I received an email earlier from GOM (Gaming Open Market) to say that they were no longer going to be trading in L$ (Linden dollars, the currency of second life). This came as a suprise. I thought they had found an excellent niche market likely to grow rapidly in the near future.
We regret to announce that Gaming Open Market will be stopping all trading of L$ effective 10pm eastern time Sunday October 2nd. After that, the site will remain open long enough to allow everyone to withdraw their cash and L$ balances.
This choice has not been made lightly. However, we feel that closing the L$ market to concentrate on other projects is in the long-term best interests of GOM.
Thank you all for taking part in what was for us an interesting adventure.
Tom Merrall
President – Gaming Open Market Corp.
tom@gamingopenmarket.com
http://www.gamingopenmarket.com
Read more:
GOM forums (some interesting discussion on Oanda, a currency trading service).