Hunter Biden's LAPTOP Memecoin: Taking Control of a Symbol
On September 9, 2026, Hunter Biden launched his own memecoin, LAPTOP, based on the laptop controversy that followed him for years. The token is built on Base, Coinbase's Ethereum Layer-2 network, and has a total supply capped at 1 billion tokens.
The laptop in question was left at a Delaware repair shop in 2019 by Hunter Biden and became a major political issue during the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The controversy surrounding the laptop included emails, financial records, and personal material that were used to question Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings and his family's finances.
Biden has described the project as a way to take control of a story that has followed him since the laptop became a major political issue. 'The symbol they used to try to end me is now a symbol of resilience, redemption, and recovery,' he said.
The tokenomics of LAPTOP are complex, with 30% of the total supply linked to 30 real-world events, including a Democrat winning the 2028 U.S. presidential election and Bitcoin reaching a new all-time high. Of the remaining supply, 30% will go to the founders and core team, which will be locked for six months after launch and then released slowly over the next two years.