A recent consumer report “Holidays 2018” released by investment bank and asset management firm Piper Jaffray, teenagers in the U.S are clamoring for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin BTC and Fortnite “V-Bucks” virtual currency instead of cash, gift cards, and gas money.

iPhone tops teenagers’ wish list

According to the data compiled by the company, the number one item on the wish list of teenagers is Apple’s iPhone. The research pointed out that the four leading gift wish list for teenagers are iPhone, Apple Watch, MacBooks, and Airpods, with all the products manufactured by Apple.

The four products were closely followed by Gucci Vans, Adidas, and Lululemon. The other product on the list comes as a surprise, NBA 2K19, a basketball simulation video game. Leading the way is Apple with 11.5 percent of the total vote, with Gucci the second on the list taking just 0.6 percent of the full vote.

This data doesn’t come as a surprise due to the status of iPhone amongst both children and adults. Users of iPhone tend to judge the people who use other smartphones such as Androids negatively, according to a survey conducted last year by Singleton.

Crypto preferred by some teenagers

With the rise of cryptocurrencies last year, more people now know about them. This extensive knowledge of cryptocurrencies has also led to an increase in their demand. It is therefore not a surprise that some teenagers have demanded cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Fortnite V-Bucks as holiday gifts instead of cash and gift cards.

V-Bucks is a digital currency that can be used by Fortnite players. One hundred of them is sold for $9.99, and it can be used to purchase items in the game while playing the video game. Some of the items that can be bought in the game include “Battle Pass” for 950 V-bucks while outfits and skins can also be purchased using the V-Bucks

Video games coming into the crypto space

The video game sector is becoming more involved in the cryptocurrency space over the past few months. Cryptocurrency NEM is working on major XEM-powered platforms and DApps that focus on gaming. Xarcade is one of such video games to be included in the platform, with XAR tokens to be used by players on the platform.

Just last week video game publishers Arcade Distillery announced that it is currently working on some games that will integrate Ethereum-powered non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with the games to be played on Sony PlayStation 4 when released.