Scott Melker calls the LAPTOP memecoin collapse criminal and stupid
Scott MelkerCryptocurrency commentator and host
Melker called $LAPTOP another political grift and sharply condemned both the launch and participation in political memecoins after its collapse.
“This is entirely avoidable, this is entirely criminal, this is entirely stupid.”
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Hunter Biden’s laptop memecoin ($LAPTOP): launch and criticism
Hunter Biden launched the $LAPTOP memecoin, using the name of the laptop controversy that has defined his public profile. Critics including Coffeezilla and cryptocurrency commentators called the project a “shitcoin” or scam and warned against buying it; Channel 5 disavowed promoting crypto after controversy over an audience-list file. Biden framed the token as an act of resilience, redemption, and recovery and contrasted it with Donald Trump’s token.
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Direct Yahoo Finance video commentary by Scott Melker following the token’s launch and rapid price collapse.
Before the quotation
Melker revisited the token after discussing it before launch as an example of how not to invest.
After the quotation
He told viewers not to buy future political memecoins and said buyers should expect the risk.
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Why this label?
His language explicitly condemns the project and characterizes participation as avoidable and foolish; “criminal” is recorded as his opinion, not a legal finding.
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The Dispute Index. "Scott Melker calls the LAPTOP memecoin collapse criminal and stupid". First published: 2026-09-10. Last updated: 2026-09-30. https://disputeindex.com/events/260-melker-called-laptop-another-political-grift-and-sharply