PAX Gold (PAXG) Market Update
Current Price and Market Performance
PAX Gold is trading near its all-time high set on January 29, 2026 at $5,622.81, currently down 10.61% from that peak. The token is currently trading around $5,029.55 with a market capitalization of $2.31 billion, ranking 36th among cryptocurrencies.
Recent Trading Activity
The trading volume of PAX Gold (PAXG) is $61,706,463.77 in the last 24 hours, representing a 12.60% increase from one day ago and signalling a recent rise in market activity. Over the last week, PAX Gold has traded up 5.7% against the U.S. dollar.
Institutional Demand and Record Inflows
Paxos Gold (PAXG) posted a record inflow of $248 million in January, boosting its market cap to $2.2 billion. Gold surged past $5,000/oz on January 25 amid U.S.-EU trade tensions, triggering whale accumulation of PAXG, with three wallets withdrawing $14.33M of PAXG and Tether Gold from exchanges like Bybit and MEXC, driving PAXG's market cap to a record $2.08B on January 26.
Exchange Developments
MEXC launched PAXG perpetual contracts with 100x leverage on January 27, 2026, enhancing accessibility to tokenized precious metals. Additionally, PAXG's collateral ratio on Binance Portfolio Margin was lowered from 60% to 50% on January 20, 2026, allowing traders to use PAXG more efficiently as collateral for leveraged trading.
Regulatory Milestone
Paxos secured OCC oversight on December 15, 2025, becoming the only federally regulated gold token issuer. Paxos also eliminated network fees for transferring PAXG tokens on Ethereum in 2025.
DeFi Integration
PAXG gained exchange and DeFi traction, with Ourbit promoting PAXG in its futures carnival offering incentives, and the PAXG-USDC pool ranking in Uniswap's top 5 yield pools.
Market Outlook
Overall, PAX Gold is currently showing a bullish trend, with both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages trending bullish. However, Tether Gold (XAUT) dominates 60% of the $5.8B tokenized gold market, outpacing PAXG in liquidity and multi-chain accessibility, with XAUT's 24-hour volume ($850M) dwarfing PAXG's $495M.