NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 8, 2025 / Gold has always been a trusted store of value, but the systems that track it have never matched its economic importance. Every year more than 1,100 tons of recycled gold move through global markets. Yet provenance often relies on paper documentation, fragmented logistics, and reputation instead of measurable proof. Goldstrom's collaboration with SMX (NASDAQ: SMX) highlights how quickly that old framework is disappearing. The moment gold carries a molecular identity, the market stops operating on assumptions and starts operating on verification.

Goldstrom is part of a much larger shift. Global hubs like DMCC handle enormous volumes of precious metals, and they face the same challenge. They need infrastructure that can verify material origin, confirm recycled content, and prove chain-of-custody integrity with accuracy that approaches 100%. SMX provides that layer. It upgrades gold from a passive commodity into an identity-backed asset. Fraud exposure, historically estimated at 2% to 5% in some bullion channels, becomes preventable. Every transaction becomes accountable.

The value difference is measurable. Traders can begin pricing verified metals separately from unverified inventory. Refineries can certify recovered gold without depending on declarations. Regulatory bodies can enforce responsible sourcing without slowing global trade. Even a modest 1% premium on fully verifiable gold creates billions in incremental market value across the ecosystem. That is what happens when materials have memory. Identity is not a label. It is a new economic variable.

Following The Path of Circularity

Circularity gains move in parallel. The gold recycling industry loses between 10% and 15% of potential value, not because of inefficiency in recovery, but because of uncertainty in documentation. When recycled gold cannot be proven, it gets discounted. When it can be proven, it becomes preferred feedstock. Goldstrom's work with SMX demonstrates how quickly those losses can be reversed. Verified recycled metals trade on evidence, not trust. That helps redirect large volumes of secondary gold away from discount channels and back into certified high-grade supply. Circularity becomes a competitive advantage instead of a compliance checkbox.

DMCC's position makes this even more consequential. As one of the world's most influential trading corridors, DMCC sits at the center of global bullion flows. Its participants need clarity, speed, and confidence across cross-border movements. Identity-backed verification enables exactly that. Regulators can strengthen oversight without friction. Traders can reduce counterparty risk. Markets respond with stronger liquidity and more accurate pricing.

What once required manual auditing becomes automated and measurable.

Sector Shift is Shining Bright

This is why the precious-metals sector is shifting from partnership stories to infrastructure stories. The moment verification becomes technical rather than subjective, the market recalibrates. Risk declines. Transparency increases. Circular supply chains expand. Institutions that manage billions in metals can finally apply the same standards of accountability used in financial securities. The trust economy gets replaced by the proof economy.

Goldstrom showcases the upstream transformation. DMCC showcases the downstream transformation. SMX provides the connective fabric between them. As identity-backed gold becomes the norm, the global market will not move gradually. It will reprice itself. The assets that can prove their history will command the confidence premium. The assets that cannot will trade at a discount.

Gold has waited centuries for a verification layer worthy of its value. It just received it. From SMX.

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.

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