Grand Theft Auto 6 Crypto Rumors Are Swirling Again—Here’s What’s Going On

One other day, one other buzzy rumor going viral on Crypto Twitter.

Rumors that the extremely anticipated (and massively leaked) sport Grand Theft Auto 6 shall be a blockchain sport or embody some sort of cryptocurrency that may be redeemed in actual life have resurfaced once more this week—after initially spawning in 2021 after which swirling once more final 12 months.

Nevertheless, the claims are at present unsubstantiated. A Forbes India article cited a crypto Twitter account as its supply for the rumors, and neither Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Video games nor father or mother firm Take-Two Interactive have confirmed or denied the rumors to this point. 

Online game publication Recreation Rant speculated that GTA 6 (or no matter it could formally be referred to as) won’t introduce an actual cryptocurrency however as an alternative may merely make cryptocurrency and the metaverse the “butt of many jokes.”

Different articles across the web have cited a current viral tweet from a gaming content material creator as their supply for the data, however this tweet doesn’t comprise proof validating the rumors and is merely hypothesis.

Twitter customers added a “Neighborhood Observe” to the tweet that clarifies that neither Rockstar Video games nor anybody concerned with GTA 6 have stated something to substantiate the rumors.

And whereas Take-Two has made crypto strikes, together with having its Zynga studio engaged on Web3 video games, Rockstar issued a ban final November for NFTs and cryptocurrency on fan-operated Grand Theft Auto V servers.

Whereas crypto followers could also be hungry for an actual GTA cryptocurrency—and Web3 haters are hungry for crypto jabs—proper now, there’s little to no proof in any way supporting any of those claims.

Decrypt has reached out to Take-Two and Rockstar Video games for remark, however didn’t instantly hear again.