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by mopeloi 2780 days ago
Yes to both. There are at least two gold-backed cryptocurrencies designed for a strict interpretation of Islamic Finance (HelloGold in Malaysia, OneGram in Dubai).

There is also a basket of 15 currencies plus gold, called Globcoin, though the balance of currencies, what currencies you could buy and sell Globcoins with, and relative share of each coin was difficult to interpret when I was looking into it.