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Top 5 Ways to Spend Green Metaverse Token (GMT) Crypto Coin in 2026

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Mithra Ghosh

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August 24, 2026

Green Metaverse Token (GMT) is the native governance and utility token of STEPN, the Web3 move-to-earn fitness app built by Australian studio Find Satoshi Lab (FSL). GMT has a fixed maximum supply of 6 billion tokens and is deployed across Solana, BNB Chain, Ethereum and Polygon. Within the STEPN ecosystem, GMT is burned to mint sneakers, leveling up gear and unlocking premium features, and staked for governance voting on the FSL treasury.

But earning GMT through walking or running is only half the equation. Holders still need practical ways to actually spend it. One of the most useful options is travel: you can use GMT to book hotels and flights on Epic at prices of up to 30% below Booking.com, and get $25 off your first booking. Below, we cover five practical ways to spend or use GMT in 2026.

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1. Book Discounted Hotels and Flights With GMT on Epic

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The most practical way to spend GMT in 2026 is to travel. Epic is a crypto-native travel platform that accepts 200+ cryptocurrencies and offers discounted hotels and flights priced up to 30% less than Booking.com.

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For GMT holders, the process is straightforward and works much like Booking.com and Expedia. If you have not used Epic before, sign up to claim your $25 first-booking discount and see rates against your preferred destinations.

2. Minting Sneakers, Leveling Up and Voting on Governance With GMT in STEPN

The strongest native use for GMT sits inside its own ecosystem, and it splits into two connected activities: in-app burning and DAO governance. Both consume GMT, and both feed back into the value of the token.

On the in-app side, GMT is burned to access STEPN's higher-tier features. This includes minting new sneakers, leveling up existing sneakers, upgrading high-quality Gems and unlocking sockets. Reaching level 30 also gates the ability to earn GMT rewards directly through movement, so burning GMT to progress your Sneaker is effectively an investment in future earning capacity. The same burn mechanic applies inside sister products like STEPN GO and Gas Hero, FSL's Web3 strategy game.

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On the governance side, GMT holders can stake their tokens through the GMT DAO to vote on ecosystem proposals, including token burn events and how the treasury's net profit is distributed. Longer lock-up periods carry higher voting weight.

The DAO's flagship supply event is the GMT Burn Initiative, a community-governed proposal to repurchase and burn up to 600 million GMT (worth around $100 million). The tokens came from allocations originally reserved for early advisors, team members and investors, and the community voting window ran through 20 January 2025 via the BurnGMT platform, where holders locked their tokens to cast a vote. A separate pool of 100 million GMT, plus exclusive NFTs, was allocated as rewards to active participants. If you're already holding GMT and using STEPN, participating in governance and in-app burning is the highest-utility action you can take.

3. Buy Physical Collectibles With GMT on Polkastarter

If you would rather turn some of your GMT into something physical, collectibles are another option.

Polkastarter operates a crypto-native marketplace for real-world collectibles, including graded Pokémon cards, sealed trading-card products, retro video games and other memorabilia. These are physical products rather than NFTs: depending on the listing and delivery option, the item can be shipped to the buyer or held in custody.

If you're holding GMT and want to use some of it to buy collectibles, the process is fairly simple:

Swap your GMT for a supported asset. On BNB Chain you can use PancakeSwap or Binance to move into USDT or BNB; on Solana you can use Jupiter or Raydium to swap into USDC or SOL.
Use the swapped asset to pay for your chosen collectible at checkout.

Because GMT is live on multiple chains, holders can pick the network with the lowest fees at the time of the swap. For collectors who already hold crypto, this is a convenient alternative to converting everything to fiat first and then buying through a traditional collectibles marketplace.

If you have been actively trading GMT and want to diversify beyond crypto, collectibles can be worth exploring. Unlike tokens, physical collectibles have their own collector and resale markets, so their value is not directly tied to crypto market cycles.

Browse the Polkastarter marketplace to explore the collectibles currently available.

4. Buy Gift Cards, eSIMs and Everyday Products With GMT

Bitrefill and Coinsbee are two popular crypto-commerce platforms for spending crypto on everyday products and services. However, GMT isn't currently available as a direct payment option on either platform.

The good news is that there's a simple workaround. Instead of trying to spend GMT directly, you can:

Swap your GMT for BTC, USDT or BNB using PancakeSwap, Jupiter or your preferred exchange.
Use the swapped crypto to pay for your purchase on Bitrefill or Coinsbee.

