Haseeb Qureshi on Meme Coins, Hyperliquid and Whether AI Agents Need Crypto

Who actually makes money in the meme coin game?

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly and co-host of The Chopping Block, joins Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026.

He explains why riding launchpad meme coins is a losing game for anyone outside the supply chain, and why celebrity coins do lasting damage to crypto's reputation.

He also breaks down why token markets reward Hyperliquid for burning nearly all of its revenue, why institutions may want their own chains, and why most predictions that AI agents would use crypto en masse were mostly wrong.

They discuss:

• How much non-crypto retail has really come back
• Dogecoin, celebrity coins and the launchpad wave machine
• Token-equity splits and why BNB is not equity
• Hyperliquid's buybacks versus reinvesting in growth
• Institutional chains and liquidity fragmentation
• Where AI agents will and won't use crypto
• Why top new grads pick AI over crypto

A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026.

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