Hunter Biden Turns Infamous Laptop Into Meme Coin Aimed Straight at Trump

Hunter Biden has found a way to get the last laugh on his laptop: put it on the blockchain.The former first son will be launching a meme coin called $LAPTOP on Wednesday, using Coinbase’s Base blockchain — a move that turns one of the most politically damaging scandals of his life into a crypto punchline aimed squarely at President Trump. The Wall Street Journal first reported the plan.The coin’s name nods to Mr. Biden’s laptop, which he abandoned at a Delaware repair shop in 2018. Its contents — including messages about foreign business dealings and photos documenting drug use — spread online before the 2020 presidential election and fueled years of political attacks. Federal prosecutors later used the device against him at trial.Now Mr. Biden is flipping the script. The $LAPTOP token has a total supply of 1 billion coins, and the founders — Mr. Biden among them — will receive 30 percent, locked for six months and fully vested over two years.Who gets the rest? Twenty percent will be airdropped across three groups: crypto wallets belonging to people who lost money on $TRUMP, the president’s meme coin, subscribers to Mr. Biden’s Substack and subscribers to a mailing list run by his friend Andrew Callaghan, a video journalist. Twenty percent will go toward charity, exchange liquidity, and a foundation covering the project’s legal and administrative costs, the Journal reported.A final tranche of up to 30 percent of $LAPTOP’s supply could be permanently destroyed — a practice known in crypto as “burning” — if 30 predetermined events occur within set timeframes. Three of the named triggers include a Democrat winning the White House in 2028, Bitcoin reaching a new all-time high, and $LAPTOP’s fully diluted valuation surpassing $TRUMP’s. If those outcomes don’t materialize, the corresponding tokens will instead be used for an additional charity donation.The targeting of $TRUMP investors is pointed. Mr. Trump’s meme coin peaked at nearly $15 billion in market capitalization after launching in January 2025 before cratering. It now trades around $2.37 — roughly 97 percent below its record high of $73.40. A July 2026 Senate report estimated that nearly 1 million retail traders lost some $3.8 billion on the token, even as Trump-linked entities continued collecting trading revenue.Mr. Biden has recently positioned himself as a crypto advocate. In posts on X, he called decentralized digital currencies the “inevitable future.” But the risks are real. Meme coins carry no intrinsic value and frequently collapse after an initial burst of speculation. Coins tied to Mr. Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and former New York Mayor Eric Adams all surged at launch before crashing within days.

Hunter Biden Turns Infamous Laptop Into Meme Coin Aimed Straight at Trump

Hunter Biden Turns Infamous Laptop Into Meme Coin Aimed Straight at Trump

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