The objective of the synthetic commodity, as per Synthetix, is to allow traders to gain on-chain investment exposure to silver and gold marketplaces on Kwenta - a DApp leveraging the Synthetix protocol.
Additionally, to ensure updated information is available for trading commodities, Synthetix has begun working with the oracle Chainlink. Synthetix has also announced its plans post launching gold and silver synthetic commodities is to explore other various types of synthetic commodities including precious metals, agricultural products, and energy