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Record sog_st_paxg
PAXG/Pax Gold
Also recorded as PAXG, Pax Gold, PAX Gold
- Lifecycle
- Active
- Issuance
- Restricted
- Reference target
- Gold
- Primary organization
- PaxosNo additional recorded relationship
- Launch
- 2019-09-05
- Redemption
- Physical Redemption
- Backing
- Commodity-backed
- Stabilization
- Issuer redemption
- Last review
- 2026-06-14
- Evidence
- 6 source records
Reviewed assessment
Identity and current state
This summary reports reviewed facts and uncertainty. It is not a rating or recommendation.Tokenized physical gold issued by Paxos. Each PAXG represents one fine troy ounce of London Good Delivery gold, with bar allocation, monthly attestation, and multiple issuer exit paths recorded separately.
| Name | Pax Gold |
|---|---|
| Symbol | PAXG |
| Aliases | PAXG, Pax Gold, PAX Gold |
| Asset class | Tokenized Commodity |
| Lifecycle status | Active |
| Issuance status | Restricted |
| Canonical record ID | sog_st_paxg |
| Route slug | paxg |
| Record confidence | High |
| Last reviewed | 2026-06-14 |
- Name
- Pax Gold
- Symbol
- PAXG
- Aliases
- PAXG, Pax Gold, PAX Gold
- Asset class
- Tokenized Commodity
- Lifecycle status
- Active
- Issuance status
- Restricted
- Canonical record ID
sog_st_paxg- Route slug
paxg- Record confidence
- High
- Last reviewed
- 2026-06-14
Record coverage
| Section | Entries |
|---|---|
| Organizations | 1 |
| Sources | 6 |
| Reserve reports | 1 |
| Reserve components | 1 |
| Model-history events | 1 |
| Regulatory notes | 0 |
| Deployments | 1 |
| Issuer-control actions | 0 |
| Open questions | 2 |
| Events | 1 |
Primary display is a navigation and summary choice only. It does not replace other organizations or imply sole legal responsibility, operational control, reserve custody, or historical continuity.
- Governance
- Centralized
- Primary display organization
- Paxos
- Primary display role
- Legal issuer
- Display selection mode
- Deterministic Policy
- Current relationships
- 1
- Ended relationships
- 0
- Unknown relationship state
- 0
- Freeze capability
- 0 recorded yes · 0 recorded no · 1 not recorded
- Blacklist capability
- 0 recorded yes · 0 recorded no · 1 not recorded
- Deployment control-event references
- 0
- Observed issuer-control events
- 0
- Relationship coverage
- 1 recorded relationship
| Organization | Organization category | Regulatory character | Jurisdiction | Role | Display priority | From | Until | Relationship status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paxos | Company or corporate group | Not recorded in canonical data | United States | Legal issuer | Primary display | 2019-09-05 | Not yet recorded | Active relationship |
Company or corporate group
Primary displayPaxos
- Functional role
- Legal issuer
- Relationship status
- Active relationship
- Regulatory character
- Not recorded in canonical data
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- From
- 2019-09-05
- Until
- Not recorded
Mechanism
How the asset works
Reference, backing, stabilization, exit, valuation, and yield remain separate facts.- Reference target
- Gold
- Reference kind
- Commodity
- Comparison category
- Gold
- Target value
- 1
- Reference methodology
- One PAXG represents one fine troy ounce of London Good Delivery gold.
- Public backing model
- Commodity-backed
- Canonical backing types
- Commodity
- Reserve component categories
- Commodity
- Primary stabilization mechanism
- Issuer redemption
- Recorded model description
- Allocated Physical Gold
- Redemption / exit model
- Physical Redemption
- Valuation source
- London gold market pricing used by Paxos
- Yield / rebase profile
- No recorded change · Accrual: No recorded change
- Classification notes
- Allocated tokenized gold, not a fiat stablecoin. Issuer sales, unallocated-gold redemption, and physical-bar redemption have different requirements.
Reserve and redemption
Reserve and redemption
Recorded components, disclosures, reports, and redemption conditions remain explicit.Reserve components
- Allocated commodity backingCommodity
| Disclosure status | Monthly Attestations Available |
|---|---|
| Backing types | Commodity |
| Summary | Paxos states that PAXG is allocated to specific London Good Delivery gold bars and publishes monthly independent attestation reports covering token supply and gold redemption assets. |
| As of | 2026-06-14 |
| Profile confidence | High |
- Disclosure status
- Monthly Attestations Available
- Backing types
- Commodity
- Summary
- Paxos states that PAXG is allocated to specific London Good Delivery gold bars and publishes monthly independent attestation reports covering token supply and gold redemption assets.
