London, UK — Retail investors now have a new gateway into tokenized commodities with the launch of Metals.io, a platform offering exposure to gold and a unique basket of rare earth metals, including hafnium, rhenium, gallium, indium, neodymium oxide, and praseodymium oxide.
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Until now, investing in critical minerals and metals required specialist brokers and high minimums exceeding $10,000. Metals.io lowers these barriers, bringing industrially essential and technologically strategic metals onto a blockchain-native, user-friendly platform.
The launch was announced today on stage at TezDev in Cannes. Metals.io is developed by Trilitech, a London-based R&D hub within the Tezos ecosystem, and by the team behind uranium.io, the tokenized uranium platform that won Best New Product at the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards and was shortlisted for Hedgeweek’s Solution Provider of the Year (Innovation).
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Access to Critical Metals Meets Tezos Technology
Built on Tezos, an energy-efficient and open-source blockchain renowned for strong governance, long-term upgradability, and scalable smart contracts, Metals.io offers a single entry point for retail investors to build portfolios of tokenized commodities. The platform leverages Tezos’ smart-rollup technology, delivering sub-50ms latency for near-instant transaction confirmations — a critical advantage for traders in fast-moving markets.
“RARE enables users to gain digital ownership of a diversified basket of strategic metals — hafnium, rhenium, indium, neodymium oxide, and praseodymium oxide — all critical to AI and modern industrial applications,” said Dimitrios Kavvathas, Founder of Noemon Tech Ltd.
“Metals.io demonstrates how real-world asset investing is evolving on Tezos, combining the security of physical ownership with the efficiency and programmability of blockchain.”
Launch Assets and Expansion
From day one, Metals.io supports:
xU3O8 tokenized uranium — bridging traditional uranium markets with decentralized finance (DeFi).
VNX Gold (VNXAU) — digital proof of allocated gold held in high-security Liechtenstein vaults.
RARE token — diversified exposure to five critical rare-earth metals.
More assets will be added in the coming months, reflecting growing industrial demand and investor interest. The U.S. government’s creation of a critical mineral reserve underscores the strategic importance of these assets, which are essential in everything from smartphones to wind turbines and fighter jets.
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Building on Uranium.io’s Success
Metals.io draws on the same technology that powered uranium.io, launched on Etherlink, Tezos’ EVM interface, in December 2024. Uranium.io lowered barriers for investing in U3O8 (uranium ore concentrate), a vital input for nuclear reactors. The platform bridged traditional multi-billion-dollar commodity markets with DeFi, welcoming investors who previously could not access these assets.
“Gold has consistently proven itself as a stable, wealth-preserving asset,” said Alexander Tkachenko, CEO and Founder of VNX. “VNX Gold brings that value into the digital era. Fractional, programmable, and fully verifiable on Tezos, it makes gold accessible to a new generation of investors while combining the security of physical ownership with blockchain efficiency.”
Arthur Breitman, Co-founder of Tezos, emphasized the broader significance: “Commodity markets are global but often fragmented and layered with intermediaries. As AI and technological innovation accelerate, energy and critical materials are core economic constraints.
"Tokenization streamlines access and transfer of these assets at scale. Metals.io exemplifies how essential commodities can now move directly onto modern digital rails while leveraging Tezos’ energy-efficient and scalable blockchain architecture.”
Important Disclaimers
Investing in tokenized metals carries risks. Prices can fluctuate due to energy and industrial policy changes, trade restrictions, geopolitical events, or supply chain disruptions. Tokenized assets rely on smart contracts, which may contain bugs or vulnerabilities. Investors should understand these risks and be prepared to lose their full investment.
Approved by Archax LTD on 26 March 2026.
