Gold Enters the Infrastructure Era as SMX, trueGold, and Goldstrom Build the First Proof-Ready Metals Network
SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) and its majority-owned unit trueGold announced a deployed molecular certification system that embeds a permanent chemical signature into gold to enable continuous on-chain-style verification across refining, casting, vaulting, trading, and recycling.
Independent testing by Intertek confirmed safety and neutrality under the AnchorCert Pro 2 protocol, and the London Bullion Market Association accredited the molecular marker as a Gold Bar Security Feature. A strategic integration with Goldstrom aims to scale the system across global vaults, logistics, and bullion-banking channels.
SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) e la sua controllata per maggioranza trueGold hanno annunciato un sistema di certificazione molecolare dispiegato che incorpora una firma chimica permanente per consentire una verifica continua in stile on-chain lungo raffinazione, fusione, vaulting, trading e riciclo.
Test indipendenti condotti da Intertek hanno confermato la sicurezza e la neutralità secondo il protocollo AnchorCert Pro 2, e la London Bullion Market Association ha accreditato il marker molecolare come Caratteristica di Sicurezza delle Barre d'Oro. Un'integrazione strategica con Goldstrom punta a scalare il sistema in cripto, caveau, logistica e canali bancari del lingotto a livello globale.
SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) y su unidad de propiedad mayoritaria trueGold anunciaron un sistema de certificación molecular desplegado que incrusta una firma química permanente para permitir una verificación continua estilo on-chain a lo largo del refinado, fundición, custodia, comercio y reciclaje.
Pruebas independientes por Intertek confirmaron seguridad y neutralidad bajo el protocolo AnchorCert Pro 2, y la London Bullion Market Association acreditó el marcador molecular como Característica de Seguridad de Lingotes de Oro. Una integración estratégica con Goldstrom tiene como objetivo escalar el sistema a través de bóvedas globales, logística y canales bancarios de lingotes.
SMX(NASDAQ:SMX)와 지배지분을 보유한 자회사인 trueGold는 금에 영구적인 화학적 서명을 내재화하는 분자 인증 시스템을 배치하여 정제, 주조, 보관, 거래 및 재활용에 걸친 온체인식 지속 검증을 가능하게 했다고 발표했습니다.
인터텍의 독립 시험에서 AnchorCert Pro 2 프로토콜에 따라 안전성과 중립성이 확인되었으며, 런던 금속 시장 협회(LBMA)는 이 분자 표식을 금괴 보안 기능으로 인정했습니다. Goldstrom과의 전략적 통합은 전 세계 금고, 물류 및 금괴 뱅킹 채널에 걸친 시스템 확장을 목표로 합니다.
SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) et sa filiale majoritaire trueGold ont annoncé un système de certification moléculaire qui intègre une signature chimique permanente pour permettre une vérification continue de type on-chain tout au long du raffinage, de la coulée, de la vaulting, du commerce et du recyclage.
Des tests indépendants réalisés par Intertek ont confirmé la sécurité et la neutralité selon le protocole AnchorCert Pro 2, et la London Bullion Market Association a accredité le marqueur moléculaire comme Caractéristique de Sécurité des Lingots d'Or. Une intégration stratégique avec Goldstrom vise à déployer le système dans les coffres-forts mondiaux, la logistique et les canaux bancaires du lingot.
SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) und seine mehrheitlich gehaltene Einheit trueGold haben ein implementiertes molekulares Zertifizierungssystem angekündigt, das eine permanente chemische Signatur in Gold einschließt, um eine fortlaufende On-Chain-Verifizierung entlang Raffination, Gießerei, Lagerung, Handel und Recycling zu ermöglichen.
Unabhängige Tests von Intertek bestätigten Sicherheit und Neutralität gemäß dem AnchorCert Pro 2-Protokoll, und die London Bullion Market Association akkreditierte den Molekularmarker als Goldbarren-Sicherheitsmerkmal. Eine strategische Integration mit Goldstrom zielt darauf ab, das System global in Tresoren, Logistik und Börsenkanälen für Barren zu skalieren.
SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) وشركتها التابعة المملوكة بالكامل تقويtrueGold أعلنوا عن نظام شهادة جزيئي مُوزَّع يدمج توقيعًا كيميائيًا دائمًا داخل الذهب لتمكين التحقق المستمر على السلسلة عبر التكرير والصب والتخزين والتبادل والتدوير.
