Condemned
“This is entirely avoidable, this is entirely criminal, this is entirely stupid.”
Melker called $LAPTOP another political grift and sharply condemned both the launch and participation in political memecoins after its collapse.
- Speaker
- Scott Melker
- Capacity
- Cryptocurrency commentator and host
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Hunter Biden
- Classification rationale
- His language explicitly condemns the project and characterizes participation as avoidable and foolish; “criminal” is recorded as his opinion, not a legal finding.
Surrounding material
Full context
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.
Evidence
Complete source record
Hunter Biden’s laptop meme coin crashes one day after launch (opens in a new tab) · Scott MelkerTranscript 00:36-01:54
Direct Yahoo Finance video commentary by Scott Melker following the token’s launch and rapid price collapse.