A question that many ask when talking about the future of Bitcoin: is there enough money for it to continue growing?
The answer is in the numbers:
Circulating money:
Physical cash: ~9 trillion USD
Money in bank accounts: ~100-150 trillion USD
Total real money: approximately 150 trillion USD
Now comes the interesting part: the U.S. controls almost 62 trillion (41% of the total), China has ~16 trillion, and Japan ~6.5 trillion.
Why does this matter for crypto? Because when you see that there are only ~150 trillion “real” money in the world, but global financial assets exceed 1 quintillion ( stocks, bonds, derivatives ), you understand that most of it is just numbers on a screen.
Bitcoin with its current market capitalization? It's barely a drop. The space to grow exists, the question is where the capital flows.
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How much real money exists in the world?
A question that many ask when talking about the future of Bitcoin: is there enough money for it to continue growing?
The answer is in the numbers:
Circulating money:
Total real money: approximately 150 trillion USD
Now comes the interesting part: the U.S. controls almost 62 trillion (41% of the total), China has ~16 trillion, and Japan ~6.5 trillion.
Why does this matter for crypto? Because when you see that there are only ~150 trillion “real” money in the world, but global financial assets exceed 1 quintillion ( stocks, bonds, derivatives ), you understand that most of it is just numbers on a screen.
Bitcoin with its current market capitalization? It's barely a drop. The space to grow exists, the question is where the capital flows.