Valve has banned nearly 40 CS:GO accounts from trading, resulting in the loss of over $2 million in in-game items. Accounts that have received community bans are no longer able to trade items, leaving stockpiles of CS:GO skins, stickers, gloves, knives, and other items in limbo. Other traders appear to have taken this as a warning and are selling everything they have.

In June, gambling site CSGOEmpire published a spreadsheet accusing CS:GO traders of being part of a scheme to launder cryptocurrency through rival gambling site CSGORoll According to Dexerto, the accounts listed in this document were all but one of the accounts involved in the ban wave, and there is speculation that Valve intentionally targeted them.

We contacted Valve to ask if these accounts were selected in connection with CSGORoll, but received no response. Without that confirmation, there is no way to know for sure if that is why they were selected or if they were simply caught in the same ban wave. [However, CSGOEmpire not only attempted to blackmail the list to prevent it from being published, but also took it as conclusive evidence to defeat its rival, which it accused of "illegally laundering $12.7 million in crypto in the last month alone."

CSGORoll's owner denied accusations of money laundering on Twitter and also declared that the site is not involved in gambling." I own a trading platform for gamified skins." He wrote." By law, this is not classified as a casino in our largest market because we do not offer cash withdrawals."

Steam's online conduct rules restrict users from engaging in "commercial activities" on the platform, including "running contests, gambling, buying and selling Steam accounts, selling content, gift cards, or other items."