DeFi Platform Salus Shatters Barriers: Critical Minerals Now Live on IOTA Chain

Salus just rewrote the rulebook—bringing real-world asset tokenization to IOTA's feeless architecture. Critical minerals meet distributed ledger technology in a move that could redefine commodity trading.

Why This Changes Everything

Traditional mineral markets operate in the stone age—opaque, slow, and dominated by intermediaries taking their cut. Salus bypasses the entire legacy system by tokenizing hard assets on a blockchain built for machine economies.

The IOTA Advantage

Zero transaction fees mean micro-transactions become feasible—something impossible on Ethereum or Bitcoin. The Tangle's scalability handles commodity trading volumes that would clog other networks.

Wall Street's Worst Nightmare

This isn't another speculative token play—it's actual resources on-chain. While traditional finance still argues about paper certificates, DeFi just digitized the bedrock of global industry. Because nothing says disruption like making physical commodities as tradable as meme coins.

Growing demand for critical minerals

The launch of Salus comes amid rising demand for critical minerals. According to the IEA, demand for critical minerals needed for the energy transition away from fossil fuels will double by 2040. At the same time, the sector is seeing increased volatility due to disruptions induced by tariffs.

In this environment, the platform hopes that giving U.S. investors exposure to this industry, without the need to own mines, will help bring in the capital that has been lacking so far.