Rockstar drops 26 mins of GTA VI while a crypto-bro rugs his own memecoin for $270k
While Rockstar Games finally treated us to a massive, gorgeous look at GTA VI on PlayStation 5, some basement-dwelling genius managed to turn leaks into a $25 million memecoin pump-and-dump. The absolute state of modern marketing.
Rockstar Games dropped an official 26-minute Grand Theft Auto VI deep dive, showcasing Jason and Lucia in action, dynamic carjacking, and a living, breathing Leonida. The footage was captured directly on PlayStation 5, showing off a six-star wanted system and physics that actually matter again—you can finally make your characters hit the gym to change their look.
Meanwhile, the grift of the year concluded just hours before the reveal. An anonymous actor known as CyberLeek spent nine days leaking watermarked clips of the game to pump a Solana-based memecoin. At its peak, the token hit a $25 million market cap, but right before the official trailer dropped, the creator dumped their holdings. They walked away with roughly $270,000 in SOL, leaving the coin to crater by nearly 46% in a single day.
Take-Two Interactive is now aggressively hunting for the culprits, subpoenaing X, Microsoft, and Discord to find out who turned the world's most anticipated game into a glorified rug-pull scheme. While the game looks incredible, the fact that a random internet troll managed to manipulate crypto markets using unfinished code is the perfect summary of the current era of tech hype. It’s almost impressive how fast desperation turns into a financial exit strategy.
Source: CoinDesk
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