[Tether Gold Launches Tokenized Dividends on Wall Street for the First Time, XAUT Market Cap Surpasses $2.5 Billion] According to Cryptopolitan, Tether announced that its gold-backed token, Tether Gold (XAUT), has introduced a dividend mechanism, becoming the first publicly listed gold company structure to allow shareholders to choose to receive dividends in tokenized gold instead of cash. This move has been described as a major breakthrough in the gold industry. The demand for digital gold has surged recently, with the market cap of XAUT nearing $2.55 billion, leading the overall growth of tokenized real-world assets. Elemental Royalty Corporation emphasized that this mechanism connects tokenized gold ownership with standard royalty payments on the blockchain. Tether acquired approximately 33% equity in Elemental in 2025. Investors can obtain direct physical gold ownership by allocating funds to gold royalties, and related companies are expected to distribute dividends of about $0.12 per share to investors on a quarterly basis. Investors who prefer cash dividends can still opt for cash.