Digital gold is real, physical gold you buy in tiny digital units and store in a secure vault, instead of keeping bars or jewellery at home. Each unit you hold is backed by actual gold.

It removes gold's three oldest barriers — price, purity doubt, and storage risk. In Pakistan it runs through PMEX: you can start from a few hundred rupees, sell on the exchange anytime, and take physical delivery once you hold 10 tola or more. It's a hedge that holds its value, not a high-growth investment.

In Pakistan: bought via PMEX-registered brokers; the backing gold is 999.0 fineness, held in an approved vault.

Example (PKR): Rs 5,000 buys roughly 11.5 milli tola at about Rs 435 per milli tola.

Don't confuse it with: gold funds (you own fund units, not allocated metal) and leveraged gold futures (that's trading, not saving).

Related terms: Milli tola · Tola · PMEX · 999 fineness · Spread
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