I'm curious about something interesting: how much money is there in the world, really? Because when you think about global money, the figure is almost impossible to visualize mentally.

To get an idea, consider that the amount of circulating money between physical currency and bank accounts is around 37 trillion dollars. That already sounds like an astronomical number, right? But wait, there's more.

If we broaden our view and include everything related to investments, derivatives, and even cryptocurrencies, the picture becomes even more impressive: the total exceeds 1.2 quadrillion dollars. It's literally hard to grasp what such a large number means.

To give you an even more concrete perspective: actual physical money, that is, coins and banknotes that are actually in circulation, accounts for only about 6.6 trillion dollars. The rest? They are numbers on screens, digital transactions, promises of value written in databases.

When I think about how much money there is in the world in this form, I realize that the vast majority of money isn't even tangible. It's abstract. And this raises an even more interesting question: how much money in the world actually "belongs" to people like us? 🫣

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies represent a tiny fraction of this total, yet they continue to generate discussion and attention. Maybe because they are one of the few assets that don't depend entirely on central institutions to exist.