Once you've done that, you can use your crypto for much more than just trading. Depending on what's available in your region, you can buy:

Gift cards for Amazon, Uber, Walmart, Steam and other retailers.
Gaming credits for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo eShop and Steam.
Food delivery from services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats.
Subscriptions for Netflix, Spotify, Disney+ and more.
eSIM data plans for travel across 190+ countries.
Mobile top-ups for prepaid numbers in different countries.

Bitrefill's UPI option can also make things more convenient, since you don't necessarily need to rely on a card for every purchase.

For now, converting GMT into a more widely supported cryptocurrency is the easiest way to turn your holdings into something you can actually spend on everyday goods. It may take an extra step, but it gives GMT holders access to a much wider range of purchases.

5. Spend GMT Directly With the GMT Pay Mastercard

The fifth option is one of the strongest for GMT specifically because it doesn't require converting to a stablecoin first. FSL launched GMT Pay in April 2025 as a dedicated payment app that lets STEPN users spend their GMT (and GGT) earnings on a virtual Mastercard, accepted anywhere Mastercard is supported worldwide.

Here's how it works:

Download the GMT Pay app and log in with your FSL ID.
Purchase a virtual Mastercard gift card in-app using your GMT or GGT balance. Cards are available in denominations of $50, $100, $200 and $300.
Add the card to Apple Pay or Google Pay and spend it at millions of online and offline merchants, including Amazon, Spotify and local retail.

The 2025 GMT Pay upgrade expanded token support to include GGUSD, POL and BNB across four blockchains, added Genesis Sneaker NFT holder fee discounts of 30% and introduced a raffle system for regular users. That makes it substantially more flexible than the original launch product.

Unlike Crypto.com Visa, Bybit Card or Wirex, which require you to first swap GMT into USDT or USDC and then top up a card balance, GMT Pay accepts GMT directly. For STEPN users this removes a full step from the flow and preserves more of your earned balance. Similar to how holders of other Solana ecosystem tokens like Jito (JTO) and Pyth Network (PYTH) look for card options, GMT is one of the few tokens with a native issuer card.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Green Metaverse Token (GMT) crypto?

GMT is the native governance and utility token of STEPN, the Web3 move-to-earn fitness app built by Find Satoshi Lab. It has a fixed supply of 6 billion tokens and is used for in-app burning (sneaker minting, level-ups, gem upgrades), DAO governance staking and payments through GMT Pay.

2. Where can I buy GMT?

GMT is listed on Binance, OKX, Bybit, Gate, KuCoin, LBank, MEXC and other major centralized exchanges. On-chain it trades on PancakeSwap on BNB Chain and on Jupiter and Raydium on Solana.

3. Can I pay for hotels with GMT?

Yes, Epic accepts 200+ cryptocurrencies for hotel and flight bookings, with prices up to 30% less than Booking.com. New users get $25 off their first booking.

4. What networks is GMT on?

GMT is a multi-chain token deployed on Solana, BNB Chain, Ethereum and Polygon. The BNB Chain contract address is 0x3019BF2a2eF8040C242C9a4c5c4BD4C81678b2A1, the Solana mint is 7i5KKsX2weiTkry7jA4ZwSuXGhs5eJBEjY8vVxR4pfRx and the Ethereum contract is 0xe3c408bd53c31c085a1746af401a4042954ff740.

5. Does GMT have any real-world utility?

Yes. GMT is burned inside STEPN to mint and level up NFT sneakers, upgrade Gems and unlock premium features. It is staked in the GMT DAO for governance voting and net-profit distribution decisions. It also powers GMT Pay, FSL's own Mastercard product that lets holders spend GMT directly at merchants worldwide via Apple Pay and Google Pay.

Mithra Ghosh

Content Writer & SEO Copywriter

MA in Language, Literature, Media & Culture

Mithra Ghosh is a Dubai-based content writer and SEO copywriter with 2+ years of experience crafting search-optimised content across crypto, Web3, and digital finance. She combines strong editorial instincts with a deep understanding of blockchain ecosystems and on-chain trends.

At Epic, she writes about the growing world of crypto-native travel helping readers understand how holding and spending digital assets can unlock smarter, cheaper ways to see the world.