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Who doesn’t love GTA? The game is irreplaceable in the hearts of almost all gamers who grew up playing it in the 90s and 2000s. Three decades after its launch, it continues to entertain millions of players daily even today. And now, if the rumors are to be believed, Rockstar Games’ GTA 6 is all set to take a sharp turn towards crypto. Earlier this week, Rockstar Games dropped a new trailer for GTA 6, which is set for a 2026 release. And the internet went into a frenzy. The dynamic duo of Lucia and Jason owning the criminal world of the fictional state of Leonida is promising to be an engaging storyline. But amidst all the hype, the crypto community was busy looking for clues to confirm the long-standing speculation: Will GTA VI integrate cryptocurrency? GTA 6 and Crypto: Will They, Won’t They For over a year now, crypto and gaming community discussions have been abuzz with rumors about the potential for in-game cryptocurrency rewards. While some suggest that players can use crypto to earn, trade, or purchase game elements, GTA purists claim that it would dissociate the game from the kind of real-world feel that it aims to offer. There’s a growing trend of play-to-earn systems in the gaming industry, but to what extent GTA 6 would like to experiment remains to be seen. Rockstar’s history with crypto integrations A much more intriguing chatter is around the possibility of an in-game currency named ‘$RSTAR’. However, given the history of Rockstar with crypto, it sounds like a pipe dream that the in-game currency would be built on a blockchain. GTA has not seen any large-scale crypto integration efforts thus far, and it is not for the lack of trying. Rockstar has cracked the whip on unauthorized crypto integrations way…

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