XAUT Price Surges Amid Trade War Fears as Whalio Data Shows Selling Pressure
Tether Gold (XAUt)
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Eugene Serbin
cryptoticker.io reports that Tether Gold (XAUT) has gained prominence as a hedge against trade war uncertainty. The asset is a digital token backed by physical gold stored in Swiss vaults, with each token representing one troy ounce. It operates on both the Ethereum and TRON blockchains to facilitate transfers.
As of April 15, 2025, the price stood at approximately $3,247 per XAUT. The market capitalization was around $800 million with a circulating supply of 246,524 tokens. Trading volume reached about $13 million in a 24-hour period.
Prices rose 0.24% in a day and 6.62% over the week, driven by global economic wariness. The report highlights XAUT's role in diversifying portfolios and protecting against inflation. Investors can buy the token on exchanges like Bitget and Bybit using various currencies.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for XAUt, measured when this story was written up on 24 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
XAUT is currently trading at $4,289.49 on Binance spot markets. Buying pressure appears to be fading, with the 1-hour buy ratio at 46.2% and the 4-hour ratio at 41.6%, both lower than the 24-hour ratio of 41.1%. This indicates that sellers are increasingly dominating the flow. The volume delta reflects this shift, showing a net outflow of $64,555 in the last hour and $759,696 over four hours. Over the past day, the volume delta sits at -$4,460,116, with a cumulative CVD of -$5,084,763. Net buying occurred in only 10 of the last 24 hours despite a spot volume of $25,183,829.
The latest daily buy ratio of 64.6% sits at the 98th percentile of the last 204 days, against a median of 48.5% - among the strongest buying days it has had.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for XAUt, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
The current trading activity contrasts with the preceding week's data. The 24-hour buy ratio of 41.1% is notably lower than the 7-day average of 48.0%, marking a drop of 6.8 points. Volume has increased to 1.24 times the weekly average, suggesting higher activity despite reduced buying dominance. Over the eight-day period, the volume delta totaled -$18,335,679. This follows a modest price change of +0.3% over the same eight-day window. Trading occurred on 3 of the 7 days, indicating inconsistent buying pressure throughout the week.