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Early investors can expect gaming-related collectibles to power virtual economies.

On November 17, Amazon, the largest Internet marketplace, announced that it would discontinue Visa payments. This has led to a massive user turn to MasterCard.

For those who are up to date with the global financial system, it is well known that cryptocurrency has slowly started to take over the future system.

The global job market is expanding and the rise of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology has brought more opportunities like mining, development and others.

Blockchain is certainly the next big technology for the global economy.

As the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry is almost entirely digital, it offers vast potential for remote labour. About 61% of employees prefer being fully remote, and 74% of professionals want remote work to become standard, according to Forbes.

According to the new study by Juniper Research, online businesses globally will lose more than $206 bln from online payment fraud by 2025. The figure is almost 10x equal to Amazon's net income recorded in the last year (2020).

General digitization has brought most of the world's population online. Most operations from virtually all walks of life, including payments, are going digital. Therefore, wallets have also gone digital. Storing money in a pocket is a relic of the past.

There has been a significant increase in the use of digital currencies ever since Covid-19 pandemic started. However, scammers have taken advantage of the pandemic to scam cryptocurrency users, investors and other innocent people. Last week alone, an investor in the UK lost more than $283,200 through a cryptocurrency scam.