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About ninety percent of the world's currency exists only as digital data on servers.

Why it is true

Physical cash in circulation is only a tiny fraction of global wealth. The vast majority of transactions and savings are just electronic records updated in the banks' computer systems.

Source: Bank for International Settlements

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