The extreme price is driven by a dwindling unapplied supply and historical notoriety.

Roughly 17 additional stickers are permanently removed from the market due to trade bans on the holding accounts.

The sticker features the logo of the iBUYPOWER team, which was permanently banned from Valve-sponsored events following a 2014 match-fixing scandal, adding a layer of "forbidden" prestige to the item. Legendary "Crafts"

It is estimated that only 40 unapplied stickers remain in tradable inventories.