WoW Forever’s Temporary Economy Hold Pauses Trading During RMT Reviews

The hold is an interim restriction, not an automatic suspension. While it is active, players lose access to trade, mail, guild banks and the Auction House. Blizzard says the goal is to stop suspicious gold from being transferred or entering circulation while it investigates suspected real-money trading, whether an account is suspected of selling or receiving illicit gains.[1]

According to Blizzard, a hold is automatically removed if its trigger is investigated and found to be false; if the player is found to have been involved in RMT, account action follows. The company also says the hold itself leaves no permanent account strike unless RMT is later proven, while acknowledging that the new system may produce false positives as it is fine-tuned.[1]