When CSGO collapsed, it reminded crypto enthusiasts of a truth: a market where rules can be arbitrarily changed is not trustworthy.

On October 23, an official CSGO update announcement (allowing players to combine multiple common skins into rare skins) triggered a market crash, evaporating nearly $2 billion in the value of the cosmetics market overnight.

This market, originally considered the "gold standard of digital collectibles," saw the value of players' years of accumulated "digital assets" halved with just one statement.

Some say this is an adjustment in the game's commercialization strategy, but the fact is — what you think you own is actually just what the platform "allows you to own."

This incident inevitably brings to mind the original intent of Web3: decentralization and immutability.

Why do we believe in blockchain? Not because it "can increase several times," but because:

• Protocols are open-source and transparent;

• Assets exist on the chain and are held in your own wallet;

• Upgrades and governance require consensus, rather than "just a statement from some project team."

Compared to CSGO's arbitrary rule changes and players having no say over their "digital assets,"

digital assets such as true NFTs or tokens on the blockchain possess ownership and governance rights.

This CSGO collapse feels more like a "counterexample" —

telling you that the end of centralization is: "You own nothing, you just rented an illusion."

The crypto market is still far from mature,

but at least, it gives us a choice —

you can choose a world that won’t tell you the rules have changed at midnight.