A Counter-Strike 2 update has crashed the video game's economy, wiping over $2 billion in real-world value. The dramatic plummet is due to surprise changes which make it easier to get rare in-game ...
WASHINGTON — A recent change in a video game has wiped out over $2 billion in value from online markets overnight, as the market cap for in-game "Counter-Strike 2" cosmetics crashed. The newest patch ...
In late October 2025, as much as US$2 billion vanished from a digital marketplace. This wasn’t a hack or a bubble bursting. It happened because one company, Valve, changed the rules for its video game ...