{"id":248860,"date":"2025-10-24T15:37:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/248860\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:37:37","slug":"counter-strike-2s-historic-market-crash-may-still-plunge-to-new-depths-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/248860\/","title":{"rendered":"Counter-Strike 2’s Historic Market Crash May Still Plunge To New Depths Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, the Counter-Strike market is in freefall. We all know it. The CS2 market cap is down almost $3 billion (down from the already staggering $2 billion yesterday<\/a>) and those holding Counter-Strike\u2019s most valuable skins are left panicked about the current state of *everything.* But I have some bad news: we\u2019re not even close to the bottom yet.<\/p>\n

\"CS2CS2 Market Cap (October 24th, 2025)
\nChina holds the key to further Counter-Strike market crash<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already seen the prices of CS2 knives and gloves<\/a> plummet on the most popular markets such as Steam, Skinport, and CSFloat. It\u2019s bad, but even those prices represent an inflated value of where they\u2019re going to go in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Why? China. Buff163 is a marketplace that only those with a Chinese bank account can access, and it typically sets the trends for CS2 skin prices in the long term. Today, Buff163 prices have plummeted through the floor in a way that is not yet reflected by the wider CS2 market crash. Let\u2019s take a look at some random examples (all prices via csgoskins.gg).<\/p>\n

Falchion Knife Gamma Doppler (FN) Lowest Prices<\/p>\n

Buff163: $140
\nCSFloat: $230
\nSteam: $300<\/p>\n

Karambit Marble Fade (FN) Lowest Prices<\/p>\n

Buff163: $650
\nCSFloat: $1,000
\nSteam: $975<\/p>\n

Skelton Knife Fade (FN) Lowest Prices<\/p>\n

Buff163: $350
\nCSFloat: $570
\nSteam: $655<\/p>\n

\"Falchion<\/p>\n

There is a clear price disparity between the popular Chinese marketplace and the others used globally. Yet, prices haven\u2019t caught up. But confidence is gone \u2013 Valve has shown nothing is off the table in its closed virtual economy, and Counter-Strike skins are no longer a safe investment. That\u2019s why big Chinese investors are cashing out right now. Will they return in the future? Who knows, but this new world of volatility means that they\u2019ve decided it\u2019s time to leave. And with so many skins now entering the market from their Storage Unit slumber, these prices will eventually be reflected in western marketplaces, too. Strap in \u2013 it\u2019s going to be bumpy.<\/p>\n

The Counter-Strike market might feel like a race to the bottom right now, but believe me, we\u2019re just getting started. Remember, the new knife and glove skins that are being crafted using Covert items are (mostly) yet to even enter the market. You can trade them immediately if using five non-trade-locked Coverts, but most doing these trade ups will be purchasing their items from the Steam Marketplace. This instantly means you can\u2019t sell or swap your crafted item for the duration of the seven-day trade lock. Essentially, when the bulk of these items enter the Counter-Strike market from October 30th, things are going to get really, really messy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yes, the Counter-Strike market is in freefall. We all know it. The CS2 market cap is down almost…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[28,112],"class_list":["post-248860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-business","tag-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}