A reference rate, not a peg

The basket.

$MYCEL is a utility token for in-network goods. To give it a sense of grounded worth, we reference its value to a basket of three earthbound commodities: cacao, olive oil, and gold. The basket is descriptive — it gives members a way to feel the token's weight in real-world terms. It is not enforced on-chain, and Hyphae cannot be redeemed for the underlying commodities. Read how it works ↓

⟡ Current reference rate · published monthly
1 MYCEL ≈
€1.42
basket value · indicative only
June 2026
Updated 1st of each month. The rate is communicative — Hyphae trade only for in-network goods.
What's in the basket

Three commodities, three weights.

Each commodity tracks a different rhythm — cacao moves with weather and harvest, olive oil with the Mediterranean season, gold with the long human story of value. Together they smooth each other out.

Gold
Au · 79
40% basket weight
The ancient anchor. Gold gives the basket long-cycle stability — its price moves slowly, with millennia of human attention woven through it.
~€68/gram · LBMA spot · June 2026
🌳
Olive Oil
Olea europaea · cold pressed
30% basket weight
The Mediterranean food-medicine. Tracks climate, harvest, and the seasonal flow of olive groves from Tunisia to Greece to Spain.
~€9.20/litre · EU spot extra-virgin · June 2026
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Cacao
Theobroma cacao · organic
30% basket weight
The plant medicine of the heart. Sensitive to climate, deeply tied to indigenous communities and ceremonial use. Its price tells a story of the tropics.
~€7.80/kg · ICCO daily price · June 2026
Recent rates

The last six months.

The basket moves with the world. Some months it rises with cacao volatility; some months it settles with gold. Members can see the rate any time on this page.

Month
1 MYCEL =
Change
Driver
Jun 2026 €1.42 +2.1% Cacao supply tightening
May 2026 €1.39 +0.7% Gold quiet, oil stable
Apr 2026 €1.38 −1.4% Olive oil from new harvest
Mar 2026 €1.40 +3.2% Gold rally, cacao seasonal
Feb 2026 €1.36 ±0.0% All three flat
Jan 2026 €1.36 +1.1% Cacao volatility
The formula

How the rate is calculated.

The basket formula

The reference rate is calculated on the 1st of each month from public spot prices:

1 MYCEL ≈ 0.4 × (€/gram gold ÷ 50) + 0.3 × (€/litre olive oil ÷ 7) + 0.3 × (€/kg cacao ÷ 6)

The divisors are set so that all three commodities contribute roughly equally at June 2026 baseline. Each month, the new rate is published here with the source prices.

Why these three?

Gold for ancient memory and slow value.
Olive oil for Mediterranean nourishment and the rhythm of the harvest.
Cacao for plant medicine, ceremony, and the heart.

Three earth commodities, three different rhythms, three cultures of value. Their weighted average gives Hyphae a feeling of being grounded in something — without pretending to be something it isn't.

⚖ Important — please read

The basket is descriptive, not a peg. $MYCEL is not redeemable for gold, olive oil, or cacao. Fungai Art OÜ does not hold reserves of these commodities. The basket gives members a way to communicate the token's notional value in everyday terms — that is its only function.

No appreciation guarantee. If the basket rises, your in-network purchasing power stays the same (because in-network prices stay in Hyphae, not EUR). If the basket falls, the same applies. The basket changes how you describe Hyphae to outsiders — not what Hyphae buys inside the network.

Not financial advice. The basket rate is a communication tool. Do not treat it as investment information.

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