LAPTOP crash đź’Ą

Hunter Biden's meme coin debut was an inauspicious one, as the LAPTOP token slumped 99% on its launch.

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Stephen Graves
September 09, 2026

đź“ť What you need to know

Hunter Biden’s controversial LAPTOP meme coin launched Wednesday morning, and followed a familiar trajectory—pumping, then dumping 99%.

The token plunged as thin liquidity hit a wave of selling, mirroring that of prominent political meme coins like TRUMP and MELANIA—an outcome flagged by Decrypt as likely ahead of its launch.

On social media, Biden argued that naysayers had “PTSD” from “Trump, Melania, Kanye, Lil Pump, and Andrew Tate's memecoins,” and to be fair, LAPTOP does have tokenomics mechanisms that play out over months rather than hours—but it now has a long way to climb.

Hunter Biden's LAPTOP Meme Coin Crashes 99% on Debut

Hunter Biden's LAPTOP token hit a $190.81 peak after launching on Base, then shed roughly 99% as thin liquidity met a wave of selling.

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