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How CS2 skin prices form, move and can be checked.
MarketBest cases to open in CS2: how to choose by knives, gloves and finishes
The best cases to open in CS2 depend on what is inside: which cases have Butterfly knives, gloves or Doppler finishes, which still drop, and what the odds mean.
MarketCS2 inventory value: how it's estimated and why checkers disagree
CS2 inventory value is an estimate, not a balance. How a Steam inventory value checker prices your items, why totals differ and how to check yours by hand.
MarketCS2 market cap: what the number means and how trackers estimate it
CS2 market cap explained: how trackers estimate the value of all CS2 items, why CS2 skin market size figures differ, and the totals reported in 2024 and 2025.
MarketCS2 case odds: the official drop rates for cases, capsules and terminals
CS2 case odds as officially published: the chance of each rarity, a knife or gloves and StatTrak, plus souvenir package, capsule, Armory and terminal rates.
MarketCS2 market crash: the October 2025 trade-up shock and earlier drops
The CS2 market crash of October 2025 after Valve's knife trade-up change, the CS:GO skins market crash of 2016 and the drops between, each with its date and source.
MarketMost expensive CS2 skins: the record sales from $61,000 to $1 million
The most expensive CS2 skins by reported sale, from a $61,000 Dragon Lore to a $1 million AK-47, plus the most expensive CS:GO knife and stickers, each dated.
MarketCS2 pump-and-dump schemes: the 2025 EG sticker crash and the warning signs
How CS2 pump-and-dump groups inflate cheap items and sell to latecomers, the 2025 crash of the EG Stockholm 2021 Holo sticker and the signs of market manipulation.
MarketHow CS2 skin prices work: supply, demand and Valve's rule changes
How CS2 skin prices work and why some skins are so expensive: drop odds, shrinking supply, wear and patterns, player demand and updates that reprice items overnight.
MarketHow to read CS2 skin price history: volume, spread and outliers
A CS2 skin price history chart only helps if you know what it measures. How to read median sales, volume, the spread and the one-off sales that skew the line.
MarketCS2 skin liquidity: why some items sell in minutes and others sit
CS2 skin liquidity decides how fast you can sell and how much you give up to do it. What makes an item liquid, how to gauge it and the Steam rules that slow trades.
MarketSteam Market fees for CS2 items: what sellers keep, caps and holds
Steam Market fees on CS2 items: how the 5% Steam fee and 10% CS2 fee add up on a Community Market sale, the wallet and price caps, who can use it, and item holds.
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