Yesterday in Second Life we:
Spent US$1,558,000 at an exchange rate of L$266.5 to US$1
Exchanged US$301,000 at an average of US$12,600.0 per hour.
Market buys were US$217,000
Market sales were US$84,000
Limit-limit buys were US$200
The busiest time was at 5pm when about US$17,000 was exchanged.
The quietest time was 4am when about US$6,000 was exchanged.
[via Second Life datafeeds]
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