Crypto, commodities & FX this week: Arbitrum +66.3% · September 14–18, 2026

The second part of the weekly review for September 14–18, 2026 looks at crypto, commodities and FX. Crypto moved +19.7 % on average for the week, led by ONE (+198.7 %). Precious metals came in at +0.8 %, energy and industrial commodities at +1.9 %.
Crypto: weekly gainers & losers
Gainers
Commodities & metals over the week
| Name | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 4424.9 | +1.15 % |
| Silver | 67.149 | +1.77 % |
| Platinum | 1806.4 | +0.49 % |
| Palladium | 1319.5 | -0.33 % |
| WTI crude | 96.08 | +0.65 % |
| Brent crude | 103.87 | -0.71 % |
| Gasoline | 3.2555 | +5.35 % |
| Heating oil | 4.8444 | +2.18 % |
| Copper | 6.6915 | +2.19 % |
FX over the week
| Pair | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1523 | -0.99 % | |
| 1.3396 | -0.98 % | |
| 155.654 | +2.01 % | |
| 0.71165 | -0.66 % | |
| 1.39344 | +0.95 % | |
| 0.814034 | +0.74 % |
Real assets: the week's hammer prices
This week brought 71 auction records. Real assets are not quoted continuously. Trading happens when a lot is called. What follows is therefore not a weekly return but the sum of what actually changed hands.
| Asset class | Records | Median | Highest hammer price | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trading cards | 68 | $3,900 | Raikou #13 · Neo Revelation 1st Edition (2001) 14 Sep 2026 | $144,000 |
| Classic cars | 3 | $125,000 | Porsche 911 Turbo (964) · 1991–1994 15 Sep 2026 | $480,964 |
No sale was recorded in watches this week. The most recent one is 97 days back.
The trading-card price index stands at 587.7 (as of 14 September 2026), +221.6 % against a year ago. It measures price changes of the same good, unlike a median, which is made up of different items every week.
Residential property has no weekly figure: the latest official reading is from 1 June 2026, 109 days before this review. United States (Case-Shiller) +1.7 % year on year. Germany +1.4 % year on year. Euro area +4.6 % year on year.
Cross-asset correlations
| Pair | r | −1 … +1 |
|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 ↔ Bitcoin | +0.35 | |
| S&P 500 ↔ Gold | +0.40 | |
| Gold ↔ Crude oil (WTI) | -0.23 | |
| EUR/USD ↔ Gold | +0.53 |
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