Biden's Laptop Memecoin Implodes on Debut
Hunter Biden's LAPTOP memecoin has fallen by 95.7% in its first hour of trading on Wednesday, as his father Joe Biden officially entered the market for politically themed cryptocurrencies.
The token, issued on Ethereum layer-2 network Base, traded at $2.0977 at 3:45 pm UTC, after opening at $199.50, according to CoinGecko data. It recorded more than $13.4 million in trading volume.
Most of the top holders are wallets funded in the past 10 days, according to onchain data visualization platform Bubblemaps.
Biden responded to public backlash with a post on X, saying 'The symbol they used to try to end me is now a symbol of resilience, redemption and recovery.'