Meme Coin Named After Charles Hoskinson’s Quinelings Crashes 90%+ Within Hours

On October 19, 2026, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson released Quinelings, open-source software designed to rebuild its own code and form creature-like shapes. A Solana meme coin using the Quinelings name appeared on PumpSwap shortly afterward and lost more than 90% of its value within hours. Quinelings are based on quines, decades-old programs that output their own source code; Hoskinson calls his versions digital lifeforms and presents the project as a research prototype rather than a token. The coin's DexScreener page linked to Hoskinson's GitHub and X post, though nothing confirmed his involvement.