# Impact of European Commission Crackdown on Virtual Currency in EVE Online? **URL:** \ **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:** 63
**Author:** ![Eloken\_Toralen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eloken_toralen/32/401714_2.png) [@Eloken\_Toralen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eloken_Toralen)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/impact-of-european-commission-crackdown-on-virtual-currency-in-eve-online/481245/63 "2025-03-30T13:23:50Z")
> [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > Working out the value of one’s spending doesn’t exactly require a degree in quantum thermodynamics. How about basic economics? That seems to be the first point of contention. > [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > For example I have a rough sense that £10 is about 1.8 billion ISK. Mhhhmm… > [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > I can use this to get a general idea of what any ship is ‘worth’. Oh really? > [@PROSPECTOR PACK "READY TO FLY RETRIEVER"](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/prospector-pack-ready-to-fly-retriever/352705): > > Found a picture of the “Fitting” for the “READY TO FLY RETRIEVER” on Reddit. No rigs, no DC. Good fit all in all. 100 Apparently a retriever was worth $25, which according to the above, places its value north of 4 billion ISK. > [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > Lol…you feel the need to post _three_ posts of ad hominem splurge all because you were shown to be spouting nonsense in one ? Pot, meet kettle. > [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > Incidentally, a little thing some may not know. If you hold the cursor over the ISK value in killboard, it displays the rl value. _Estimated_ value. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/impact-of-european-commission-crackdown-on-virtual-currency-in-eve-online/481245)._