- As of
- 2026-06-14
- Profile confidence
- High
| Current status | Eligible Customers Only |
|---|---|
| Settlement asset | USD, unallocated Loco London gold, or physical London Good Delivery bar |
| Eligible parties | Eligible Paxos account holders subject to onboarding, saved account details, quantity, location, and current terms. |
| Retail access | Available Subject to Paxos Terms |
| Institutional access | Available Subject to Paxos Terms |
| Minimum amount | Physical-bar redemption generally requires about 430 PAXG plus fees; other sale and unallocated-gold paths have separate limits. |
| Fee | Creation, destruction, trading, delivery, and other applicable fees depend on the selected path. |
| Settlement time | London gold-market hours and Paxos processing apply. |
| Regional limits | Paxos account and jurisdiction eligibility apply., Physical-bar delivery is limited to eligible UK vault destinations under current guidance. |
- Current status
- Eligible Customers Only
- Settlement asset
- USD, unallocated Loco London gold, or physical London Good Delivery bar
- Eligible parties
- Eligible Paxos account holders subject to onboarding, saved account details, quantity, location, and current terms.
- Retail access
- Available Subject to Paxos Terms
- Institutional access
- Available Subject to Paxos Terms
- Minimum amount
- Physical-bar redemption generally requires about 430 PAXG plus fees; other sale and unallocated-gold paths have separate limits.
- Fee
- Creation, destruction, trading, delivery, and other applicable fees depend on the selected path.
- Settlement time
- London gold-market hours and Paxos processing apply.
- Regional limits
- Paxos account and jurisdiction eligibility apply., Physical-bar delivery is limited to eligible UK vault destinations under current guidance.
| Date | Publisher | Type | Assets covered | Record confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | Paxos / KPMG LLP | Monthly Attestation Index | Allocated Physical Gold | High |
Paxos / KPMG LLP
2026-04-30- Type
- Monthly Attestation Index
- Assets covered
- Allocated Physical Gold
- Record confidence
- High
Deployments and legal context
Deployments and legal context
Network state, contract identity, legal notices, and value states remain separate.| Network | Network record state | Standard | Public deployment category | Canonical deployment type | Operational state | Recorded status | Change or proposal state | Canonicality | Canonicality record state | Verification state | Contract identity state | Contract or identifier | Freeze | Blacklist | Control events | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | Specific network recorded | Not yet recorded | Canonical or native issuance | Native | Active | Active | No separate change state recorded | Native deployment | Canonicality recorded | Identifier recorded; verification not recorded | Identifier recorded | 0x45804880De22913dAFE09f4980848ECE6EcbAf78 | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded | 0 | Ethereum PAXG contract stated in the Pax Gold whitepaper and attestation material. |
| Date | Title | Authority / publisher | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No regulatory notes have been added yet. | ||||
No regulatory notes have been added yet.
Evidence
Evidence
Publisher, provenance, supported claims, archive state, reliability, and publication date remain separate.| Source | Publisher | Source category | Provenance | Primary or secondary | Supported claims | Archive | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paxos Launches PAX Gold Published 2019-09-05 | Paxos | Official statement or announcement Canonical: Issuer Statement | Subject-controlled source | Primary source | Paxg Launch Issuer and One Ounce Gold Design | No archive recorded | High |
| PAX Gold Whitepaper Published 2019-09-05 | Paxos | Technical documentation or repository Canonical: Whitepaper | Subject-controlled source | Primary source | Paxg Token Contract Gold Ownership and Redemption Design | No archive recorded | High |
| PAX Gold transparency reports Published Not yet recorded | Paxos | Reserve, assurance, or financial report Canonical: Reserve Report Index | Assurance or financial-report source | Primary source | Paxg Monthly Attestation Archive | No archive recorded | High |
| PAXG allocation and physical gold bar details Published Not yet recorded | Paxos | Official documentation or product page Canonical: Issuer Support | Subject-controlled source | Primary source | Paxg Bar Allocation and Fractional Ownership | No archive recorded | High |
| How to buy, sell, or redeem PAX Gold Published Not yet recorded | Paxos | Official documentation or product page Canonical: Issuer Support | Subject-controlled source | Primary source | Paxg USD Unallocated and Physical Redemption Paths | No archive recorded | High |
| PAX Gold price determination Published Not yet recorded | Paxos | Official documentation or product page Canonical: Issuer Support | Subject-controlled source | Primary source | Paxg London Gold Market Price Source | No archive recorded | High |
Known unknowns
Known unknowns and coverage
Missing or disputed facts remain visible instead of being converted into certainty.| Topic | What remains unclear | Value state | Priority | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Redemption Terms | Current customer-specific bar, unallocated-gold, delivery, fee, and quantity requirements must be checked at redemption time. | Unknown after review | Medium | 2026-06-14 |
| Additional Deployments | Paxos identifies Solana support, but the canonical token identifier and lifecycle status are not yet normalized. | Unknown after review | Medium | 2026-06-14 |
Physical Redemption Terms
Current customer-specific bar, unallocated-gold, delivery, fee, and quantity requirements must be checked at redemption time.
- Value state
- Unknown after review
- Priority
- Medium
- Last checked
- 2026-06-14
Additional Deployments
Paxos identifies Solana support, but the canonical token identifier and lifecycle status are not yet normalized.
- Value state
- Unknown after review
- Priority
- Medium
- Last checked
- 2026-06-14
Lifecycle
History
Current classification remains separate from dated changes and incidents.Model and lifecycle changes
- Paxos launches PAX GoldReserve Change
| Date | Event | Category | Subtype | Status effect | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-05 | Paxos launches PAX Gold | Launch and introduction | Launch | Remained active | Not applicable |
Related records and corrections
Corrections and further reading
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