Crypto, commodities & FX this week: Chainlink +9.6% · August 10–14, 2026

Crypto, commodities & FX this week: Chainlink +9.6% · August 10–14, 2026

The second part of the weekly review for August 10–14, 2026 looks at crypto, commodities and FX. Crypto moved -2.8 % on average for the week, led by ACE (+106.4 %). Precious metals came in at +1.2 %, energy and industrial commodities at +7.5 %.

Crypto: weekly gainers & losers

Gainers

Crypto weekly gainers
NamePriceChange
ACE ACE$0.2535+106.43 %
EDEN EDEN$0.05927+42.17 %
ROBO ROBO$0.01656+22.49 %
ETHFI ETHFI$0.4496+17.63 %
HOME HOME$0.00994+12.06 %
Chainlink LINK$8.97+9.56 %

Losers

Crypto weekly losers
NamePriceChange
TUT TUT$0.02976-85.23 %
BMT BMT$0.0154-53.36 %
BICO BICO$0.02526-47.95 %
KAITO KAITO$0.4055-41.33 %
MOVR MOVR$0.765-33.48 %
ENSO ENSO$0.723-25.31 %

Commodities & metals over the week

Commodities & metals over the week
NamePriceChange
Gold4437.3+3.07 %
Silver65.108+4.53 %
Platinum1756.9+0.57 %
Palladium1325.5-3.26 %
WTI crude81.25+7.23 %
Brent crude87.07+9.72 %
Gasoline3.128+9.67 %
Heating oil4.2506+12.73 %
Copper6.613-1.70 %

FX over the week

FX over the week
PairPriceChange
EUR/USD1.1579+0.06 %
GBP/USD1.3533+0.48 %
USD/JPY159.02043412578516+1.18 %
AUD/USD0.70785+0.32 %
USD/CAD1.385905342665096-0.89 %
USD/CHF0.8105369807497468+0.88 %

Real assets: the week's hammer prices

The auction houses delivered 42 records this week. 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.

The week's hammer prices per asset class
Asset classRecordsMedianHighest hammer pricePrice
Trading cards41$4,200Crystal Charizard #146 — Skyridge (2003) 10 Aug 2026$102,000
Classic cars1$320,000Porsche 911 Turbo (993) — 1995–1998 11 Aug 2026$320,000

No sale was recorded in watches this week – the most recent one is 62 days back.

The trading-card price index stands at 538.1 (as of 10 August 2026), +251.9 % 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 May 2026, 105 days before this review. United States (Case-Shiller) +1.1 % year on year. Germany +1.4 % year on year. Euro area +4.6 % year on year.

Data note 1

Cross-asset correlations

Cross-asset correlations
Pairr−1 … +1
S&P 500 ↔ Bitcoin+0.40
S&P 500 ↔ Gold+0.47
Gold ↔ Crude oil (WTI)-0.37
EUR/USD ↔ Gold+0.60

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