Category: Digital Gold

Most people who ask this question already hold some form of paper gold. The concern shifted sharply in November 2025, when SEBI issued Press Release No. 70/2025, cautioning the public against “Digital Gold” and “E-Gold” products sold on online platforms, describing them as unregulated and outside SEBI’s investor protection framework.  That headline circulated widely.  SEBI…

There’s a line in every digital gold pitch that’s technically true but strategically incomplete: no making charges. That’s accurate for as long as you’re holding. The moment you convert your digital gold balance into jewellery, coins, or bars, making charges come back into the picture, because the gold has to be physically made into something.…

When you buy digital gold in India, 3% GST applies at the time of purchase. That means GST immediately becomes part of your acquisition cost. For example, if your total outgo is ₹10,000 inclusive of GST, the pre-GST gold value is about ₹9,708.74, and GST is about ₹291.26. In practical terms, that creates an entry…

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.…

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…

Most people in India have bought gold or grown up watching gold being bought, without ever really knowing what the number stamped on it means. The figures like 24K, 22K, 18K, 99.99%, and more, they’re everywhere. They sound important, but they’re rarely explained well. Basically, they tell you how much of what you’re buying is…

Buying digital gold takes about five minutes. However, understanding what you’re actually buying takes a little longer. And it’s worth the time. This guide covers both the mechanics of making a purchase and the structural logic behind how digital gold works. Because once you know what happens after you tap “buy,” the question of trust…

Digital gold is an actual, physical 24K gold stored in a professional vault, allocated to you by the gram, and accessible through an app or website. This gold is physical bullion sitting in a secure facility, and it belongs to you the moment you buy it. What’s “digital” is only how you control it.  For…