---
id: "concept-store-of-value-basket"
type: "concept"
source_timestamps: ["00:39:24", "00:39:40"]
tags: ["macroeconomics", "wealth-preservation", "tam"]
related: ["claim-bitcoin-tam", "concept-debasement-trade", "prereq-store-of-value", "framework-wealth-creation-preservation"]
definition: "The aggregate total of all global assets (real estate, equities, gold, art) utilized by investors to preserve wealth, currently estimated at $1 quadrillion."
sources: ["markmoss"]
sourceVaultSlug: "mark-moss-debasement-trade-bitcoin-2026Jun25"
originDay: 5
---
# Global Store of Value Basket

## Definition

The aggregate total of all global assets (real estate, equities, gold, art) utilized by investors to preserve wealth, currently estimated at approximately $1 quadrillion (1,000 trillion USD).

## Composition

Moss conceptualizes global wealth not just as money, but as a collection of assets used to **park capital after it has been earned**. The basket includes:

- Real estate (residential, commercial, prime urban)
- Equities (public and private)
- Government and corporate bonds
- Precious metals (gold)
- Fine art
- Collectibles

## Why It Matters

This framework is the bridge between [[concept-debasement-trade]] and Bitcoin price modeling. As central banks expand the fiat supply ([[claim-fiat-continuous-printing]]), the new liquidity inevitably flows into this basket, driving up the nominal prices of these assets.

Moss uses the basket as the **Total Addressable Market (TAM)** for Bitcoin in [[claim-bitcoin-tam]] and [[claim-bitcoin-1m-2030]]. His thesis: Bitcoin, as a superior digital store of value, will siphon capital away from traditional analog stores (gold, real estate, bonds) as investors gravitate to assets with absolute scarcity and zero friction.

## Numbers Moss Cites

- **Today (~2025):** ~$1 quadrillion ($1,000T)
- **By 2030:** ~$1.6 quadrillion (driven by ongoing monetary expansion)
- **By 2040:** ~$8.5 quadrillion (extrapolated from CBO debt and deficit projections — see [[entity-cbo]])

## Validation

Global real estate is estimated at ~$330T and global financial assets at ~$300–$450T, so the $1 quadrillion ballpark sits at the upper end of plausible aggregations. It is **not** a standard macro statistic from IMF/BIS — it is a heuristic Moss constructed for his Bitcoin TAM model. Multi-decade projections to $8.5Q are speculative and depend on aggressive assumptions about nominal growth and continued asset financialization.

See also: [[framework-wealth-creation-preservation]] (the basket is where 'preservation' capital flows).


## Related across days
- [[claim-bitcoin-1m-2030]]
- [[claim-bitcoin-tam]]
- [[concept-debasement-trade]]