Author: Harsha Halvi, Product Lead, SafeGold.
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7 Benefits of Digital Gold: Why Millennials Are Switching
Physical gold still dominates Indian households. The WGC estimates India holds over 25,000 tonnes of household gold, the largest private stockpile in the world. Much of it sits at home or in lockers, and jewellery purchases often include making charges that do not come back when you sell. Digital gold doesn’t change what gold is.…
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Why Gold Price Changes Every Few Minutes: Market Mechanics
You check the gold rate on your phone. You close the app. You open it ten minutes later. The price has moved. Not by much, but it has moved. This is not a platform glitch. It is exactly how gold pricing works, and once you understand the chain behind it, those minute-by-minute swings stop feeling…
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Realised vs. Unrealised Gain: When Do I Make Profit or Loss in Digital Gold?
If you’ve ever watched your digital gold balance move from ₹18,000 to ₹17,600 in a week and wondered whether you’ve lost money, you haven’t, necessarily. What you’ve seen is an unrealised movement, not a realised one. These are two very different things, and confusing them is one of the most common mistakes gold investors make.…
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Monthly Gold Investment Plans and Options Explained
Every year, millions of Indian households enrol in a jeweller’s saving scheme, depositing monthly, waiting 10 to 11 months, then redeeming for jewellery at a store they are already locked into. It is a familiar structure, and for a long time, it was the only accessible way to build toward a gold purchase without a…
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What is Gold Leasing? Earn Extra Returns on Your Gold
Gold has always been stored. Historically, that was the whole point: buy it, put it somewhere safe, and let price appreciation do the rest. But holding gold idle has a quiet cost; it earns nothing while it sits. Gold leasing changes that. It is a mechanism for putting your accumulated gold to productive use. You…
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Is Digital Gold Safe? Security Storage Explained
SEBI issued a public advisory on digital gold in November 2025. The industry lost momentum overnight. Searches for “is digital gold safe” tripled. Investors who had been accumulating for months paused or stopped entirely. The advisory was legitimate. The panic, largely, was not. This article answers the safety question without softening it. What physically protects…
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Gold SIP Returns: 5-Year vs 10-Year Performance Analysis
In 2026, gold prices have risen sharply. The World Gold Council reported a record price of ₹175,231 per 10 grams on 13 February 2026, before easing to ₹154,395 per 10 grams on 16 March 2026. That’s a lot of return in under seven years from an asset most Indian households were already holding, just not…
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Gold Price Dropped: Should I Sell or Hold? Facts Not Advice
Gold in India hit nearly ₹1,80,779 per 10 grams in late January. By late March, it had pulled back to around ₹142,453–₹144,000. That’s a drop of roughly 17% in under two months. If you’re watching your gold balance and wondering what to do, it’s crucial to understand what the numbers actually say and, more importantly,…