{ "data_version": "seed-0.7 · marketcap-1 · 2026-08-30", "source": "https://finance.foundation", "license": { "finance_foundation_data": "CC BY 4.0 — attribution: Finance Foundation (https://finance.foundation)", "upstream_values": "Fields sourced from a provider carry their own source field and remain under that provider's terms — see https://finance.foundation/api/v1/sources" }, "collection": "assets", "count": 56, "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 of gold every year since 2010, according to the World Gold Council's Gold Demand Trends series." }, { "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: the BIS Triennial Central Bank Survey put global FX turnover at $9.6tn a day in April 2025." }, { "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." }, { "id": "nikkei-225", "name": "Nikkei 225", "symbol": "N225", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "JPY", "market": "Tokyo Stock Exchange / Nikkei Inc.", "issuer": "Nikkei Inc.", "description": "Price-weighted index of 225 large Japanese companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, dating back to 1950 and calculated by the Nikkei newspaper group since 1970. It is Japan's most widely quoted equity benchmark." }, { "id": "ftse-100", "name": "FTSE 100", "symbol": "UKX", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "GBP", "market": "London Stock Exchange / FTSE Russell", "issuer": "FTSE Russell (LSEG)", "description": "Capitalization-weighted index of the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, launched in 1984. Its constituents earn a large share of revenue outside the UK, making it sensitive to sterling moves." }, { "id": "dax-40", "name": "DAX 40", "symbol": "DAX", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "EUR", "market": "Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Xetra) / Deutsche Börse", "issuer": "STOXX (ISS STOXX, Deutsche Börse Group)", "description": "Germany's blue-chip benchmark of the 40 largest companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, expanded from 30 to 40 constituents in 2021. Unusually for a headline index, it is calculated as a performance (total-return) index that reinvests dividends." }, { "id": "euro-stoxx-50", "name": "EURO STOXX 50", "symbol": "SX5E", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "EUR", "market": "Eurex / STOXX", "issuer": "STOXX (ISS STOXX, Deutsche Börse Group)", "description": "Blue-chip index of 50 leading companies from eurozone countries, introduced in 1998. It underlies some of Europe's most liquid futures and options traded on Eurex." }, { "id": "hang-seng", "name": "Hang Seng Index", "symbol": "HSI", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "HKD", "market": "Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX)", "issuer": "Hang Seng Indexes Company", "description": "Capitalization-weighted benchmark of the largest companies listed in Hong Kong, calculated since 1969 by a subsidiary of Hang Seng Bank. It includes many mainland Chinese firms and is the main gauge of the Hong Kong equity market." }, { "id": "csi-300", "name": "CSI 300", "symbol": "000300", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "CNY", "market": "Shanghai & Shenzhen stock exchanges", "issuer": "China Securities Index Co.", "description": "Index of the 300 largest and most liquid A-share stocks traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges, launched in 2005. It is the primary benchmark for mainland Chinese equities and the underlying for China's main index futures." }, { "id": "usd-jpy", "name": "US Dollar / Japanese Yen", "symbol": "USD/JPY", "type": "Currency", "category": "FX major pair", "currency": "JPY", "market": "Global interbank FX (OTC)", "issuer": "—", "description": "One of the most traded currency pairs in the world, quoting yen per US dollar. It is highly sensitive to the US–Japan interest-rate differential and has historically been a core carry-trade vehicle." }, { "id": "gbp-usd", "name": "British Pound / US Dollar", "symbol": "GBP/USD", "type": "Currency", "category": "FX major pair", "currency": "USD", "market": "Global interbank FX (OTC)", "issuer": "—", "description": "Nicknamed \"Cable\" after the 19th-century transatlantic telegraph cable used to transmit its rate, it is one of the oldest and most liquid currency pairs. Quotes US dollars per British pound." }, { "id": "usd-cny", "name": "US Dollar / Chinese Yuan (onshore)", "symbol": "USD/CNY", "type": "Currency", "category": "FX pair (managed)", "currency": "CNY", "market": "China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS)", "issuer": "—", "description": "The onshore renminbi exchange rate, managed by the People's Bank of China through a daily midpoint fixing around which trading