function get_assets {

  g_echo_note "RUNNING FUNCTION ${FUNCNAME} $@"
  
  ## determine assets with prices
  local f_filename="EXCHANGE_GET_ASSETS_CMD"  
  # Try to collect assets
  # get data from API
  if [ ${STOCK_EXCHANGE} = "BINANCE" ]
  then
    binance-api-call GET /api/v3/ticker/price || return 1
    # parse API output
    cat ${g_tmp}/API_CMD_OUT | jq -r '.[] | .symbol + "," + .price' | grep "${CURRENCY}," | egrep -v "${TRANSFER_CURRENCY},|,0[\.][0]*$" >${f_filename}_OUT.tmp
  fi
  # timestamp for data
  f_timestamp=$(g_date_print)
  # check output
  if [ -s ${f_filename}_OUT.tmp ] && egrep -q "^[A-Z]+${CURRENCY},[0-9]*\.[0-9]+$" ${f_filename}_OUT.tmp
  then
    mv ${f_filename}_OUT.tmp ${f_filename}_OUT
  else
    g_echo_warn "${f_filename}_OUT.tmp has wrong Syntax. - Not updating ${f_filename}_OUT $(tail -n 10 ${f_filename}_OUT.tmp)"
    return 2
  fi

  ## write assets list and filter by marketcap and sort by price
  # get krypto symbol list sorted by marketcap
  echo "curl -s -X 'GET' \"https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/markets?vs_currency=usd&order=market_cap_desc&per_page=250&page=1&sparkline=false&price_change_percentage=1h,24h,7d,14d,30d\" -H 'accept: application/json'" >COINGECKO_GET_ASSETS_CMD
  g_runcmd g_retrycmd sh COINGECKO_GET_ASSETS_CMD >COINGECKO_GET_ASSETS_CMD_OUT || return 1
#ASSET_MARKETCAP_OUT.tmp || return 1
  if [ -s COINGECKO_GET_ASSETS_CMD_OUT ] && grep -q "market_cap_rank" COINGECKO_GET_ASSETS_CMD_OUT
  then
    
    # get marketcap sort
    jq -r '.[].symbol' COINGECKO_GET_ASSETS_CMD_OUT | tr [:lower:] [:upper:] | head -n $LARGEST_MARKETCAP >ASSET_MARKETCAP_OUT.tmp-sort
    if [ -s ASSET_MARKETCAP_OUT.tmp-sort ] && egrep -q "^[A-Z0-9]+$" ASSET_MARKETCAP_OUT.tmp-sort
    then
      mv ASSET_MARKETCAP_OUT.tmp-sort SORTMARKETCAP
    else
      g_echo_warn "ASSET_MARKETCAP_OUT.tmp-sort has wrong Syntax. - Not updating ASSET_MARKETCAP_OUT.tmp-sort $(tail -n 10 ASSET_MARKETCAP_OUT.tmp-sort)"
      return 2
    fi
    
    # write down 24h pricechange
    cat COINGECKO_GET_ASSETS_CMD_OUT | jq -r '.[] | .symbol + "," + (.price_change_percentage_24h|tostring)' | tr [:lower:] [:upper:] >ASSET_PRICE_CHANGE_PERCENTAGE_24H
    
    # store coingecko symbolids for coingecko info URLs
    jq -r '.[] | .symbol + "," + .id' COINGECKO_GET_ASSETS_CMD_OUT >COINGECKO_IDS.tmp
    if [ -s COINGECKO_IDS.tmp ]
    then
      mv COINGECKO_IDS.tmp COINGECKO_IDS
    else
      g_echo_warn "COINGECKO_IDS.tmp has wrong Syntax. - Not updating COINGECKO_IDS $(tail -n 10 COINGECKO_IDS.tmp)"
      return 2
    fi
  fi 
  
 
  # Write file with asset list and ignore marketcap under LARGEST_MARKETCAP
  cat EXCHANGE_GET_ASSETS_CMD_OUT | cut -d"," -f1  | while read f_ASSET
  do
    # ignore marketcap under LARGEST_MARKETCAP
    f_assetwocurrency=$(echo ${f_ASSET} | sed "s/$CURRENCY$//")
    if ! egrep -q "^${f_assetwocurrency}$" SORTMARKETCAP
    then
      #g_echo_note "Ignoring $f_ASSET because of lower marketcap then Top ${LARGEST_MARKETCAP}"
      continue
    fi
    echo ${f_ASSET} >>ASSETS.tmp
  done
  mv ASSETS.tmp ASSETS

