WASTED Tops Trending Lists as GTA VI Countdown Lifts Solana Memecoin

Published November 8, 2026, 10:05 PM PKT. Based on DexScreener and CoinGecko market data (primary sources), TokenPost's daily DEX report, and reporting from Bitrue, VaultX and Alph.ai.

WASTED ($WASTED), a Solana memecoin themed on the "WASTED" death screen from the Grand Theft Auto games, led daily decentralised exchange gainers with a reported 25,092 percent rise on November 7, 2026, as traders positioned ahead of Grand Theft Auto VI's scheduled November 19 release, according to TokenPost's daily DEX report. The same report showed total daily DEX volume falling 29.02 percent to $8.3 billion, so the token rose while the wider decentralised market shrank.

The surge comes with a complication that matters more than the price. At least 34 tokens share the WASTED ticker across Solana, Base, BNB Chain and Robinhood Chain, according to Chain Daddy data cited by Bitrue, and two of them are surging at the same time. The Solana token that carries the GTA VI theme and the Ethereum token that CoinGecko lists as trending are different contracts, different prices and different market capitalisations, and mixing them up means reading the wrong chart.

Two tokens, one ticker, both surging

CoinGecko's trending list ranked WASTED second on November 8, behind only Be Like Jose ($JOSÉ). The CoinGecko entry, identifier wasted-2, is the Ethereum token, contract 0x083c2e89ca8272b7a1edcb1292639867c8cf780c, with a homepage at wastedeth.com. At 16:51 UTC on November 8 it traded at $0.019015, up 39.67 percent in 24 hours, with a market capitalisation of $19.01 million and 24-hour volume of $7.00 million, according to CoinGecko. It set an all-time high of $0.02659926 earlier the same day, at 14:29 UTC.

The Solana token is a different asset. DexScreener's page for contract GexThZHgaswpAQ7Fi8QrHFubjPimUNSYhJiAA7XZpump showed a price of $0.0008516 on its largest pool, PumpSwap, at about 16:51 UTC, up 60.75 percent in 24 hours, with a market capitalisation of $835,587 and 24-hour volume of $278,464. Its Meteora pool showed a 75.5 percent 24-hour rise and its Raydium pool 63.67 percent, with prices within a fraction of a cent of each other across the three venues.

The two tokens' gains are both real and both large, but they describe different markets. The Ethereum token's $7.00 million of daily volume is about 25 times the Solana token's $278,464 on its largest pool. A reader who checks the CoinGecko price and then buys the Solana contract, or the reverse, is trading a different token than the one they priced.

The Solana token: a nine-day-old GTA VI bet

The Solana token began trading on October 30, 2026, at 18:09 UTC on PumpSwap, according to DexScreener, the same date Bitrue gives for its launch on Pump.fun. That makes it nine days old. Bitrue reported its market capitalisation at roughly $0.77 million to $0.90 million on November 1 and 2, so the move to about $836,000 on November 8 is less a straight climb than a round trip with a sharp leg up in the last day.

Trading is active for a token this small. DexScreener counted 4,184 transactions on the PumpSwap pair in 24 hours, 2,186 buys against 1,998 sells, a buy share of about 52 percent. The near-even split is worth noting: the token is not being bought in a one-sided rush, and sellers are nearly as active as buyers at these prices.

The theme is the trade. The token takes its name and imagery from the "WASTED" screen that appears when a Grand Theft Auto character dies, and traders link it to the release of Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19, according to Bitrue and a Codeflex report it cites. The countdown gives the token a dated catalyst, which is more than most nine-day-old memecoins have, and a dated catalyst also gives it a dated expiry: whatever the launch does to attention, it happens on November 19 and then it is over.

Thin pools and concentration warnings

The pools behind the Solana token are thin. Its largest pool held $89,902 of liquidity at 16:51 UTC, against a market capitalisation of $835,587, and its Meteora pool held $20,139. Alph.ai, which updated its page at 16:29 UTC, put the pool at $88.4K, counted 4,258 holders and put the top 10 holders at 28.21 percent of supply, with total supply of 981 million tokens.

Safety scanners are blunt about the risks. VaultX gave the token a trust score of 40 out of 100 on November 8, labelled "Caution", and described it as an anonymous, days-old Solana meme coin with no roadmap. Rug.Tools flagged a material launch-concentration warning: sampled holder accounts held 24.7 percent of supply, and a launch-pattern cohort had reported historical exposure of 65.4 percent. VaultX also noted that DEX reports cite one-day gains of 25,092 percent and 34,103 percent for the token, a spread that reflects how many pools and pairs carry the name.