is allowed within a narrow band. The freely traded offshore counterpart is quoted as USD/CNH in Hong Kong." }, { "id": "german-bund-10y", "name": "German 10-Year Bund", "symbol": "DE10Y", "type": "Bond", "category": "Government bond", "currency": "EUR", "market": "OTC / Eurex (Bund futures)", "issuer": "Federal Republic of Germany", "description": "The 10-year federal bond of Germany, regarded as the eurozone's risk-free benchmark. Other European sovereigns' borrowing costs are commonly quoted as yield spreads over the Bund." }, { "id": "jgb-10y", "name": "Japanese 10-Year Government Bond", "symbol": "JP10Y", "type": "Bond", "category": "Government bond", "currency": "JPY", "market": "OTC / Osaka Exchange (JGB futures)", "issuer": "Government of Japan (Ministry of Finance)", "description": "The benchmark 10-year bond of Japan, one of the largest government bond markets in the world. Its yield was the explicit anchor of the Bank of Japan's yield-curve-control policy from 2016 until the policy's end in 2024." }, { "id": "wheat", "name": "Wheat", "symbol": "ZW", "type": "Commodity", "category": "Agricultural (grain)", "currency": "USD", "market": "CBOT (CME Group)", "issuer": "—", "description": "CBOT soft red winter wheat futures serve as the leading global price benchmark for wheat, quoted in US cents per bushel with a 5,000-bushel contract. Prices are sensitive to weather and to exports from major producers such as Russia, the EU and the US." }, { "id": "corn", "name": "Corn", "symbol": "ZC", "type": "Commodity", "category": "Agricultural (grain)", "currency": "USD", "market": "CBOT (CME Group)", "issuer": "—", "description": "The most actively traded US grain future, quoted in cents per bushel on a 5,000-bushel CBOT contract. The United States is among the world's largest producers and exporters, and demand spans feed, food and ethanol." }, { "id": "platinum", "name": "Platinum", "symbol": "XPT", "type": "Commodity", "category": "Precious metal", "currency": "USD", "market": "NYMEX (CME Group) / LPPM", "issuer": "—", "description": "Precious metal mined in far smaller quantities than gold, with the majority of primary supply coming from South Africa. Its largest industrial use is in automotive catalytic converters, alongside jewelry and investment demand." }, { "id": "solana", "name": "Solana", "symbol": "SOL", "type": "Crypto", "category": "Layer-1 blockchain", "currency": "USD", "market": "Global crypto exchanges", "issuer": "None (decentralized)", "description": "Proof-of-stake layer-1 blockchain launched in 2020, known for high throughput and low transaction fees. SOL is its native token and ranks among the largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization." }, { "id": "russell-2000", "name": "Russell 2000", "symbol": "RUT", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "USD", "market": "CME (futures) / Cboe (options)", "issuer": "FTSE Russell", "description": "Index of about 2,000 smaller US companies — the bottom segment of the Russell 3000 by market capitalization — reconstituted annually. It is the standard benchmark for US small-cap equities." }, { "id": "sp-tsx-composite", "name": "S&P/TSX Composite Index", "symbol": "SPTSX", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "CAD", "market": "Toronto Stock Exchange", "issuer": "S&P Dow Jones Indices / TMX Group", "description": "Float-adjusted capitalization-weighted benchmark for the Canadian equity market, covering roughly 200 to 230 companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Financials and energy have historically been its largest sectors." }, { "id": "sp-asx-200", "name": "S&P/ASX 200", "symbol": "XJO", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "AUD", "market": "Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)", "issuer": "S&P Dow Jones Indices / ASX", "description": "Float-adjusted market-capitalization index of the 200 largest eligible companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, rebalanced quarterly. It is the main institutional benchmark for Australian equities." }, { "id": "ibovespa", "name": "Ibovespa", "symbol": "IBOV", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "BRL", "market": "B3 (Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão)", "issuer": "B3 S.A.", "description": "The headline benchmark of the Brazilian equity market, weighted by free float with a tradability adjustment and typically holding around 80 to 90 of the most actively traded stocks on B3. Its portfolio is rebalanced every four months." }, { "id": "sensex", "name": "BSE SENSEX", "symbol": "SENSEX", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "INR", "market": "BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)", "issuer": "BSE Ltd. (Asia Index