Ever wonder what the total money in the world actually adds up to? I was looking into this and the numbers are pretty wild.

So physically speaking, we're talking around $6.6 trillion in coins and banknotes circulating globally. Sounds like a lot until you realize that's just the tangible stuff you can hold. When you factor in bank deposits and liquid assets, the total money in the world jumps to somewhere in the tens of trillions - estimates put it closer to $37 trillion when you count all the USD and other currencies stored digitally.

But here's where it gets interesting. Once you start layering in stocks, bonds, derivatives, and crypto? The total money in the world in terms of all tradeable assets and financial instruments balloons to over 1.2 quadrillion dollars. That's not even hyperbole - that's the actual scale we're working with.

Think about that for a second. 1.2 quadrillion. And then the obvious question hits: what's our actual slice of this pie? 🫣

Most of us are sitting here with a tiny fraction of this total money in the world floating around, while the vast majority is tied up in institutional holdings, derivatives, and assets we'll probably never directly touch. It's a humbling reminder of how the global financial system actually works.

Makes you think about where the real opportunities are, doesn't it? Bitcoin and crypto were supposed to democratize some of this, but we're still early in that game.