The post CS2 market cap crashes 40% overnight after Valve update appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Prices of rare digital collectibles linked to the popular game Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) crashed by up to 70% on Thursday after developers pushed a surprising update. Specifically, prices of some gloves and knives, two of game’s most expensive “skins” (in-game items), plummeted on secondary marketplaces when the game’s creator, Valve Corporation, decided to allow the exchange of five relatively inexpensive “Covert items” for ultra-rare knives. The update also allowed StatTrak Covert items to be exchanged for StatTrak knives. Some of these could have fetched resale prices north of $1,000 yesterday. Moreover, the company introduced the same, 5:1 conversion rate for non-StatTrak Covert items for a regular knife or glove. This new rule similarly tanked the formerly premium prices of knives and gloves. Players recorded themselves exchanging five items worth less than $100 combined for knives that would have fetched hundreds or even thousands of dollars on Wednesday. Claiming 10 figures in overnight losses for CS2 skin collectors Estimates for the annual transaction volume of all CS2 skins ranges widely from $1.5 to $6 billion, with precise numbers difficult to attain due to poor transparency by secondary marketplaces. Regardless of its precise size, however, CS2 skins are certainly one of the most liquid markets for digital collectibles. Prior to yesterday’s game update, some of the rarest knives were reselling for over $20,000, with the world’s rarest knife allegedly worth over $1 million. Because Valve’s update affected the resale price of so many CS2 knives and gloves, Pricempire estimated overnight mark-to-market losses of approximately $2 billion — from $6 billion to approximately $4 billion today. Read more: Steam ordered to give up ‘Crypto King’ login after $280K moved via CS2 skins There was some initial confusion over whether so-called “Trade Up” items were exchangable at the new ratio, but Valve permitted that… The post CS2 market cap crashes 40% overnight after Valve update appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Prices of rare digital collectibles linked to the popular game Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) crashed by up to 70% on Thursday after developers pushed a surprising update. Specifically, prices of some gloves and knives, two of game’s most expensive “skins” (in-game items), plummeted on secondary marketplaces when the game’s creator, Valve Corporation, decided to allow the exchange of five relatively inexpensive “Covert items” for ultra-rare knives. The update also allowed StatTrak Covert items to be exchanged for StatTrak knives. Some of these could have fetched resale prices north of $1,000 yesterday. Moreover, the company introduced the same, 5:1 conversion rate for non-StatTrak Covert items for a regular knife or glove. This new rule similarly tanked the formerly premium prices of knives and gloves. Players recorded themselves exchanging five items worth less than $100 combined for knives that would have fetched hundreds or even thousands of dollars on Wednesday. Claiming 10 figures in overnight losses for CS2 skin collectors Estimates for the annual transaction volume of all CS2 skins ranges widely from $1.5 to $6 billion, with precise numbers difficult to attain due to poor transparency by secondary marketplaces. Regardless of its precise size, however, CS2 skins are certainly one of the most liquid markets for digital collectibles. Prior to yesterday’s game update, some of the rarest knives were reselling for over $20,000, with the world’s rarest knife allegedly worth over $1 million. Because Valve’s update affected the resale price of so many CS2 knives and gloves, Pricempire estimated overnight mark-to-market losses of approximately $2 billion — from $6 billion to approximately $4 billion today. Read more: Steam ordered to give up ‘Crypto King’ login after $280K moved via CS2 skins There was some initial confusion over whether so-called “Trade Up” items were exchangable at the new ratio, but Valve permitted that…

                                                                               Market participants are eagerly anticipating at least a 25 basis point (BPS) interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.                     The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, is expected to begin slashing interest rates on Wednesday, with analysts expecting a 25 basis point (BPS) cut and a boost to risk asset prices in the long term.Crypto prices are strongly correlated with liquidity cycles, Coin Bureau founder and market analyst Nic Puckrin said. However, while lower interest rates tend to raise asset prices long-term, Puckrin warned of a short-term price correction.  “The main risk is that the move is already priced in, Puckrin said, adding, “hope is high and there’s a big chance of a ‘sell the news’ pullback. When that happens, speculative corners, memecoins in particular, are most vulnerable.”Read more