أظهرت اختبارات مستقلة من Intertek السلامة والحيادية بموجب بروتوكول AnchorCert Pro 2، ووافقت London Bullion Market Association على أن المُعلَم الجزيئي كميزة أمان لسبائك الذهب. وتكامل استراتيجي مع Goldstrom يهدف إلى توسيع النظام عبر خزائن عالمية واللوجستيات وقنوات المصارف للمجوهرات من السبائك.
- LBMA accreditation of SMX molecular marker (Gold Bar Security Feature)
- Intertek validation under AnchorCert Pro 2 confirmed safety and neutrality
- Goldstrom partnership enables global vaulting, logistics, and trading integration
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Insights
SMX's molecular tagging and Goldstrom partnership create an operational identity layer for gold that can materially change authentication and custody workflows.
The technology embeds a permanent molecular signature into gold, couples a proprietary reader with a digital registry, and integrates that identity into operational pipelines. That converts verification from paperwork to an on‑metal cryptographic-like trace, letting custodians and traders tie physical bars to recorded transfers in real time.
Dependencies and risks include adoption across critical counter‑parties, reader interoperability, and the integrity of the registry; each must operate reliably for network effects to appear. The LBMA accreditation reduces a major adoption barrier by recognizing the marker as a Gold Bar Security Feature, but broad industry uptake remains essential.
Watch for commercial rollouts inside Goldstrom vaults and logistics centers, reader deployment milestones, and registry audit results over the next 12–24 months to gauge real-world scale and interoperability.
The Intertek validation and LBMA accreditation create a credible compliance pathway for molecular marking within major jurisdictions.
Independent testing under AnchorCert Pro 2 confirms safety and neutrality across the United States, Canada, and the European Union, and the LBMA accreditation frames the marker as an accepted security feature. These facts suggest regulators and market authorities can incorporate molecular proof into existing audit and custody practices without reclassifying the metal.
Remaining regulatory and operational checks include published protocols for reader certification, registry access controls, and third‑party audit transparency. Absent those, questions about chain‑of‑custody dispute resolution and legal evidentiary use could slow institutional adoption.
Monitor formal guidance or standards from major authorities, reader certification schedules, and any third‑party audits over the next 6–18 months to confirm regulatory and compliance entrenchment.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 14, 2025 / For centuries, gold has existed outside the world of modern infrastructure. Digital identity systems have evolved. Financial instruments evolved. Global logistics has evolved. Yet gold, the very foundation of sovereign reserves and private wealth, remained an analog asset defined by trust, certificates, and manual verification.
That model is finally breaking.
SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), through its majority-owned subsidiary trueGold, has introduced the first technology that allows gold to function like a verified asset inside a modern financial system. The breakthrough comes not from a database or barcode, but from the metal itself. A molecular signature is embedded directly into gold at the earliest stage of extraction. That signature stays with the material through refining, casting, vaulting, trading, and recycling. It cannot be removed or forged. It becomes part of the infrastructure that governs the asset.
This shift is not theoretical. It is now operational.
trueGold's technology has attracted a new strategic partner: Goldstrom, a global precious-metals group with operations spanning secure logistics, vaulting, trading, bullion banking, and wealth advisory. Their collaboration integrates trueGold's molecular certification system into Goldstrom's operational pipelines, transforming how gold is authenticated as it moves through institutional markets.
The combination forms a new infrastructure layer for the precious-metals economy. SMX provides the science. Goldstrom provides the scale. Together, they introduce a system in which verification is continuous and embedded, rather than external or discretionary.
The Backbone of a Verified Metals Network
trueGold's platform consists of three elements: a molecular marker, a proprietary reader, and a digital registry that records each transfer. Once added, the chemical signature inside the gold becomes a permanent identity tag. It links physical matter to digital truth.
Independent testing by Intertek confirmed the marker's safety and neutrality under the AnchorCert Pro 2 protocol, validating compliance across the United States, Canada, and the European Union. It does not alter the metal. It does not affect purity. It does not disrupt manufacturing or design. It simply turns gold into a self-identifying asset.
That capability now enters Goldstrom's global footprint. Every movement through Goldstrom's vaults, logistics centers, or banking channels can be tied to verified material identity. For the first time, a bullion ecosystem can operate with intrinsic proof instead of proxy documentation.
