GTA 6 Trailer Features Meme Coin—And Solana Copycat Soars 2,900%

In brief

• GTA 6's launch trailer was released on Thursday and briefly mentioned "Dacity Coin," which has caused an on-chain frenzy.
• A copycat Solana meme coin skyrocketed 2,900%, thanks to the trailer, with dozens of traders profiting more than $10,000 each.
• The token existed five days before the trailer release, after degens found mention of Dacity Coin in leaked GTA 6 footage.

Two seconds of the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer was all it took for a Solana meme coin to fly, making some traders pretty rich.

Dacity Coin was seen plastered along the side of a plane in the GTA 6 launch trailer released on Thursday, with a man setting off a neon pink flare on the wing. This prompted a real meme coin of the same name to skyrocket 2,900% from a $104,000 market capitalization to $3.18 million, in the hour following the trailer's release.

Interestingly, the token had been created five days prior, after notorious Rockstar hacker "Cyberleek" leaked GTA 6 gameplay revealing that Dacity Coin was set to be in the game—but only a comparatively small group of traders noticed.

Upon its October 11 launch on Solana launchpad Pump.fun, Dacity Coin hit a peak market cap of $1.14 million before falling to $144,700 over the coming day and trading sideways until Thursday's sharp rise.