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Scott Melker · Oct 15, 2026 · 46 min

"I'll Be Surprised If It's Not On My Gravestone" | Hunter Biden

Hunter Biden explains how his 'Laptop Token' meme coin was designed as a troll of the Trump family's coins, with a 30% team allocation, a prediction market and charity component. He says a chaotic launch, in which market makers seeded thin liquidity and the price spiked to a fictitious $317B market cap, hurt the token, and that Coinbase held back its listing after crypto Twitter backlash. He also argues Trump family crypto conflicts of interest stalled the Clarity Act and urges Democrats to engage with crypto.

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Where they stand

Crypto

Bullish

Biden is bullish on crypto and blockchain as freedom-of-money technology for the unbanked, but critical of political grift and market structure around meme tokens.

Medium conviction · years

AI

Bullish

He briefly suggests that in an age of AI, blockchain will become a central pillar for distinguishing real information from misinformation.

Low conviction · years

Key takeaways

  1. Laptop Token was conceived as the opposite of the Trump family's 'max extraction' coins, with only 30% to the team versus 80% to insiders. 7:15
  2. Tokenomics include 30% for a prediction market, 20% for an airdrop, and a minimum 5% pot for charity over two years. 7:15
  3. Biden says market makers put in only about $5,000 and ~29,000 tokens instead of the funds provided, so a $6 buy moved the market cap 5% and the token spiked to a fictional $317B before collapsing. 12:15
  4. Coinbase pulled back from a planned listing after crypto Twitter backlash during the 48-hour announcement window; Biden says he doesn't fault them. 8:53
  5. He says retail buyers lost under $3M (about $2.5M), and the two market makers walked away with roughly an equal amount. 24:54
  6. He blames the Trump family's conflicts of interest for the Clarity Act failing, citing the ethics component of negotiations. 33:07
  7. He argues crypto should appeal to progressives and that Democrats need educated engagement on it, especially after the midterms. 36:55
  8. He hopes the token trades higher in a year and that the coin lasts through the final prediction in 2029. 44:11

Calls and positions

  • Biden hopes the token rises toward 10 cents within a year and that it lasts through the final prediction in 2029.
    “I hope it goes to, you know, uh 10 cents. I hope that it actually builds value for people.”
    BullishPrediction: 10 cents (in a year)Hunter Biden, Oct 15, 2026Watch at 44:11
  • Blockchain will become a central pillar for providing transparency and separating real information from misinformation in the age of AI.
    “in an age of AI and an age in which the blockchain, I believe, will become a kind of central pillar”
    BullishPredictionHunter Biden, Oct 15, 2026Watch at 41:59

Views expressed

  • The Trump family's crypto activity was pure max extraction and harmful to the whole industry because of conflicts of interest.
    “what I saw them doing was I thought really harmful to everybody um in the industry”
    Very bearishHunter Biden, Oct 15, 2026Watch at 2:13
  • The Clarity Act failed to pass because the Trump family's blurred conflicts of interest held up the ethics component of the negotiation.
    “The reason that the Clarity Act did not pass was because of the way in which the Trump administration has blurred the lines”
    BearishHunter Biden, Oct 15, 2026Watch at 33:07#Crypto regulation
  • Market makers failed or intentionally acted badly by seeding far too little liquidity, producing a fictional $317B market cap spike at launch.
    “What they did was they put in $5,000 and 20 I think it was a a roughly 29,000 tokens.”
    BearishHunter Biden, Oct 15, 2026Watch at 12:15
  • Without the first minutes of the launch spike, the chart would look exactly how a coin should behave.
    “Take away that first 30 33 minutes, and and our chart looks exactly how I would want it to look”
    BullishHunter Biden, Oct 15, 2026Watch at 18:22
  • Retail buyer losses were under $3M, and the two market makers walked away with about as much as retail lost.
    “under under 3 million in terms of actual retail buyers. I think around 2.5.”
    BearishHunter Biden, Oct 15, 2026Watch at 24:54
  • Crypto should be championed by progressives because it banks the unbanked and cuts remittance fees.
    “It's all of our issues, man.”
    Very bullishHunter Biden, Oct 15, 2026Watch at 36:55
  • A meme coin can make money without being a grift, using a 10% team allocation and giving a large share to causes.
    “It doesn't have to be max extraction. You can do it the right way.”
    BullishHunter Biden, Oct 15, 2026Watch at 22:45
  • Most members of Congress on both sides don't understand crypto, so Warren's views easily sway Democrats.
    “85% of people in Congress, both the Senate and the House, on the Democrat and Republican side”
    BearishHunter Biden, Oct 15, 2026Watch at 33:40

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