Entropia Sells Virtual Banking Licenses

The line between the virtual and the real economy just got blurrier. Swedish-based MindArk, maker of the online virtual world Entropia Universe, announced today that it sold five banking licenses for a total of $400,000.  The winning bidders included Anshe Chung, perhaps the biggest virtual real-estate tycoon in Second Life, and Jon "Neverdie" Jacobs, the Entropia entrepreneur who previously paid $100,000 for a virtual space station. More ...