Difference Between Physical Money And Virtual Money

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Personal reflection Vietnam is one of the emerging economies of the world, the country experiences high economic growth for continuous years. Banks, stock exchange market and insurance make up the backbone of one country’s financial system. This essay reflects on the recently changes in Vietnam regarding actual money and virtual money. The essay will first discuss the various definition and lays out some comparison between the two types of money. The later part of the essay will discuss the possible role of the two types of money within Vietnam’s economy Physical money is defined as circulating medium of exchange such as coins and physical money. There are three main purpose of physical money including: a medium of exchange, a unit of …show more content…

There are convertible virtual money and non-convertible virtual money. Convertible virtual money are purchased by real money and can be converted back at owner’s will. Some example of current money including Onecoin, Bitcoin, Second Life Linden Dollars and …show more content…

However, in term of purpose, virtual money is firstly created to be used in exchange of goods and services in the virtual world, it can be later expended to use in the real world. The value of virtual money is rather fictitious way depends on the virtual world it is used in. The amount of virtual money is similarly created as physical money. It can be made by rule and credit based issued by the virtual bank. Online gamers earn virtual money from virtual banks for staying online and play the specific game. Virtual money in many cases are purchased by physical money. Secondly, while real money can bring profit to owners if they keeps it in a bank account and they earn interest, the virtual money has been shown to bring enormous profit to holders as the price increases rapidly as the popularity of the virtual money increases. Many virtual money is issued with limited amount, as the demand for the money surges, the price increase accordingly. According to Anon (2015) the price of Onecoin, a virtual money that is legally traded in Vietnam increase its price by 25% after three months. Virtual money is different from e-money which is the digital representation of real money and can be used in electronic transaction of actual physical money for better

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