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Trade Holds in CS2: Why Your Skins Are Locked for 7 Days
Every CS2 skin that changes hands gets frozen for a week. Here is where the CS2 trade hold came from, how Trade Protection rewrote the rules in 2025, and what you can realistically do about the timer.
7 min read The API Key Scam: How CS2 Traders Lose Entire Inventories in One Trade
The trade offer you confirmed was real. The account that received your skins was not. Here is how the Steam Web API key scam works step by step, the four warning signs, and the 15-minute cleanup that shuts it down.
8 min read- Guides
How to Choose a CS2 Skin Marketplace in 2026: Fees, Trust, and Cashout Explained
The same $400 knife can net you $392, $368, or $300 depending on where you sell it, and all three sites can be perfectly legit. Here is how the three marketplace models differ, what the fees really are in 2026, and which trust signals are hard to fake.
9 min read