Byzantine General

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Pseudonymous cryptocurrency investor and commentator.

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Statements by Byzantine General

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Byzantine General

Role at the time: Pseudonymous cryptocurrency investor and commentator

Condemned

Statement summary

Byzantine General responded to Biden’s announcement with a terse rejection of both the launch and Biden’s renewed participation in the crypto conversation.

“Never come back.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Byzantine General tells Hunter Biden not to return after $LAPTOP announcement · Byzantine General
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Case

Hunter Biden’s laptop memecoin ($LAPTOP): launch and criticism

Relationship to this case: Speaker

Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launched on September 9, using the name of the laptop controversy. Biden called it a project about resilience and recovery; critics including Coffeezilla called it a scam or “shitcoin” and warned against buying.

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