This depends heavily on how you define "innovative". The vast majority of use cases people claim to be building blockchain/crypto solutions for would be better

This depends heavily on how you define "innovative". The vast majority of use cases people claim to be building blockchain/crypto solutions for would be better served by a basic database and some regulation changes to lower financial transaction fees. However, I would say the underlying technologies are innovative and can be impactful in the future if applied to right problems by people who aren't just speculators wanting to get rich quick.