Hunter Biden ($LAPTOP token)
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$LAPTOP is an ERC-20 memecoin launched on the Base blockchain on September 9, 2026 by Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. President Joe Biden. The token surged to a reported peak near $190–$225 shortly after launch before collapsing approximately 98–99% within hours, with an estimated four out of five buyers suffering losses. Biden disputes characterizations of the collapse as a rug pull, attributing the crash to insufficient liquidity and automated sniper-bot activity, while asserting that team tokens remained locked and unsold throughout.
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Timeline(8 events)
1 January 2020
Hunter Biden's laptop story becomes a recurring media controversy, forming the cultural backdrop the token later references.
Various news archives1 February 2025
SEC Division of Corporation Finance issues staff statement concluding meme tokens generally fall outside federal securities regulation, reducing the agency's enforcement window for future memecoin collapses.
Cryptopolitan1 January 2026
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams's $NYC coin collapses 75% post-launch, foreshadowing the political-memecoin collapse pattern.
Cryptopolitan7 September 2026
Hunter Biden publicly announces $LAPTOP memecoin, to launch on Base on September 9. CoinDesk and Forbes cover the announcement.
CoinDesk8 September 2026
Significant pre-launch backlash from crypto traders. Kraken deletes a promotional post. Andrew Callaghan distances himself. CoinDesk reports traders are opposed before launch. Fortune covers the airdrop structure.
CoinDesk / Fortune / Crypto.news9 September 2026
$LAPTOP launches on Base. Token spikes to a peak between approximately $190 and $225 before collapsing approximately 98-99% to roughly $3-$4 within hours. First-day trading volume exceeds $13 million. Base founder Jesse Pollak states the network made a conscious decision not to help design or promote the token.
Forbes / Bloomberg / Washington Post / CoinDesk9 September 2026
Bitquery documents multiple counterfeit $LAPTOP contracts operating across BNB Chain, Base, and Solana with fabricated volume figures, some predating the legitimate launch.
Bitquery10 September 2026
Hunter Biden publicly rejects rug-pull allegations, attributing the crash to thin liquidity, technical issues, and sniper bot activity. He states team tokens remained locked and no member of his team sold or had the ability to sell. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson mocks the crash on X.
Yahoo Finance / The Crypto BasicDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 decision). 20 of 23 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 9/11/2026, 12:25:43 PM
last updated: 9/11/2026, 12:28:39 PM
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