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metals.io recently hosted a livestream around the launch of tokenized Cobalt and Nickel.

The discussion covers why critical metals matter, the investment case for these markets, how tokenization can expand access to commodities, and what the future of commodity markets could look like.

Worth watching if you’re interested in critical metals, commodities, or real-world asset tokenization.

What do you think about tokenized commodities like Cobalt and Nickel?

Cobalt and Nickel are now part of the growing tokenized metals market, but there is still a much wider world of real-world assets that could be brought on-chain.

Which metal do you think should be offered next, and why?

Tokenized metals are continuing to move on-chain.

We recently joined CryptoSavingExpert for a discussion on metals.io’s new Cobalt and Nickel offerings, and what they could mean for the growth of real-world assets.

A closer look at Cobalt, Nickel, tokenized metals, and the broader RWA trend.

Canada has unveiled a national nuclear strategy focused on building new reactors, expanding uranium production, and doubling the nuclear workforce by 2050.

The plan includes support for SMRs, updated CANDU reactor designs, nuclear supply chains, and uranium fuel opportunities.

Canada already gets around 13% of its electricity from nuclear and is one of the world’s top uranium producers.

Do you think Canada can become a bigger nuclear power player, or will permitting, costs, and timelines slow this down?

A New Zealand start-up says it has used AI to create a synthetic alternative to samarium, a rare earth element used in high-temperature magnets.

China currently dominates the rare earth supply chain, so if this can scale, it could be a big deal.

But the company is still very young, and commercial production is not proven yet.

Do you think AI-designed materials can realistically reduce China’s rare earth dominance, or is this too early to take seriously?

Japan is reportedly putting $65B+ into U.S. small modular reactor projects, including deals tied to GE Vernova/Hitachi and NuScale.

My take: this is another strong signal that nuclear is becoming a serious strategic priority again. Between energy security, AI power demand, and grid reliability, SMRs are starting to look less like a niche idea and more like part of the next energy buildout.

Still execution matters. Permitting, costs, timelines, and fuel supply are the real tests.

Bullish for nuclear and uranium long term, but only if these projects actually get built

Japan has decided to direct more than 10% of the roughly $550 billion in U.S. investment promised during tariff negotiations with the Trump administration into a U.S.-led small modular reactor project, according to the article. The reported total is $65 billion, with the Nikkei saying Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick discussed the matter online earlier this month. The SMR investment details are expected to be reflected in Japan’s second and third rounds of U.S. investment announcements after this summer.

Commodity markets are starting to see a real shift toward digital ownership and tokenized infrastructure.

Nasdaq recently highlighted Ben Elvidge’s conversation with DigMedia about how metals.io is approaching tokenized, physically backed metals, and why the infrastructure around ownership, transferability, and access is evolving.

The bigger point is that commodities like metals are beginning to move beyond traditional access models. Tokenization could make ownership more transparent, more transferable, and easier to access for a wider range of participants.

metals.io is positioning itself around this shift by focusing on physically backed metals and the modernization of commodity market infrastructure.

Curious what people think: could tokenized metals become one of the more practical real world asset use cases?

I am thinking about tokenized commodities from a fintech angle. Users probably do not care about RWA tokenization as a phrase. They care if they understand what they own, trust custody, see fees clearly, and can exit.

I have seen more discussion about tokenized assets like gold, bonds, real estate, and commodities. The pitch is fractional access, but beginners may miss issuer, custody, audit, liquidity, smart contract, and tax risks.

Crypto people talk about fractional access and 24/7 transfer, but commodity markets have harder issues: grade, location, custody, storage, title, redemption, and market depth. Does tokenization help?

What would make tokenized uranium credible to uranium investors?

I am trying to understand the technical side of tokenized real world assets, specifically physical commodities. The token contract seems like the easy part. The harder part is making off-chain state legible: asset custody, proof of reserves, legal ownership, redemption constraints, pricing, and inventory changes over time.

for a tokenized metal, what is the best model today? is periodic third party attestation enough, should custodians sign reserve proofs on chain, or do oracles only solve the pricing layer?

A metal-backed token could theoretically be used as DeFi collateral, but the trust stack is heavy: custody, legal claim, reserve proof, pricing oracles, liquidity, smart contracts, and redemption terms. Worth it?