenized gold. PAXGy is trying to make that gold position productive by putting part of the underlying reserve into institutional gold lending. Paxos Labs says a portion is kept as unencumbered PAXG for redemptions, while the remainder is deployed to vetted institutional borrowers.
And thereโs the trade-off.
Youโre no longer looking only at gold exposure. Youโre also taking on lending, counterparty and duration risk. Paxos Labs itself lists those risks, including the possibility of default despite collateral requirements.
So I wouldnโt frame PAXGy as simply โPAXG with yield.โ
Itโs closer to tokenized gold exposure with a credit-market layer sitting underneath it.
Thatโs a much more interesting experiment to watch.
Still trying to figure out what this actually changes.
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