SmartGold Partners with Chintai to Tokenize $1.6B in IRA Gold

SmartGold has partnered with Chintai Nexus to enable U.S. investors to tokenize gold held in individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and earn yields through decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols.

Gold is tokenized 1:1 on Chintai’s regulated platform.
Tokenized gold can be used as collateral on DeFi lending markets like Morpho and Kamino.
This structure maintains the IRA's tax-deferred status.
The partnership addresses the challenge of combining stable gold investments with income-generating strategies.
SmartGold manages $1.6 billion in vaulted assets, marking a significant step in tokenized gold deployment for U.S. retirement accounts.
The move reflects growing interest in tokenizing real-world assets among financial firms.