Scott Melker
Role at the time: Cryptocurrency commentator and host
Condemned
Statement summary
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.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Hunter Biden’s laptop meme coin crashes one day after launch · Scott MelkerTranscript 00:36-01:54
Direct Yahoo Finance video commentary by Scott Melker following the token’s launch and rapid price collapse.
Why we used 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.