de_news | The CS2 Major Hype Has Hit The Skin Market

The CS2 market just had its first green week in over two months — and the Cologne stickers are paying out like a prediction market. Falcons ran the table, NiKo's holo is up over 250%, and there's a sell window closing faster than people think. Full de_news breakdown: the market cap turning, the Cologne sticker payout and why I'm trimming, Windking's collections front-running again, the Five-SeveN nerf I think is coming with the new Season, the Riptide collection nobody's watching, and the full de_sports on NiKo finally getting his Major. 0:00 Cologne is over, and Valve has everyone’s attention again 2:37 Cologne 2026 stickers, China Buys In 7:05 Skins.com 7:33 Five-SeveN hype, weekly case openings, and case rotation talk 9:49 de_sports, Watchlist 🎯 SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by https://skins.com 🔗 LINKS CS2Liquid.com — Waterdex, trade-up calc, paper trading: https://cs2liquid.com X: @mikewater9 Discord: [link] Twitch:   / mikewater9   Previous de_news: [callback link] Related — Cologne sticker-system deep dive (tomorrow): [link] skins.com — code mikewater9: [affiliate link] Not financial advice. I trade these markets myself; assume I hold positions in things I talk about. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @mikewater9