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Valereum's Quorum Partnership: Scaling Real-World Asset Tokenization

Valereum announced a strategic partnership with Quorum to scale its real‑world asset tokenization platform, centering on the newly created VGold token. The two firms are co‑developing the VGold Core, sharing technical leadership through a joint CTO arrangement, and aligning their product roadmaps despite operating in different geographic regions. The collaboration hinges on a revenue‑share framework that tackles the longstanding challenge of extracting value from tokenized assets. By pooling resources, Valereum and Quorum can attribute each deal’s origin, distribution, and value more transparently, eliminating the friction that previously required separate accounting for each side. Quorum also brings an unregulated token, VGoldCorp, to serve as a liquidity conduit, leveraging its existing relationships with bullion houses and other market participants. “We’ve been fundamental in helping us build VGold,” a Valereum executive said, emphasizing the joint effort. He added that a full merger is unlikely due to dispersed teams, but the partnership “solves all of those issues for us,” referring to deal‑tracking and revenue allocation. The firms view the alliance as a “sum of the parts” solution, combining technology, market access, and liquidity tools. The alliance positions both companies to capture a larger share of the burgeoning gold‑token market, streamline issuance processes, and offer investors on‑chain exposure to physical gold. By simplifying deal mechanics and providing a dedicated liquidity token, the partnership could accelerate broader adoption of asset‑backed cryptocurrencies and generate new revenue streams for both parties.