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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 ...

The Counter-Strike 2 community was sent into a tailspin when its in-game economy crashed, causing a loss of almost $2 billion of real-world money. Like many other live-service games, Counter-Strike 2 ...

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 ...