Ethereum co-founder Vitalik responded to the discussion about "Celebrities issuing MEME coins" and said: "So far, I am very dissatisfied with "this round of celebrity experiments."

"Financialization is a means to an end", if the end is worthwhile (health care, open source software, art, etc.), I can respect it. But financialization as an end product, (vomiting expression).

Ashton and Mila's "Stoner Cats" is far more glorious than anything we've seen in the celebrity MEME era of 2024 - at least a real show was funded. How can we push things in a better direction?"