Perth Mint gold to back InfiniGold digital token

The token will join a growing number of crypto coins whose value is underpinned by physical gold

World`s largest gold coin produced by the Perth Mint and weighing in at 1000kg

World`s largest gold coin produced by the Perth Mint and weighing in at 1000kg

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Sydney-based fintech firm InfiniGold has announced it would launch a digital token backed by gold stored in the vaults of Australia's Perth Mint, one of the world's largest precious metals refiners.

The token will join a growing number of crypto coins whose value is underpinned by physical gold, such as DigixGlobal in Singapore and Goldmint in Russia.

These aim to tap into the booming popularity of crypto currencies while avoiding the extreme volatility of digital coins such as bitcoin.

InfiniGold said the gold used to back the token would be guaranteed by the government of Western Australia, which owns the Perth Mint. That makes it "the world’s first sovereign gold digital token," it said.

Other mints have shied away from the largely unregulated world of crypto currencies. Reuters reported last year that Britain's Royal Mint had frozen plans for a digital gold token after the UK government vetoed a plan to have the tokens trade on a crypto currency exchange.

(Reporting by Peter Hobson)

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