More Examples
“Bitcoin is probably the most valuable digital asset on Earth.”
“Many digital assets (such as video game currencies) have real-world value.”
“A piece of armor in the World of Warcraft video game is a digital asset.”
Definition(s) from the Web
- A digital asset is anything that exists in a digital format and comes with the right to use. Data that do not possess that right are not considered assets.
Digital assets include but are not exclusive to: digital documents, audible content, motion picture, and other relevant digital data that are currently in circulation or are, or will be stored on digital appliances such as: personal computers, laptops, portable media players, tablets, data storage devices, telecommunication devices, and any and all apparatuses which are, or will be in existence once technology progresses to accommodate for the conception of new modalities which would be able to carry digital assets; notwithstanding the proprietorship of the physical device onto which the digital asset is located.
Types of digital assets include, but are not exclusive to: photography, logos, illustrations, animations, audiovisual media, presentations, spreadsheets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain tokens more generally, digital paintings, word documents, electronic mails, websites, and a multitude of other digital formats and their respective metadata. The number of different types of digital assets is exponentially increasing due to the rising number of devices that are conduits for digital media, and especially the growth of digital e.g., smartphones.
Due to explosive growth of software applications in 2000s, immense diversity of user touchpoints covering a wide span of devices, and rapid growth of the blockchain-based asset space after the 2010s, the digital assets universe is growing.
There are also financial digital assets, like digital wallets and cryptocurrencies, which are gaining popularity. Source
