Aurelion Injects $48 Million in Tokenized Gold into New XAUE Protocol, Accelerating Real-World Asset Monetization

On April 24, 2026, Nasdaq-listed Aurelion (NASDAQ: AURE) announced that it has allocated 10,000 units of Tether Gold (XAU₮) to the newly launched XAUE yield protocol. The assets deployed are valued at approximately $48 million based on the previous day's gold benchmark price, and Aurelion intends to maximize the profitability of its gold reserves through this move.

The XAUE protocol is designed to allow holders to earn yield on tokenized gold through lending and trading strategies while maintaining exposure to the underlying asset.

Aurelion is the world's first Nasdaq-listed Tether Gold treasury management company and continues to hold 33,318 units of XAU₮ following this allocation. This decision is interpreted as a strategic move by the company to build an on-chain yield-generating infrastructure utilizing Real-World Assets (RWA) beyond simple asset holding.

Mechanisms and Background of the XAUE Protocol

Aurise Foundation, an Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) project, has officially launched XAUE as an innovative treasury layer for Tether Gold. XAUE enables compound growth measured in gold units and adopts a model where the exchange ratio, backed by gold value, continuously rises.

• 1:1 asset-backed structure based on Tether Gold (XAU₮)
• Yield generation through lending, staking, and liquidity provision
• Expected Annual Percentage Yield (APY) between 1.5% and 3% depending on market conditions
• Yield optimization utilizing the AI-powered 'Duncan' copilot

In addition to Aurelion, Antalpha (NASDAQ: ANTA), an institutional digital asset finance platform, participated in the protocol. On April 24, 2026, Antalpha contributed to the early expansion of the ecosystem by committing 6,052 XAU₮ units, valued at approximately $29 million, to the XAUE protocol.

With the participation of Aurelion and Antalpha, the initial deposited assets of the XAUE protocol have reached approximately $76 million. Market experts believe that such moves by Nasdaq-listed companies will increase liquidity in the tokenized gold market and serve as a catalyst for transforming gold, a traditional safe-haven asset, into a high-efficiency yield asset.

The XAUE protocol introduced artificial intelligence technology to convert static gold deposits into high-speed yield assets. Specifically, the Duncan AI copilot performs the role of managing the yield distributed to users by capturing optimal lending and trading opportunities within various DeFi protocols.

This allocation also represents a significant portion of Aurelion's overall treasury structure. By deploying a portion of its assets into yield-bearing infrastructure through this transaction, Aurelion has established a structure to simultaneously secure capital gains from rising gold prices and additional operating income.

The key points to watch moving forward are the sustainability of the XAUE protocol's yield and whether there will be further inflows from institutional investors. Aurise Foundation plans to diversify its revenue sources through integration with more DeFi protocols in the future, which is expected to serve as an indicator of the overall maturity of the tokenized real-world asset market.