Thin liquidity cuts both ways. A $278,464 day of volume against $89,902 of pool liquidity means the pool turned over more than three times in a day, which is why the price can move 60 percent in either direction on ordinary order flow. The same arithmetic applies on the way down.

No link to Rockstar as November 19 approaches

Nothing in the public record connects the token to Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of Grand Theft Auto. Bitrue states there is no verified evidence of a connection, and the token's own materials describe a community-run project with no utility and no roadmap, according to VaultX. The November 19 date is a product launch by an unrelated company, not a token event.

The ticker itself is a trap for the careless. Chain Daddy lists 34 tokens named WASTED, several on Solana plus others on Robinhood Chain, BNB Chain and Base, Bitrue reported. The main Solana token's contract is GexThZHgaswpAQ7Fi8QrHFubjPimUNSYhJiAA7XZpump, and Bitrue's guidance is to confirm that address before doing anything with the token. The Ethereum token's contract, 0x083c2e89ca8272b7a1edcb1292639867c8cf780c, is a different asset entirely.

What to watch before the GTA VI launch

Three numbers decide whether this is a countdown trade or a one-day spike. The first is the Ethereum token's all-time high of $0.02659926, set at 14:29 UTC on November 8. It is already below that level at $0.019015, so the high is a resistance marker, not a launchpad, unless volume returns.

The second is the Solana token's liquidity. At $89,902 on its largest pool, a single large sell order moves the price by double digits, and the holder data says the top 10 wallets control more than a quarter of supply. Any movement from those wallets shows up in the price before it shows up in the news.

The third is the calendar. Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled for November 19, eleven days from now. The token's entire thesis is attention around that date, and attention trades rarely survive the event they are built on. The wider market offers no tailwind either: Bitcoin ($BTC) traded at $75,732, up 0.07 percent in 24 hours, Ethereum ($ETH) at $2,229.12, down 0.14 percent, and Solana ($SOL) at $89.05, down 0.49 percent, according to CoinGecko at about 16:55 UTC.

Sources

• DexScreener (primary source: Solana WASTED token, contract GexThZHgaswpAQ7Fi8QrHFubjPimUNSYhJiAA7XZpump; PumpSwap price $0.0008516, up 60.75 percent in 24 hours, market capitalisation $835,587, liquidity $89,902, 24-hour volume $278,464, 4,184 transactions with 2,186 buys and 1,998 sells, pair created October 30, 2026 at 18:09 UTC; Meteora pool up 75.5 percent, Raydium pool up 63.67 percent)
• CoinGecko (primary source: WASTED, identifier wasted-2, Ethereum token, contract 0x083c2e89ca8272b7a1edcb1292639867c8cf780c; price $0.019015, up 39.67 percent in 24 hours, market capitalisation $19.01 million, 24-hour volume $7.00 million, all-time high $0.02659926 at 14:29 UTC on November 8; trending rank 2; Bitcoin ($BTC) $75,732, Ethereum ($ETH) $2,229.12, Solana ($SOL) $89.05)
• TokenPost, [DEX report] Daily volume falls to $8.3 billion as WASTED leads gainers, November 7, 2026 (secondary reporting: WASTED led daily DEX gainers with a 25,092 percent rise; total daily DEX volume $8.3 billion, down 29.02 percent)
• Bitrue, What is WASTED Coin? Is it Related to GTA VI?, November 2, 2026 (secondary reporting: Solana memecoin launched on Pump.fun around October 30, 2026; market capitalisation about $0.77 million to $0.90 million on November 1 and 2; traders link it to the Grand Theft Auto VI release on November 19; no verified evidence of a connection to Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive; 34 tokens share the WASTED ticker; main Solana contract address)
• VaultX, WASTED (WASTED) review: Caution, Trust Score 40/100, November 8, 2026 (secondary reporting: trust score 40 out of 100; anonymous days-old Solana meme coin with no roadmap; Rug.Tools concentration warning, sampled holder accounts held 24.7 percent of supply and a launch-pattern cohort had reported historical exposure of 65.4 percent; DEX reports cite one-day gains of 25,092 percent and 34,103 percent)
• Alph.ai, WASTED Live Price, November 8, 2026 (secondary reporting: price $0.0008757, market capitalisation $859.14K, pool $88.4K, 4,258 holders, top 10 holders 28.21 percent, total supply 981 million)

This article is news reporting and is not investment advice.