The value becomes clear when applied at scale. Regulatory frameworks shift from assumptions to evidence. ESG claims become measurable instead of declarative. Wealth managers gain the ability to prove provenance for institutional clients. Traders can validate recycled content, purity, and custody with unprecedented precision.
In a market where trust determines price, proof-based infrastructure is not a feature. It is an advantage.
The Regulatory Signal That Changes the Sector
The London Bullion Market Association has already recognized the significance of the technology by accrediting SMX's molecular marker as a Gold Bar Security Feature. That endorsement is more than a technical milestone. It is an indicator that the world's largest precious-metals authority accepts molecular proof as part of the authentication process.
With Goldstrom adopting the system, the infrastructure gains a runway for global deployment. A vault in Zurich, a refinery in Dubai, or a trading house in Singapore can operate on a shared identity layer that travels with the gold itself. Compliance becomes simpler. Fraud becomes harder. Market confidence strengthens.
And the timing aligns with global demand. IBM research shows that consumers are willing to pay substantial premiums for traceable products. PwC reports measurable margin expansion for verified sustainable sourcing. Those same behavioral patterns influence how bullion is valued, particularly among institutions that must justify ESG positions or provide transparent reporting.
trueGold and Goldstrom are not asking the market to imagine a future version of accountability. They are building the infrastructure today.
The Beginning of a Verified Financial Asset Class
This partnership represents more than a technology integration. It signals the emergence of a proof-ready asset class for precious metals.
Gold has always held value. Now it can verify that value. By embedding molecular identity directly into the metal and linking that identity to a secure digital registry, SMX and trueGold convert gold from an asset that relies on external trust into one that carries trust internally. Goldstrom extends that capability across global supply lines.
What began as a scientific breakthrough at SMX is becoming a new architecture for how markets authenticate one of the world's most important commodities. The vaults, transfers, trades, audits, and recycling streams all become synchronized through chemistry and digital certainty.
In this new model, gold does not exist solely within the financial system. It becomes part of the system's infrastructure. Proof is no longer something attached to an asset. It is something engineered into it.
And in this case, and for the first time in its history, gold can prove itself.
About SMX
As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.
Forward-Looking Statements
This editorial contains forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward looking statements include expectations, projections, and assumptions about future events relating to SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), its majority-owned subsidiary trueGold, its partnership with Goldstrom, and the development and commercial expansion of molecular marking, digital registries, and supply chain verification technologies within the global precious-metals sector. These statements are not descriptions of historical facts. They are based on current beliefs, estimates, and assumptions that are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties, and factors that are difficult to predict.
Forward looking statements in this editorial include, but are not limited to, expectations regarding the integration of trueGold's molecular-marking technology into Goldstrom's operational framework; the potential widespread adoption of SMX-enabled verification across vaulting, logistics, bullion trading, banking, and wealth management; anticipated improvements in gold authentication processes; the potential for SMX systems to be recognized or mandated by regulatory bodies, including the London Bullion Market Association and other global metals authorities; and the anticipated value that verified provenance, traceability, and lifecycle tracking may bring to market participants, investors, and institutional clients.
These statements also encompass expectations about the potential scalability of SMX technology across refineries, recycling operations, manufacturing pipelines, and international metals markets; the ability of molecular identity markers to survive refining or remelting processes; the potential to enhance ESG reporting, sustainability claims, or compliance frameworks; and the possibility of establishing new economic models built on authenticated material identity. Forward looking statements further include assumptions about evolving consumer demand for transparent and traceable products; projected economic benefits from verified material flows; and the belief that proof-driven systems may influence commodity pricing, institutional adoption, and sector-wide operational standards.
These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Such risks include, but are not limited to: changes in regulatory requirements affecting precious-metals trading and authentication; fluctuations in global commodity markets; geopolitical conditions; competitive technological developments; the pace at which institutional actors adopt new verification systems; technical limitations in deploying molecular markers at industrial scale; risks associated with integrating new technologies into established supply chains; general economic conditions; and other risks detailed in SMX's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements. These statements speak only as of the date of publication. SMX undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward looking statements to reflect subsequent events, changes in circumstances, or new information, except as required by applicable law.
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