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WAVY / WORLD IN CONTEXT

World money & markets 2026

Places, capital, ideas and content. Exploring different forms of value and the possibilities of digital connection.

Compiled 23 September 2026 · USD · T = trillion · B = billion

Asset sizes compared through proportional square areas. One grid cell represents one trillion dollars. Derivative notional is separated. Figures and linked sources follow below.
Proportional areas · One cell = $1 trillion · Open full size

One currency, different measures

What a number measures matters. Asset stocks, market capitalization, annual revenue and derivative notional amounts are kept separate here.

A dated compilation from supplied research, not live market data. ‘Source checked’ marks figures and scope checked against the linked publication. ‘Research figure’ marks supplied figures whose original numerical claims have not been reverified. Linked pages may change or restrict access.

Cryptoassets

Market cap · includes stablecoins
$2.9T2026-09

Apple

Company market cap · included in equities
≈ $5T2026-09

Gold

Above-ground stock × price estimate
≈ $31T2025–2026

Global equities

Market cap estimate
≈ $165T2026

Broad money

Monetary stock
$144T2025-12

Global debt

Debt outstanding
$353T2026 Q1

Global real estate

Residential, commercial and agricultural value estimate
$393.3T2025-01

OTC derivatives

Notional outstanding · not market value
$844.6T2025-12

Intangible assets

Estimated intangibles of the world's largest companies
$97.6T2025

Entertainment & media

Future annual revenue forecast · not current asset stock
$4.2T2030

NFTs

Floor-price market cap estimate
≈ $2B2026-09

Reading digitally connected value

Overlap and measurement

Apple is included in equities, and intangible assets overlap with company value. Debt can be another entity's asset. Annual revenue cannot be added to asset stocks.

Assets and tokens

A token may represent rights or claims on an underlying asset. Adding both can double-count value. Distributed tokens and assets represented on platforms also require separate treatment.

Zerion · RWA.xyz dataInvestaX · Q1 2026 RWA report

Forecasts and observations

Tokenization forecasts depend on asset coverage and time horizon. A share of global assets is not a claim about WAVY's market or revenue.

a16z crypto · Tokenization outlooks

Overlaps and differing measurement bases prevent a single global asset total or universal ‘not yet on-chain’ percentage here. NFTs do not measure the entire IP market. Issuing tokens or forming pools alone does not grant legal rights to assets or content.

Sources and further reading

All sources from the supplied research, plus an additional publication used for verification. Inclusion does not mean every numerical claim has been verified.

  1. CoinMarketCap
  2. CoinGecko · Charts
  3. Yahoo Finance · AAPL
  4. Robinhood · AAPL
  5. World Gold Council
  6. Kitco · Gold
  7. Statista · Stocks
  8. Capitalogix · Global stocks
  9. Visual Capitalist / Voronoi · Broad money
  10. IIF · Global Debt Monitor
  11. Savills · Global real estate
  12. ISDA / BIS · OTC derivatives (PDF)
  13. Brand Finance · GIFT 2025
  14. Brand Finance · Regional analysis
  15. PwC · Entertainment & Media Outlook
  16. CoinGecko · NFT
  17. Phemex · CryptoSlam data
  18. Zerion · RWA.xyz data
  19. InvestaX · Q1 2026 RWA report
  20. a16z crypto · Tokenization outlooks

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