# Meme coins are done for; fundamentals lead the recovery

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-03-28
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Akash Network - Decentralized Cloud Built for AI's Next Frontier (DePIN Connection)
- **Watch at:** 01:10:39 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuVl2mVHRyo&t=4239s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2026-03-28-meme-coins-are-done-for-fundamentals-lead-the-reco-vlpq/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Meme coins are done for; fundamentals lead the recovery," Akash Network - Decentralized Cloud Built for AI's Next Frontier (DePIN Connection), 28 Mar 2026, 01:10:39. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuVl2mVHRyo&t=4239s

## Quote — verbatim

> Memes being pure speculation, I think they're done for. It's going to be very hard to convince retail to go buy memes again... because this is very extractive behavior by a lot of these people.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Closing market-cycle take during a downturn; adds at [01:11:21] that when recovery comes "it's going to be almost fundamentals that's going to drive the initial run-up, and then the greed eventually follows," with DePIN best positioned for institutional money.