Online multiplayer gaming proves that a currency doesn't have to exist in coins and printed bills to have value to millions of users. Some of the fastest-growing sectors of the economy, from the United States to China, increasingly see not only massive generation of virtual wealth, but efforts to exchange real money for virtual currency and virtual products. This panel will examine how the virtual economy is shaping not only spending habits but also efforts to create alternative means of commerce such as Bitcoin.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.
