A Grand Thet Auto (GTA) crypto narrative took a wrong turn down Grove Street sending Solana meme coin markets into GTA meme coin chaos.
With Grand Theft Auto 6 inching closer and closer, unofficial GTA meme coins continue to flood onto Solana meme coin market. In the past day alone, several meme coins have been launched with a market cap of $1 million or more. But what’s the best meme coin to buy 2025?
As with all incredibly volatile meme coins, the recently launched GTA-themed tokens are currently down 90-99% from their peaks.
Influx Of GTA Meme Coins On Solana: Retail Made Wrong Turn Into Grove Street
Typing ‘GTA’ or ‘Grand Theft Auto’ on Dexscreener shows dozens of tickers, some months old and many launched within the past few days. One thing all of the GTA coins have in common is that they’re rekt.
One in particular, ‘GTA 6 Coin’, was launched two days ago and went as high as $2.4 million in market cap. Predictably, it got dumped into oblivion and is down -99%, with a market cap of just $60,000.
Though this is just one example, it sits among dozens of GTA meme coins that have been launched via the Solana token launchpad, Pump.fun.
The GTA 6 token meta began over a year ago when Rockstar released the first and only official trailer for the most hyped game in the video game industry. At that time, back in December 2023, hundreds of tickers were launched, with none surviving the eventual bloodbath.
With rumours heating up of a new trailer on the way, this looks to have been the spark for round 2 of the Grand Theft Auto meme coins hitting Solana.
Rumours Of In-Game Crypto Rewards For GTA 6 Although Rockstar Have Neither Confirmed Or Denied
FaZe Banks is SO early he explained in detail how GTA 6 will change the WORLD with Crypto 🤯🔥 pic.twitter.com/1h1KhyiwwQ
— Banks Updates (@FaZeBanksUpdate) January 5, 2025
GTA 6 and crypto go beyond just pump.fun meme coins. Since 2021, there have been strong rumours that the next Grand Theft Auto will use some form of in-game crypto rewards for players.
The rumour mill started back up in 2024 after an unfounded leak from a gaming insider speculated that Bitcoin and Ethereum could play a role in the game.
Rockstar Games, the developers of GTA have never confirmed or denied the rumours. Many believe that Rockstar not immediately quashing the rumours mean that blockchain technology has a strong possibility to have a place in the upcoming GTA 6.
However, Rockstar took legal action in 2022 against modded and fan-operated Grand Theft Auto 5 servers. Those servers were using digital assets and NFTs to grant ownership of unique in-game items and Rockstar moved to have them shut down.
Whether or not the latest game will link to crypto remains to be seen. It is the largest gaming franchise in history, and as a result, the world is always watching for any slither of information regarding the next instalment.
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