Can Solana Meme Coins Really Drive AI Innovation?

Solana's Pump.fun has become a hub for AI-related meme coins, with projects like Truth Terminal and Fartcoin gaining massive traction. While some argue that tokenization helps fund AI research, critics, including Oxford researchers, claim that most AI coins are speculative bubbles with no real utility. Projects like DeepSeek-inspired tokens soared to multi-million-dollar market caps before crashing, highlighting the pump-and-dump nature of many meme AI coins. Despite the hype, experts remain skeptical about crypto’s role in genuine AI innovation.