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BlueStone and SafeGold Partner for Gold Monetization
BlueStone, a jewelry retailer, and SafeGold, a digital gold platform, have teamed up to help people turn their unused gold jewelry and coins into digital gold.
This digital gold can then be leased to jewelers, earning the owners a small amount of extra gold each year.
This idea aims to use the huge amount of gold sitting unused in homes and bank lockers, making it useful again.
It also helps jewelers get the money they need to run their businesses.
While this is a good idea, there are some rules and concerns about digital gold that need to be sorted out.
BlueStone and SafeGold have partnered to convert household gold into digital gold.
Consumers can deposit physical gold at BlueStone stores and get digital gold on SafeGold’s platform.
Depositors can lease digital gold to jewelers, earning a 4% annual yield in gold grams.
The initiative aims to monetize 30,000 tonnes of idle household gold.
SEBI has issued an advisory cautioning that digital gold products are not recognized as securities.
- Who
- BlueStone and SafeGold
- What
- Partnership to convert household gold into digital gold
- Where
- India
- When
- Recently launched
- Why
- To monetize idle household gold and reduce reliance on gold imports
Proponents of Digital Gold
Regulatory Concerns
Benefits of Digital Gold
Proponents of Digital Gold
Digital gold provides a way to monetize idle household gold, offering an annual yield and reducing reliance on gold imports.
Regulatory Concerns
The digital gold sector faces regulatory complexities and is not recognized as a security or commodity derivative by SEBI.
Key facts
- Partners
- BlueStone and SafeGold
- Objective
- Convert household gold into digital gold
- Yield
- 4% annual yield in gold grams
- Estimated Household Gold
- 30,000 tonnes
- Regulatory Body
- SEBI
- Self-Regulatory Organization
- Digital Precious Metals Assurance Council of India (DPMACI)
- BlueStone Q1 FY27 PAT
- ₹5.9 Cr
- BlueStone Q1 FY27 Revenue
- ₹736.8 Cr
Quotes
SafeGold founder Gaurav Mathur
Founder of digital gold platform SafeGold
“"We are sitting on one of the largest reserves of idle household gold in the world, yet most of it earns nothing for its owners. Converting physical gold to digital gold allows customers to grow their gold holdings not just in value, but also in grams."”
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