How can a fictional coin in a game trailer trigger a real 2,900% surge? Rockstar released a GTA VI trailer featuring a meme coin, and copycat tokens immediately appeared on Solana, surging 2,900% in 24 hours. At the same time, on CoinGeckoโs trending list, DACITY rose 48.9%, reaching rank
#718 by market cap; QTC gained just 4.3%, ranking #620; and PENGU actually fell 0.2%, ranking #118. Meanwhile, BTC barely moved around 82,100, down 0.9% over 24 hours, with $1.2 billion in trading volume. Money didnโt flow into major coinsโit all rushed into the narrative. Iโve been watching this โcultural event โ copycat token โ trending listโ chain for a while. DACITY and QTC showing up in the search rankings at the same time suggests that people jumping in hadnโt even looked at what the projects wereโthey just cared whether the names sounded like the one in the trailer. In this kind of market, the first people to get burned are often the ones who only clicked in after seeing the 2,900% gain.
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