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Inside Kyrgyzstan's Gold-Backed Stablecoin Plan

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4.7698 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

William Campbell introduces USDKG, a Kyrgyzstan-backed digital dollar collateralized by the nation's physical gold reserves. Project Lead for USDKG, William Campbell, joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus Hong Kong to introduce a stablecoin backed by Kyrgyzstan's physical gold reserves and overseen by its Ministry of Finance. Campbell explains how the nation-state is modernizing its economy to become one of Central Asia's premier crypto hubs, leveraging its vast natural gold mines to collateralize a digital dollar. - This episode was hosted live by Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Ewen at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, presented by Hex Trust.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to CoinDisc Live from Consensus Hong Kong.

0:11.0

Let's bring in our next guest now.

0:13.0

He's the project lead for USDKG William Campbell.

0:16.0

Hello.

0:17.0

Hey guys, how are you?

0:18.0

Good to see you.

0:19.0

We're doing great, great to see you. Thank you.

0:21.6

Lay a foundation for us, start at the very beginning, USDKG.

0:25.6

What is it?

0:26.6

Absolutely.

0:27.6

Like you said, I'm the project lead.

0:28.6

U.S.DK.G is an initiative in Kyrgyzstan.

0:31.6

Kyrgyzstan is a country in Central Asia.

0:33.6

They've been looking to modernize their economy in the last few years. And part of what that means is creating a digital interface for the rest of the world.

0:43.3

So, USDKG, we're a stable coin.

0:46.3

We're very unique in the sense that we're the first stable coin ever to be backed by the Ministry of Finance of an entire nation.

0:52.3

And aside from that, normal stable

0:55.0

coins keep their reserves in, let's say, T-bills or bonds, whereas we keep our reserves in gold.

1:00.9

So it's two big differentiators that sort of change the space and change the game for us.

1:06.6

We have a fair amount of people representing tokenized gold here at this event.

1:12.6

You guys are sort of standing out with this idea of the stable coin pegged to gold.

1:17.6

Yeah.

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