Pvt. Ltd.)", "description": "Free-float market-capitalization index of 30 large, established companies listed on the BSE, published since 1986 with a 1978-79 base. It is India's oldest widely followed equity benchmark." }, { "id": "nifty-50", "name": "NIFTY 50", "symbol": "NIFTY", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "INR", "market": "National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)", "issuer": "NSE Indices Ltd.", "description": "Free-float market-capitalization index of 50 large Indian companies listed on the National Stock Exchange, launched in 1996. It is India's most heavily traded equity benchmark, especially in derivatives." }, { "id": "kospi", "name": "KOSPI Composite Index", "symbol": "KOSPI", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "KRW", "market": "Korea Exchange (KRX)", "issuer": "Korea Exchange", "description": "Capitalization-weighted index of all common stocks listed on the main board of the Korea Exchange, with a base value of 100 set on 4 January 1980. It is South Korea's headline equity benchmark." }, { "id": "swiss-market-index", "name": "Swiss Market Index", "symbol": "SMI", "type": "Index", "category": "Equity index", "currency": "CHF", "market": "SIX Swiss Exchange", "issuer": "SIX Group", "description": "Blue-chip index of the 20 largest and most liquid stocks on the SIX Swiss Exchange, launched in 1988 and subject to a weighting cap per constituent. A small number of large pharmaceutical and consumer companies dominate it." }, { "id": "palladium", "name": "Palladium", "symbol": "XPD", "type": "Commodity", "category": "Precious metal", "currency": "USD", "market": "NYMEX (CME Group) / LPPM", "issuer": "—", "description": "Precious metal whose dominant use is in catalytic converters for gasoline engines, with smaller demand from electronics and dentistry. Primary supply is highly concentrated in Russia and South Africa." }, { "id": "aluminium", "name": "Aluminium", "symbol": "AH", "type": "Commodity", "category": "Industrial metal", "currency": "USD", "market": "LME", "issuer": "—", "description": "Primary aluminium is the most heavily traded base metal contract on the London Metal Exchange, priced in US dollars per tonne. Smelting is highly electricity-intensive, so production costs track power prices closely." }, { "id": "nickel", "name": "Nickel", "symbol": "NI", "type": "Commodity", "category": "Industrial metal", "currency": "USD", "market": "LME", "issuer": "—", "description": "Base metal used mainly in stainless steel, with a growing share going into lithium-ion battery cathodes. LME nickel trading was suspended and a day of trades cancelled in March 2022 after an extreme short squeeze." }, { "id": "soybeans", "name": "Soybeans", "symbol": "ZS", "type": "Commodity", "category": "Agricultural (oilseed)", "currency": "USD", "market": "CBOT (CME Group)", "issuer": "—", "description": "CBOT soybean futures are the global price reference for the oilseed, quoted in US cents per bushel on a 5,000-bushel contract. Brazil and the United States are the largest producers and China is the dominant importer." }, { "id": "coffee", "name": "Coffee (Arabica)", "symbol": "KC", "type": "Commodity", "category": "Agricultural (softs)", "currency": "USD", "market": "ICE Futures U.S.", "issuer": "—", "description": "The ICE 'Coffee C' contract is the world benchmark for washed arabica coffee, quoted in US cents per pound on a 37,500-pound contract. Brazil is the largest arabica producer, while Vietnam leads in the separate robusta market." }, { "id": "usd-chf", "name": "US Dollar / Swiss Franc", "symbol": "USDCHF", "type": "Currency", "category": "FX pair", "currency": "CHF", "market": "OTC FX", "issuer": "—", "description": "Major pair quoting the US dollar in Swiss francs. The franc is a traditional safe-haven currency, and the Swiss National Bank enforced a minimum exchange rate against the euro from 2011 until it was abandoned in January 2015." }, { "id": "aud-usd", "name": "Australian Dollar / US Dollar", "symbol": "AUDUSD", "type": "Currency", "category": "FX pair", "currency": "USD", "market": "OTC FX", "issuer": "—", "description": "Major pair known as the 'Aussie', among the most traded currency pairs globally. It is widely used as a liquid proxy for commodity demand given Australia's large iron-ore, coal and gas exports." }, { "id": "usd-cad", "name": "US Dollar / Canadian Dollar", "symbol": "USDCAD", "type": "Currency", "category": "FX pair", "currency": "CAD", "market": "OTC FX", "issuer": "—", "description": "Major pair nicknamed the 'loonie'. The Canadian dollar is sensitive to crude-oil prices and to US demand, since the United States takes the large majority of Canada's exports." }, { "id": "usd-inr", "name": "US Dollar / Indian