HOME>DICTIONARY>Real-Money Trading / RMT

What Does 'Real-Money Trading / RMT' Mean?

[ VIRTUAL ECONOMY ][ DEGEN ECONOMY ]

FORCE: Degen EconomyUNIVERSE: Virtual EconomyCLUSTER: Virtual Currency System

The practice of exchanging real-world money for in-game currency, items, or accounts, commonly abbreviated RMT, often against a game's official terms of service but persisting as a large underground economy.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"That account got permanently banned for RMT after they sold in-game gold for real cash."

LORE & ORIGIN

Emerged from MMO economies in the late 1990s to early 2000s as games like Ultima Online and EverQuest generated valuable virtual assets that players began trading for real cash outside official channels, prompting most publishers to explicitly ban the practice.

FIRST SEEN

1999

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (Virtual Economy Canon)

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

阅读中文版 →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Leer en español →Ler em português →Lire en français →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN真钱交易 →日本語 ja-JPRMT →한국어 ko-KRRMT →Español es-ESrmt →Português pt-BRrmt →Français fr-FRrmt →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↑ HIGH RISING FAST · LOW

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ VIRTUAL ECONOMY ][ DEGEN ECONOMY ]

RELATED TERMS

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

1999

NOW

Radar observation data not yet available for this term.

TOP PLATFORMS

Not enough Radar data yet to show a platform breakdown.

WHEN DID YOU FIRST HEAR THIS?

CLICK AN OPTION BELOW TO CAST YOUR VOTE.

[ VOTE TO REVEAL COMMUNITY RESULTS ]