Counter-Strike players turned cosmetic skins into a bona fide secondary market over the past decade, but a recent update pushed by its developer, Valve, appears to have brought it crashing down.

Valve’s October 22 update to Counter-Strike 2 triggered a market crash that erased nearly $2 billion in digital skin value. Pricempire data shows prices for rare knives and gloves plunged 48%, ...

The update of the Counter-Strike 2 skins exchange rules caused chaos. Some of the rare in-game items’ prices plummeted, stripping owners of the potential returns. The CS2 skins market cap dropped from ...

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While knife and glove skin prices take the hit, Covert items are becoming the new meta, with some jumping by 21x. Following Counter-Strike 2’s (CS2) skin value crash, many users heavily invested in ...

Twitch and Kick streamer Felix "xQc" has expressed his opinion that Counter-Strike 2 knives and rare skins are "luxury goods" meant for rich people. On October 23, 2025, X user @nyrbhimself posted a ...

The Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) skin economy, valued at over $6 billion just a day ago, has suffered one of the biggest market collapses in its history. Within hours, the overall market cap dropped by ...

The Counter-Strike 2 community has been thrown into turmoil after a fateful update from Valve sent shockwaves through Steam’s marketplace, causing the value of skins (purchased with real money) to ...

The Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) skin market has just experienced one of its most dramatic crashes. Valve’s October 2025 update introduced a new crafting system that lets players trade five Covert (red ...

Gamblers, speculators, collectors, and other Counter-Strike 2 skin buyers report losing thousands of dollars following the Steam update, which massively increases the supply of rare items. Crypto ...

Valve’s latest Counter-Strike 2 update has triggered a shockwave in the gaming community by upending the game’s virtual economy and erasing almost $2 billion overnight. While it certainly irritated ...