The code
XAU
ISO 4217. The same three letters a dealing desk uses for gold. Every gold meme until now borrowed the name and sat next to ETH. This one keeps the code and sits next to the metal.
Pons · Robinhood Chain · paired GLD
XAU is the market code for a troy ounce of gold. GLD is the ETF that holds the bars. $XAU is the meme that sits in the second.
Quote asset
GLD
SPDR Gold Shares
XAU spot
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Dollar price of $XAU = (XAU / GLD) × gold.
If gold rips and the pair holds, $XAU rips in dollars.

The code
ISO 4217. The same three letters a dealing desk uses for gold. Every gold meme until now borrowed the name and sat next to ETH. This one keeps the code and sits next to the metal.
The trust
SPDR Gold Shares. Tracks bullion, minus fees. First U.S. gold ETF, 2004. On this chain it is a token. On this pair it is the currency of the whole launch.
spdrgoldshares.comDesk
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Gas and the 0.0005 ETH launch-pad fee live here. Chain ID 4663.
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The curve does not take ETH. Buy the SPDR Gold Shares token first.
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Spend $GLD. You receive $XAU. Sell and you get $GLD back.
$XAU contract
0xf70b59…f875d70xf70b59c43294a5f1f1da74dc7a24c4d30df875d7
$GLD contract
0xc9a981…ebfc4e0xc9a981fee1f9dec688bb123ccdecc63d0debfc4e