Rupee", "symbol": "USDINR", "type": "Currency", "category": "FX pair", "currency": "INR", "market": "OTC FX / NSE & BSE currency derivatives", "issuer": "—", "description": "The reference rate for the Indian rupee, an emerging-market currency whose onshore market operates under Reserve Bank of India oversight, including intervention and capital-flow rules. Rupee futures also trade on Indian exchanges." }, { "id": "usd-brl", "name": "US Dollar / Brazilian Real", "symbol": "USDBRL", "type": "Currency", "category": "FX pair", "currency": "BRL", "market": "OTC FX / B3 futures", "issuer": "—", "description": "The reference rate for the Brazilian real, one of the most liquid Latin American emerging-market currencies. Much of its price discovery takes place in exchange-traded dollar futures on B3 rather than in the spot market." }, { "id": "uk-gilt-10y", "name": "UK 10-Year Gilt", "symbol": "GB10Y", "type": "Bond", "category": "Government bond", "currency": "GBP", "market": "OTC / ICE (long gilt futures)", "issuer": "UK Debt Management Office (HM Treasury)", "description": "The 10-year benchmark bond of the United Kingdom and the reference rate for sterling fixed income. Gilt yields rose sharply during the September 2022 fiscal crisis, prompting emergency Bank of England purchases." }, { "id": "italy-btp-10y", "name": "Italian 10-Year BTP", "symbol": "IT10Y", "type": "Bond", "category": "Government bond", "currency": "EUR", "market": "OTC / MTS / Eurex (BTP futures)", "issuer": "Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance", "description": "Italy's 10-year Buono del Tesoro Poliennale, the benchmark for one of the largest sovereign debt markets in the world. Its yield spread over the German Bund is the standard market gauge of eurozone fragmentation risk." }, { "id": "france-oat-10y", "name": "French 10-Year OAT", "symbol": "FR10Y", "type": "Bond", "category": "Government bond", "currency": "EUR", "market": "OTC / Eurex (OAT futures)", "issuer": "Agence France Trésor (French Treasury)", "description": "France's 10-year Obligation Assimilable du Trésor, the benchmark for the eurozone's second-largest sovereign bond market. It is normally quoted as a yield spread over the German Bund." }, { "id": "india-10y", "name": "India 10-Year Government Bond", "symbol": "IN10Y", "type": "Bond", "category": "Government bond", "currency": "INR", "market": "OTC / NDS-OM (Reserve Bank of India)", "issuer": "Government of India (issued via the Reserve Bank of India)", "description": "The benchmark 10-year rupee government security and the reference rate for India's domestic debt market. Indian government bonds began entering major emerging-market local-currency indices in 2024, broadening foreign participation." }, { "id": "xrp", "name": "XRP", "symbol": "XRP", "type": "Crypto", "category": "Payment network token", "currency": "USD", "market": "Global crypto venues", "issuer": "None (decentralized ledger; large supply held by Ripple Labs)", "description": "Native token of the XRP Ledger, a payment-focused blockchain launched in 2012 whose consensus mechanism uses neither mining nor staking. The entire supply of just under 100 billion units — 99,985,627,691 at 16 August 2026 per the XRP Ledger's own distribution data — was created at genesis, with a large share held in escrow by Ripple Labs." }, { "id": "binance-coin", "name": "BNB", "symbol": "BNB", "type": "Crypto", "category": "Exchange / Layer-1 token", "currency": "USD", "market": "Global crypto venues", "issuer": "Binance (originally); BNB Chain network", "description": "Token launched by the Binance exchange in 2017 as an ERC-20 and later migrated to its own chain. It provides discounted trading fees on Binance and is the gas token of BNB Smart Chain, an EVM-compatible network; supply is reduced by periodic burns." }, { "id": "cardano", "name": "Cardano", "symbol": "ADA", "type": "Crypto", "category": "Layer-1 blockchain", "currency": "USD", "market": "Global crypto venues", "issuer": "None (decentralized)", "description": "Proof-of-stake layer-1 blockchain launched in 2017, built around the Ouroboros consensus protocol and a research-led, peer-reviewed development process. ADA is its native token, used for staking, governance and transaction fees." }, { "id": "dai", "name": "Dai", "symbol": "DAI", "type": "Crypto", "category": "Stablecoin", "currency": "USD", "market": "Global crypto venues / Ethereum DeFi", "issuer": "Maker protocol (MakerDAO / Sky)", "description": "Decentralized US-dollar stablecoin minted against on-chain collateral in the Maker protocol rather than issued by a company holding bank deposits. Its collateral has broadened over time to include centralized stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets." } ] }