The Librarian's Ledger
What the world's money is actually in
A standing count of the largest assets on earth — gold, silver, the biggest public companies, and Bitcoin — ranked by what the market says they are worth, and refreshed through the day.
Updated 2026-08-07 12:35 UTC·Bitcoin is the #12 largest asset on earth
| # | Asset | Market cap | Price | Today | 30 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GoldGOLD | $30.388 T | $4,370 | +1.10% | 🌐 | |
| 2 |  Saudi Aramco2222.SR |
$6.411 T | $26.50 | -0.75% | 🇸🇦 | |
| 3 |  NVIDIANVDA |
$5.304 T | $218.99 | -0.20% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 4 |  AppleAAPL |
$4.559 T | $312.41 | -0.05% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 5 |  Alphabet (Google)GOOGL |
$4.375 T | $357.75 | -0.32% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 6 |  MicrosoftMSFT |
$3.712 T | $499.86 | +0.18% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 7 | SilverSILVER | $3.611 T | $64.18 | +2.55% | 🌐 | |
| 8 |  AmazonAMZN |
$2.937 T | $272.26 | +0.03% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 9 |  TSMCTSM |
$2.169 T | $418.20 | -0.51% | 🇹🇼 | |
| 10 |  BroadcomAVGO |
$2.001 T | $420.57 | -0.34% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 11 |  Meta PlatformsMETA |
$1.503 T | $589.90 | +0.14% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 12 | BitcoinBTC | $1.292 T | $65,012 | +1.16% | 🌐 | |
| 13 |  TeslaTSLA |
$1.262 T | $319.53 | -0.29% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 14 | Berkshire HathawayBRK-B | $1.132 T | $524.61 | +0.17% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 15 |  Eli LillyLLY |
$1.063 T | $1,192 | +0.08% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 16 |  JPMorgan ChaseJPM |
$947.1 B | $356.30 | -0.19% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 17 |  WalmartWMT |
$891.9 B | $112.07 | +0.13% | 🇺🇸 | |
| 18 |  VisaV |
$691.7 B | $370.47 | +0.27% | 🇺🇸 |
How these numbers are made
A market capitalisation is just a price multiplied by a count of the thing. For a company that count is public and exact. For gold and Bitcoin it is an estimate, so the working is shown here rather than asked to be taken on faith:
- Companies — market cap as reported for the listed shares.
- Gold — spot price ×
216,265 tonnesof above-ground stock, converted at 32,150.7466 troy ounces per tonne. - Silver — the same arithmetic on
1,750,000 tonnes. Silver's above-ground figure is the softest number on this page; estimates differ a great deal depending on whether industrial silver that has been used up is counted. - Bitcoin — price ×
19,870,000coins in circulation, a number that creeps slowly upward toward its 21 million limit.
The tonnage and supply constants move slowly and are refreshed about once a year; prices and company values refresh through the day. The 30-day line is a shape, not a scale — each one is drawn to its own high and low, so two sparklines cannot be compared against each other.
This is a curated list, not every asset on earth: the metals, Bitcoin, and the large companies that sit near enough to Bitcoin's rank to give it context. Nothing here is investment advice, and nothing here is for sale.
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