OCBC, Lion Global Investors and DigiFT roll out tokenised gold fund on public blockchain

Southeast Asia’s first on-chain physical gold fund targets institutional and accredited investors.

OCBC, Lion Global Investors, and DigiFT have launched the GOLDX token, a tokenised physical gold fund, marking Southeast Asia’s first on-chain fund of its kind, according to a joint announcement on 20 April.

The token is issued on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains and tracks the performance of the LionGlobal Singapore Physical Gold Fund managed by Lion Global Investors.

Institutional investors, including banks, hedge funds and asset managers, as well as accredited corporates, can subscribe using stablecoins or fiat through DigiFT’s platform.

Tokens are delivered to blockchain wallets and can be redeemed for fiat or stablecoins.

The fund is issued within a regulated framework involving three entities overseen by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, providing governance, risk controls and asset backing.

The underlying fund had $669.4m in assets under management as at 16 April, about four months after launch.

OCBC structured the issuance and worked with DigiFT on tokenisation and distribution, whilst Lion Global Investors manages the fund.

The companies said the token may attract demand from Web3 participants such as family offices and high-net-worth individuals.

They cited data from blockchain data platform Allium showing the tokenised real-world asset market reached $23.16b (USD18.23b) in January 2026, up from $2.40b (USD1.89b) in January 2024.