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Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP Token Spikes, Then Crashes

Is this a satirical clapback that redistributes to burned investors and charity or just another political memecoin?

Published SEP 9

Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP Token Spikes, Then Crashes

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Above: Hunter Biden in Washington D.C. on Jan. 17, 2025. Image credit: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Facts

Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP cryptocurrency token launched Wednesday on Base, the Coinbase-built network, and peaked minutes later before falling sharply. Blockchain firm Arkham put the high at $199.51, while another tracker reported a spike above $300.
CoinCodex
BeInCrypto
Blockchain tracker Lookonchain reported that one buyer withdrew $250,000 from Binance ahead of the launch and spent $200,000 on 919 tokens at about $218 each. Another wallet turned roughly $249,800 into $1.18 million by selling into the rally.
USA Today
BeInCrypto
Of the 1 billion tokens issued, 30% are allocated to founders including Biden, locked for six months, with vesting described as extending up to 36 months. Another 20% is reserved for airdrops and 20% for liquidity and operations.
Fox Business
Bitcoin News
The project says that 30% of supply is tied to about 30 real-world events, such as a Democratic win in 2028 or bitcoin setting a record. Tokens are burned if an event occurs and directed to charity if it does not.
MS Now
CoinCodex
Subscribers to Biden's Substack have 30 days from launch to claim tokens at a designated claim page, after which unclaimed tokens are permanently burned. A separate allocation is intended for users who lost money on $TRUMP.
The Hill
Hunter Biden on Substack
The name comes from an incident that made news during the 2024 presidential campaign. Biden dropped off a MacBook Pro at a Delaware repair shop in April 2019, and the FBI later seized it. Material from the device was published weeks before the election, and his lawyers have said files were manipulated.
The Wall Street Journal
CNN
MS Now

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The Spin

Narrative A

Turning the laptop smear into a token flips the script on the people who weaponized it. Unlike $TRUMP, which left roughly a million wallets down about $3.8 billion, $LAPTOP airdrops 20% to the community, including those burned by that grift, and sends tens of millions of tokens to charity. Nobody is promised riches here — the point is saying something, not owning something.

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Narrative B

Slapping a redemption story on a memecoin does not change what it is: a bad investment looking to prey on the public. With a reported $17 million in unpaid legal bills and 30% of a billion-token supply reserved for founders, the incentives speak loudly enough. Political tokens have a well-worn ending, and buyers usually pay for it.

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