 
  ## write histfiles by having a look on marketcap
  #>ASSETS_HIGHEST.tmp
  # get alread invested assets
  #f_investedassets_regex=$(cat EXCHANGE_GET_BALANCES_CMD_OUT | cut -d, -f1 | perl -pe 's/^/\^/; s/\n/\|/' | perl -pe 's/\|$//')
  local f_ASSET
  

  local f_parallel_arg
  echo -n "parallel -j3 bash -c --" >/tmp/parallel
  for f_ASSET in $(cat ASSETS | egrep -v "${BLACKLIST}")
  do
    #get_asset "${f_ASSET}"
    echo -n " \"get_asset ${f_ASSET}\"" >>/tmp/parallel
  done
  export -f get_asset
  export f_timestamp
  . /tmp/parallel

  # cleanup trashlines (possibly generated by kill further of this progress)
  sed -i "/[0-9]$(date +%Y)-/d" asset-histories/*

  #cat ASSETS | while read f_ASSET
  #do
  #  # write asset hist file with macd and rsi
  #  local f_ASSET_HIST_FILE="asset-histories/${f_ASSET}.history.csv"
  #  [ -f "${f_ASSET_HIST_FILE}" ] || touch "${f_ASSET_HIST_FILE}"
  #  if ! grep -q "^$(echo "${f_timestamp}" | cut -d: -f1,2)" "${f_ASSET_HIST_FILE}"
  #  then
  #    local f_line="${f_timestamp},$(egrep "^${f_ASSET}," EXCHANGE_GET_ASSETS_CMD_OUT | cut -d, -f2)"
  #    #g_echo_note "Writing new line (${f_line}) to history ${ASSET_HIST_FILE}"
  #    echo -n "${f_line}" >>${f_ASSET_HIST_FILE}
  #    get_macd_indicator ${f_ASSET_HIST_FILE}
  #    get_rsi_indicator ${f_ASSET_HIST_FILE} 30
  #    echo ",${f_macd},${f_rsi}" >>${f_ASSET_HIST_FILE}
  #  fi


#  cat ASSETS | while read f_ASSET
#  do
#    # ignore already invested asset 
#    if echo "$f_ASSET" | egrep -q "$f_investedassets_regex"
#    then
#      g_echo_note "Already invested in $f_ASSET - ignoring for more diversification"
#      continue
#    fi
# 
#    # sort latest assets prices by highest in last timeframe (ignore - or 0)
#    get_rate_percentage_min_before_and_now $(echo ${f_ASSET} | sed "s/${CURRENCY}\$//") ${CURRENCY} 1 || continue
#    local f_ASSET_PERCENTAGE=${f_exchange_rate_diff_percentage}
#    echo "$f_ASSET_PERCENTAGE" | egrep -q '^-|^0.0' && continue
#    g_echo "adding ${f_ASSET}({$f_ASSET_PERCENTAGE}) to ASSETS_HIGHEST because marketcap in Top ${LARGEST_MARKETCAP}"
#    echo "${f_ASSET_PERCENTAGE},${f_ASSET}" >>ASSETS_HIGHEST.tmp
#  done
#  cat ASSETS_HIGHEST.tmp | sort -r >ASSETS_HIGHEST.tmp2
#  mv ASSETS_HIGHEST.tmp2 ASSETS_HIGHEST
#  rm ASSETS_HIGHEST.tmp

  # get MSCI World Index for analysis
  echo "wget -q -O - https://www.boerse.de/realtime-kurse/MSCI-World/XC0009692739 | egrep 'itemprop=\"price\" content=\"[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\"' | cut -d\\\" -f6" >MSCI_WORLD_CMD
  g_runcmd g_retrycmd sh MSCI_WORLD_CMD >MSCI_WORLD_CMD_OUT.tmp
  # check output
  if [ -s MSCI_WORLD_CMD_OUT.tmp ] && egrep -q "^[0-9]*\.[0-9]+$" MSCI_WORLD_CMD_OUT.tmp
  then
    if egrep -q "^0\.00$" MSCI_WORLD_CMD_OUT.tmp
    then
      g_echo_note "Ignoring MSCI World $(tail -n 10 MSCI_WORLD_CMD_OUT.tmp) - maybe out of business day"
    else
      mv MSCI_WORLD_CMD_OUT.tmp MSCI_WORLD_CMD_OUT
    fi
  else
    g_echo_warn "MSCI_WORLD_CMD_OUT.tmp has wrong Syntax. - Not updating MSCI WORLD Index $(tail -n 10 MSCI_WORLD_CMD_OUT.tmp)"
  fi
  echo "${f_timestamp},$(cat MSCI_WORLD_CMD_OUT)" >>asset-histories/MSCI-WORLD-INDEX.history.csv
  

}