Tracking and tracing gems and jewellery with DNA-based physical tracers and blockchain technology
Speaking during CIBJO's Jewellery Industry Voices program at the VICENAZORO jewellery show on January 18, 2026. Daniel Nyfeler, Managing Director, Gübelin Gem Lab, considered he significant challenges being faced by the global gemstone and jewellery industry in providing verifiable supply chain data on the origin and authenticity, where traditional methods of testing and documentation are vulnerable to counterfeiting and lack interoperability.









