 Identiv, Inc. INVE today announced its partnership with MintID to launch the worlds first near field communication NFC-protected, Internet of Things IoT-connected gold and silver bullion. Until now, consumers have struggled with the uncertainty of whether or not the precious metal products they own are actually genuine. Together, Identiv and MintID developed an AES-128 bit encrypted, tamper-proof NFC label that, when embedded directly at the source, MintID customers can use to authenticate their investments in real time with MintIDs iOS and Android mobile apps. 