The Future Currency of Earth Isn’t Going to Be Digital

Meet the world’s most liquid asset.

Jessica Wildfire
6 min readOct 16, 2021

There’s one thing worth more than any form of money.

It’s more valuable than any kind of asset or commodity. If you live in the developed world, you never think about it.

You take it for granted.

We’re talking about the one thing we can’t survive without, and yet we act like it’s not good enough to enter our bodies unless it’s carbonated or sweetened. We pay extra to put flavoring in it.

The earth’s future currency isn’t bitcoin or one of its rivals. It’s going to be the last thing you’d ever expect.

It’s going to be water.

I’ll tell you why.

We’re using up all of our fresh water.

An elite consulting firm named McKinsey & Company released a report that you should probably pay attention to.

Here’s what it says:

Demand for water will outstrip supply by 40 percent in less than ten years. Almost half the world will live in water-scarce areas.

Three billion people already do.

McKinsey is the most highly respected consulting firm in the world. They get a million…

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