First, and foremost, when you buy gold through the Gilded Offering, the gold is yours. Gilded has created the Gilded App and support mechanisms that enable your purchase, but Gilded does not own the gold you buy, you do. We have worked with some of the world’s top law firms to ensure that the Gilded Offering provides our customers the safest, most secure structure for their gold ownership. And you can readily distinguish the Gilded Offering from other gold investment options, such as ETFs and gold-company stocks, where you do not enjoy direct ownership and instead take on the many risks of the issuing entity.
As to the practical aspects of the Gilded Offering, as noted, your gold is stored in fully-insured non-bank Brinks vaults in Zurich, Dubai, Sri City, Singapore, New York or London. Brinks brings more than 150 years of experience as the market leader in providing the highest levels of security, service and accountability to the safeguarding of valuables. Your gold is also verified by Bureau Veritas, a nearly two-century-old global firm devoted to establishing trust amongst individuals, public authorities and companies in all matters, including those between businesses and their customers, and audited by Armanino LLP, a top 25 US accounting firm that is affiliated with Moore Global, one of the world’s major accounting and consulting companies. Significantly, your purchases are also recorded in immutable fashion on the Linux Foundation Hyperledger blockchain – this record, plus your Digital Warehouse Receipt with its identifying information, provide clear documentation of your ownership. Ownership that is, in turn, always available for confirmation on your Gilded account page.