Category: Gamer Money Management

  • Perpetuals and futures explained for crypto beginners

    Perpetuals and futures explained for crypto beginners

    Why crypto beginners keep hearing about futures and perpetuals If you’re just getting into crypto and open any big exchange, you’ll see buttons like “Futures”, “Perpetual”, “USDT-M”, “Coin-M” and a pile of numbers that look more like a cockpit than an app. A lot of newcomers assume this is some advanced casino mode and just…

  • Impact of interest rate changes on gaming budgets and how players can adapt

    Impact of interest rate changes on gaming budgets and how players can adapt

    Why gamers suddenly care about interest rates If you play games regularly, you already know exactly how much a new release, a season pass or a “just one more” skin can hurt your wallet. What many players don’t realise is that interest rates – a thing that sounds like it belongs only in boring financial…

  • Generational wealth for tech-savvy gamers: a practical guide to growing assets

    Generational wealth for tech-savvy gamers: a practical guide to growing assets

    Context: why gamers should think about wealth, not just income Tech-savvy gamers уже давно превратились из нишевого хобби в полноценный экономический кластер: стримеры, eSports, контент‑криэйторы, гейм‑дев энтузиасты. Генерационное богатство в этом контексте — это не просто высокий доход от стримов или турниров, а устойчивый портфель активов, который переживает карьеру в играх и передается дальше. Вопрос…

  • Practical framework for evaluating saas investments in gaming industry

    Practical framework for evaluating saas investments in gaming industry

    Why SaaS in gaming suddenly feels non‑optional Between 2022 and 2024 индустрия игр довольно резко поменялась. По данным Newzoo, глобальный рынок игр болтался в коридоре примерно 184–188 млрд долларов в год, без бешеного роста, зато с заметным смещением денег в сторону онлайн‑сервисов и постоянной поддержки игр. За те же три года GDC и Unity в…

  • How to diversify away from crypto into traditional assets safely

    How to diversify away from crypto into traditional assets safely

    Why moving part of your money out of crypto makes sense If вы сидите почти целиком в битке, альтах или DeFi, это по ощущениям похоже на езду без тормозов: пока дорога прямая — круто, как только поворот — уже страшно. У крипты есть место в портфеле, но когда все сбережения завязаны на один риск‑класс, любое…

  • Psychological tricks to keep you saving and investing for long‑term wealth

    Psychological tricks to keep you saving and investing for long‑term wealth

    Why your brain resists saving (and how to outsmart it) Our brains are wired for “now”, not “later”. When you think about retirement or a house in 20 years, that “future you” feels like a stranger, so spending today wins. Psychologists call this present bias, and it’s one of the core ideas in the psychology…

  • Protecting your crypto investments with proper security hygiene and best practices

    Protecting your crypto investments with proper security hygiene and best practices

    Why “security hygiene” matters more than market timing When people talk about crypto, they usually obsess over charts, yields and new tokens. The boring part — security hygiene — often gets pushed aside, right up until someone loses everything to a phishing link or a leaked seed phrase. In practice, consistent security habits protect your…

  • Cash flow forecasting basics for gamers: how to manage and plan your gaming budget

    Cash flow forecasting basics for gamers: how to manage and plan your gaming budget

    The basics of cash flow forecasting for gamers in 2025 Cash flow forecasting sounds like something a corporate CFO does in a glass tower, not a person grinding ranked games or streaming to a mid‑size audience on Twitch or Kick. But in 2025, if you make even semi-regular money from games—esports, streaming, coaching, content, in-game…

  • Staking volatility in crypto: what investors should know before committing funds

    Staking volatility in crypto: what investors should know before committing funds

    Why staking volatility matters more than the APY banner If you’ve been around crypto for more than a week, you’ve seen it: flashy staking offers with 12%, 20%, sometimes even 100%+ APY. On the surface it looks like free money. But the part most people underestimate is not the APY — it’s the volatility around…

  • Annual financial plan for gamers: a practical step-by-step guide

    Annual financial plan for gamers: a practical step-by-step guide

    Setting up an annual money plan for your gaming life sounds boring compared to a new release or GPU upgrade, but it’s exactly то what keeps you playing without guilt, debt or random “why is my card declined?” moments. Ниже — практический, но понятный разбор, как выстроить financial planning for gamers так, чтобы игры вписывались…