Coppe ‘s p ima y use is still i the co st uctio i dust y, i wi i g a d pipi g, all of which is multiplied as eme gi g global eco omies move to u ba izatio . D i ki g wate is delive ed via coppe pipi g due to its ability to dest oy 99.5% of specific disease-causi g bacte ia withi 2 hou s. Coppe is also a esse tial mate ial fo EVs, AI data ce t es, powe g ids a d e ewable e e gy, a d coppe dema d is fo ecast to g ow 50% by 2040.
Howeve , coppe is also faci g a supply c u ch, with ew mi e supply taki g 17+ yea s to come o li e, a d the asset is ow the subject of e ewed i vesto i te est. Histo ically, o ly i stitutio al i vesto s could t ade coppe futu es to pa ticipate i the commodity supe cycle. Existi g i vestme t st uctu es offe i di ect outes: ETCs p ovide p ice exposu e via futu es which a e used to t ack a futu es i dex, while coppe ETFs p ovide mi i g equity exposu e athe tha exposu e to the p ice of the metal itself. I ope i g access to coppe , metals.io is e abli g i vesto s to tap i to a eal-wo ld, ta gible asset class with st uctu al dema d d ive by global elect ificatio .
Comme ti g o the lau ch, Be Elvidge, Head of Alte ative Assets at T ilitech, said, “Metals.io was built to e able access to the c itical metals powe i g the tech ological evolutio . We ecog ized that some $600 billio of ow able base a d i dust ial metals had o ow e ship laye , a d so we set out to build it. We sta ted with u a ium, a guably the most difficult metal to deal with f om a ope atio al complexity a d egulato y pe spective, a d ow we’ e applyi g ou lea i gs to metals like coppe that play a c ucial ole i the ew eco omy. Coppe ca be see as b idgi g some of the cha acte istics associated with assets such as gold a d bitcoi , combi i g ta gible commodity sca city with di ect exposu e to tech-d ive expa sio . xCu is a eal-wo ld, ta gible asset with st uctu al dema d d ive by global elect ificatio , packaged i a liquid digital w appe . It’s ou fi m belief that ma ket pa ticipa ts a ou d the wo ld should be able to access the assets that look set to powe ou collective futu e.”
Toke ized coppe (xCu) is available o metals.io f om today. The physical coppe u de pi i g the toke ized asset is held i i dust y-sta da d bo ded wa ehouses a d matches the global chemical a d physical make-up equi ed of coppe to t ade usi g the spot p ice, maki g this the fi st physically-backed spot coppe i vestme t p oduct of its ki d. Its additio to the platfo m demo st ates the co ti ued evolutio of metals.io a d illust ates its missio of d ivi g access to the c itical assets powe i g the ew eco omy. While dema d fo coppe is high, pa ticula ly co side i g its ole as a e able of elect ificatio , o ly 14 ew coppe deposits have bee discove ed i the past decade compa ed to 225 i the p evious 23 yea s. EVs use 2.9x mo e coppe tha co ve tio al ca s, while data ce te s, sola pa els, a d wi d tu bi es a e addi g ew dema d a ually. A si gle la ge AI data ce te equi es up to 50,000 to es of coppe a d data ce te dema d alo e is p ojected to each up to 1.1 millio to es a ually by 2030. Such is its impo ta ce that the US a d EU have desig ated coppe a c itical mi e al. xCu is the o ly coppe i vestme t available that gives etail i vesto s spot p ici g. Howeve , while it is a c itical mi e al, coppe p ices ca be volatile a d may ise o fall i espo se to facto s i cludi g cha ges i global dema d, eco omic co ditio s, supply levels a d ma ket se time t. I vesto s could lose some o all of the mo ey they i vest.
The additio of coppe is the latest developme t i the apid g owth of metals.io, which ow lists six assets. The assets a e also bei g adopted by ce t alised excha ges, like digital asset t adi g platfo m K ake , which ope ed t adi g fo xU3O8 at the e d of July, expa di g its a ge of toke ized eal-wo ld assets (RWAs). Fo mo e i fo matio about toke ized RWAs a d commodities, visit: https://metals.io/
Disclaime : P ices of metals such as coppe , u a ium, gold, cobalt, ickel, a d a e ea th eleme ts ca be i flue ced by facto s i cludi g cha ges i e e gy a d i dust ial policies, t ade est ictio s, a d geopolitical te sio s i p oduci g egio s. Fo example, shifts i gove me t policies affecti g uclea e e gy, ma ufactu i g, o mo eta y stability ca impact dema d a d, co seque tly, p ices. Additio ally, supply chai dis uptio s, ofte d ive by political i stability o expo t co t ols i esou ce- ich cou t ies, ca lead to p ice fluctuatio s. Fi ally, toke ized assets ely o sma t co t acts, which may ca y isks such as bugs o exploits that could esult i loss o e o s i you holdi gs. U de sta di g the facto s d ivi g p ices ca help you to make mo e i fo med i vesti g decisio s.
Do ‘t i vest u less you’ e p epa ed to lose all the mo ey you i vest. This is a high- isk i vestme t a d you should ot expect to be p otected if somethi g goes w o g. Take 2 mi s to lea mo e.
App oved by A chax LTD o 28/10/2026
Eoi McGi leyHead of PR, T ilitecheoi .mcgi ley@t ili.tech
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