Press Releases from VirWoX (16 total)

Today, the virtual currency exchange VirWoX announced that is has passed the milestone of 5,000 registered users, while total trading volume (since the start of the service almost one year ago) was 343 million Linden dollars. At the current exchange rate this is 1 million Euros, or 1.28 million US dollars. The Linden Dollar is the virtual currency used in the Second Life virtual world. Exchanges such as VirWoX enable users…

Today, the virtual currency exchange VirWoX unveiled a new API (Application Programming Interface), enabling software tools written by external developers to access its service. "With thousands of customers, hundreds of thousands of transactions, and over 300 million Linden dollars traded so far, the VirWoX server has proven its stability. We now enter the next phase by opening our API to third-party developers, who wish to access the VirWoX exchange from their…

The "Virtual World Exchange" (VirWoX), a trading platform where users of the virtual world "Second Life" can exchange its fictual currency "Linden dollars" for real-world currencies such as the Euro, US Dollar, British Pound and Swiss Franc, today announced its operating results for the 3rd quarter of 2008. Apparently, in virtual worlds there are no signs of a summer slowdown, financial crisis, or recession. On the contrary, in its third quarter…

The "Virtual World Exchange" (VirWoX), a trading platform where users of the virtual world "Second Life" can exchange its fictual currency "Linden dollars" for real-world currencies such as the Euro, British Pound and Swiss Franc, today announced that it reached the milestone of trading over 100 million Linden dollars. Also, VirWoX announced its expansion beyond Europe and started trading Linden dollars against the US dollar. Company: Virtual World Services GmbH Address: Andreas-Hofer-Platz 7,…

The "Virtual World Exchange" (VirWoX), a trading platform where users of the virtual world "Second Life" can exchange its fictual currency "Linden dollars" for real-world currencies such as the Euro, British Pound and Swiss Franc, today announced its operating results for the 2nd quarter of 2008. Compared to the first quarter, registered users where up 251%, from 786 to 1,976. Trading volume grew even faster, from 13 million Linden dollars in…

After trades in excess of 70 million Linden Dollars in the first half of 2008, euroSLEX announces plans to expand beyond Europe, and also beyond Second Life. As part of this growth strategy, the service is renamed from "euroSLEX" to "VirWoX" (for "Virtual World Exchange"). "For our customers and partners, almost nothing will change. In particular, their login information, discount levels, limits, partner keys and referrals remain as they are." says…

Today, euroSLEX - the European exchange for Linden Dollars - anncounced a new payment method: Through a partnership with moneybookers.com, euroSLEX users can now buy Linden Dollars with credit cards and local payment options including Maestro, Solo, Carte Bleue, CartaSi, GiroPay, iDEAL, Nordea, and local bank transfers in 30+ countries. Company: Virtual World Services GmbH Address: Andreas-Hofer-Platz 7, 8010 Graz, Austria Managing Director: Iliana Suppan E-Mail: suppan@virtualworldservices.eu Website: www.euroslex.com About euroSLEX: euroSLEX is an exchange for trading…

In May 2008, euroSLEX continued to ride on a path of strong growth: Registered users grew 33% to 1,650, and trading volume of these users grew at an even faster pace, up from 14.5 million Linden dollars in April 2008 to over 22 million Linden dollars in May (+53%). \"This puts the total amount traded since the start of our service to over 50 million Lindens\" says Iliana Suppan, managing director…

April 2008 was another month of strong growth for euroSLEX, the European exchange for Linden Dollars: 400 new registrations increased the number of users to 1200 (+50% compared to March). Trading volume grew even faster and was up 60% compared to the previous month, from 9 million Linden dollars to 14.5 million Linden dollars. "This means that in April more Linden dollars were traded at euroSLEX than in the whole period…

In March 2008, euroSLEX continued to ride on a path of strong growth: Registered users doubled to 800, and trading volume of these users grew at an even faster pace, up from 3.5 million Linden dollars in February 2008 to over 9 million Linden dollars in March (+155%). \"We see the growing volume per user as particularly positive, as it shows that euroSLEX customers are satisfied with our service and use…

In its second full month of operation, the European Linden-Dollar trading platform \"euroSLEX\" sees explosive growth compared to the first month. Registered users more than tripled, from 128 in January 2008 to 405 (+216%) in February. Trading volume of these users increased at an even faster pace, from 650.000 Linden-Dollars to over 3.5 million (up 445%) in just one month. \"What pleases me most is the growing volume per customer, which…

The new \"euroSLEX Partner Network\" started today allows to make money in Second Life, even without being online. This is how it works: the partners put advertising objects of euroSLEX, the European trading platform for Linden-Dollars, on their land in Second Life. In exchange they receive a referral fee based on the commission paid by the customers referred by them. And the euroSLEX Partner Network is not your average affiliate program: Here,…

On Tuesday and Wednesday, renewed uncertainty regarding the future of the world economy led to a sharp drop in the world stock markets. At the same time, the Euro fell against the US Dollar, and also against the Linden-Dollar, which is de facto tied to the US dollar. Says Iliana Suppan, managing director of Virtual World Services GmbH: \"This is good news for owners of Linden-Dollars: At our exchange \'euroSLEX\',…

The customer\'s trust in the security of their transactions is the top priority for euroSLEX, the European trading platform for Linden Dollars. Says Iliana Suppan, managing director of operating company Virtual World Services GmbH: \"To protect us and our customers from buying fraudulently obtained Linden Dollars, we use Linden Lab\'s \'RISK API\'. However this is only a partial solution and therefore we extended it with own technology.\" In addition, euroSLEX uses…

On the 1st of February 2008, Second Life's "European Hockey League" (EHL) will start its first season with a big event. 6 multi-national teams will compete for the "euroSLEX Cup", which is worth 100.000 L$ of prize money. "We have been looking forward to our first season for quite some time. The prize money from our sponsor euroSLEX will increase the motivation of the teams even more" says Anke Freiberg,…

Today, the continued weakness of the US dollar versus the Euro helped push the Euro higher versus the Linden Dollar as well: At 12 noon, the mid-price (i.e. the average of bid and ask prices) of the EUR/SLL cross on the euroSLEX pushed through resistance at 400 and reached 403.4. This is the highest level since euroSLEX opened december last year. The Swiss Franc also reached a new high at…