Metaverse is an innovation that creates and combines the real-world environment we live in with the virtual world, creating a “virtual community” where objects around us and their surroundings are connected as one. By using AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) technologies, it helps to connect seamlessly to become one world space.

Nowadays, Metaverse has become something of a close and in everyone's daily life, such as online meetings that have begun to look like real meetings, online concerts, virtual exhibitions, telesurgery, Play 3D games, etc. (Source: Royal Institute)

Companies around the world are currently trying to build a digital ecosystem called Metaverse, which Grayscale Investments, a cryptocurrency investment firm, estimates Metaverse will be a trillion-dollar revenue opportunity. Investment banking group Jefferies believes that investing in Metaverse is like investing in the early days of the Internet.

The Covid-19 outbreak has been a catalyst for the Metaverse to accelerate, but in the past two years, the digital landscape has changed dramatically. A Bain & Co study predicts that by 2021, 70 million people in Southeast Asia will become digital consumers. And nearly eight out of ten Southeast Asian citizens aged 15 and over will become digital consumers.

The expanding Metaverse connects to the real world. Both business, trade, education, and many others (Source: BOT Phra Siam Magazine, Bank of Thailand)

It means that in the Metaverse world there will be investments, business operations. Services create value and create a virtual economy. by digital currency (Cryptocurrency) is an intermediary of exchange.

Bloomberg Intelligence estimates that Metaverse-related businesses will grow to approximately US$783 billion by 2024, representing an average annual growth rate of 13.1%, thus providing investors with an opportunity to generate a return on investment. for example

1.  ETFs General Funds and M  l Fund ETFs
The easiest way to invest in Metaverse today is through mutual funds that invest in Metaverse companies or ETFs that focus on Metaverse related businesses. Diversity can help reduce the risk.

2.  Metaverse Metaverse stock

Investors can directly invest in stocks of companies with a virtual reality business idea such as META (Facebook), Microsoft, as well as digital asset-related businesses. from the ability to bring technology to further business operations such as hospital business, banking, communication, IT, electronic components, etc.

3.  Digital currency

Cryptocurrency is a digital asset that acts as a medium of exchange of value by working through the Blockchain or NFT (Non-Fungible Token), a unique digital asset. with blockchain technology to regulate ownership and prevent theft. With NFTs being traded with cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrencies are one of the key factors that enable the Metaverse business to grow. While Blockchain will act as a bridge between Metaverse and other platforms, it will make it easier and more convenient to operate, meaning that Metaverse is a world where investors can own cryptocurrencies.

Things you should know before investing

Before investing You can find information from The Ball Metaverse Index, an index calculated from stock prices in the technology sector. It tracks the performance of companies listed on stock exchanges in 49 countries around the world. Engaging in activities or providing products, services, technology, or technological capabilities to access Metaverse, including companies benefiting from Metaverse-related revenue generation, adjusted for market capitalization. and divided the business into 7 categories, then weighted according to the proportion of revenue and profit into 3 levels as follows:

Pure-Play Companies
Core business with growth prospects directly linked to Metaverse

Core Companies

A company whose operations are related to Metaverse as well as other businesses drive the company.

Non-Core Companies

Companies that are linked to Metaverse, but most of the company's revenue. Coming from other businesses that are not directly related to Metaverse

(Source: The Ball Metaverse Index)

         
Today's Metaverse world is not only a hot trend. but began to play a more continual role in life It can be said that it is a mecca trend of the world. Therefore, from an investor point of view, it is another interesting topic to invest in to generate returns in the future.