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  "data_version": "seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28",
  "source": "https://finance.foundation",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "collection": "assets",
  "count": 15,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "bitcoin",
      "name": "Bitcoin",
      "symbol": "BTC",
      "type": "Crypto",
      "category": "Layer-1 currency",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "Global crypto venues",
      "issuer": "None (decentralized)",
      "description": "The first and largest cryptocurrency; fixed 21M supply, proof-of-work security, increasingly held as a treasury and ETF asset."
    },
    {
      "id": "ethereum",
      "name": "Ethereum",
      "symbol": "ETH",
      "type": "Crypto",
      "category": "Smart-contract platform",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "Global crypto venues",
      "issuer": "None (decentralized)",
      "description": "Largest smart-contract network; settlement layer for DeFi, stablecoins and tokenized assets; proof-of-stake."
    },
    {
      "id": "tether-usdt",
      "name": "Tether USD",
      "symbol": "USDT",
      "type": "Crypto",
      "category": "Stablecoin",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "Global crypto venues",
      "issuer": "Tether Ltd.",
      "description": "Largest US-dollar stablecoin; primary quote asset of offshore crypto markets and a de-facto dollar rail in emerging markets."
    },
    {
      "id": "usd-coin",
      "name": "USD Coin",
      "symbol": "USDC",
      "type": "Crypto",
      "category": "Stablecoin",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "Global crypto venues",
      "issuer": "Circle Internet Financial",
      "description": "Regulated, reserve-attested dollar stablecoin; the preferred stablecoin of US-regulated platforms."
    },
    {
      "id": "gold",
      "name": "Gold",
      "symbol": "XAU",
      "type": "Commodity",
      "category": "Precious metal",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "COMEX / LBMA",
      "issuer": "—",
      "description": "The oldest reserve asset; central banks have been net buyers every year since 2010."
    },
    {
      "id": "silver",
      "name": "Silver",
      "symbol": "XAG",
      "type": "Commodity",
      "category": "Precious metal",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "COMEX / LBMA",
      "issuer": "—",
      "description": "Monetary metal with a large industrial demand base (solar, electronics)."
    },
    {
      "id": "copper",
      "name": "Copper",
      "symbol": "HG",
      "type": "Commodity",
      "category": "Industrial metal",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "COMEX / LME",
      "issuer": "—",
      "description": "'Dr. Copper' — the industrial metal most watched as a global-growth indicator; central to electrification."
    },
    {
      "id": "brent-crude",
      "name": "Brent Crude Oil",
      "symbol": "BZ",
      "type": "Commodity",
      "category": "Energy",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "ICE",
      "issuer": "—",
      "description": "The international oil benchmark; prices roughly two-thirds of the world's traded crude."
    },
    {
      "id": "wti-crude",
      "name": "WTI Crude Oil",
      "symbol": "CL",
      "type": "Commodity",
      "category": "Energy",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "NYMEX",
      "issuer": "—",
      "description": "The US oil benchmark, physically settled at Cushing, Oklahoma."
    },
    {
      "id": "natural-gas",
      "name": "Natural Gas (Henry Hub)",
      "symbol": "NG",
      "type": "Commodity",
      "category": "Energy",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "NYMEX",
      "issuer": "—",
      "description": "US natural-gas benchmark; increasingly linked to global prices through LNG exports."
    },
    {
      "id": "sp500",
      "name": "S&P 500",
      "symbol": "SPX",
      "type": "Index",
      "category": "Equity index",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "CME / CBOE",
      "issuer": "S&P Dow Jones Indices",
      "description": "500 large US companies; the default benchmark for global equity performance and the underlying of the world's largest ETFs."
    },
    {
      "id": "nasdaq-100",
      "name": "Nasdaq-100",
      "symbol": "NDX",
      "type": "Index",
      "category": "Equity index",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "CME / Nasdaq",
      "issuer": "Nasdaq, Inc.",
      "description": "100 largest non-financial Nasdaq companies; the benchmark of large-cap technology."
    },
    {
      "id": "us-10y-treasury",
      "name": "US 10-Year Treasury",
      "symbol": "US10Y",
      "type": "Bond",
      "category": "Government bond",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "OTC / CME futures",
      "issuer": "US Department of the Treasury",
      "description": "The world's reference risk-free rate; discount rate for global asset pricing."
    },
    {
      "id": "eur-usd",
      "name": "Euro / US Dollar",
      "symbol": "EURUSD",
      "type": "Currency",
      "category": "FX pair",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "OTC FX",
      "issuer": "—",
      "description": "The most traded currency pair in the world's largest market (FX, ~$7.5tn daily turnover)."
    },
    {
      "id": "dollar-index",
      "name": "US Dollar Index",
      "symbol": "DXY",
      "type": "Index",
      "category": "FX index",
      "currency": "USD",
      "market": "ICE",
      "issuer": "ICE",
      "description": "The dollar measured against a basket of six major currencies; shorthand for global dollar strength."
    }
  ]
}