# Impact of European Commission Crackdown on Virtual Currency in EVE Online?

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/impact-of-european-commission-crackdown-on-virtual-currency-in-eve-online/481245>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** payment\
**Created:** [March 27, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/impact-of-european-commission-crackdown-on-virtual-currency-in-eve-online/481245 "2025-03-27T00:23:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 16

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/impact-of-european-commission-crackdown-on-virtual-currency-in-eve-online/481245/16 "2025-03-27T15:21:12Z")

</div>

I wonder if CCP still does this below or something similar and if yes if it is sanctioned by this new EU initiative:

> **[Steam Community :: :: Lost your ship? No problem! (Buy PLEX for real-life CA$H)](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2524374876)**
>
> Steam Community: EVE Online. What an outright disgusting and borderline criminal predatory monetization of new players in their most vulnerable moment in-game. 👎︎

🤔 :psyccp: 🍿

---

_[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/impact-of-european-commission-crackdown-on-virtual-currency-in-eve-online/481245)._