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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.
Role at the time: Token promoter replying on his own X account
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"Nothings getting deleted here, this isn’t the Epstein files."
The reply resists an explicit demand to abandon or remove the project.
Role at the time: Cryptocurrency commentator replying on his own X account
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"honestly big dog just delete it and move on"
The direct reply rejects continued involvement and urges discontinuation.
Role at the time: Token promoter, speaking on his own X account
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"The foundation isn't stepping away from $LAPTOP."
The statement rejects withdrawal and defends continued involvement in the project.
Role at the time: Project team communicating through the Phoenix Veritas Foundation Medium account
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"Everyone had the same information, at the same time."
The statement contests claims of an insider-favored launch and offers an alternative account of the volatility.
Role at the time: Cryptocurrency commentator and host
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"This is entirely avoidable, this is entirely criminal, this is entirely stupid."
His language explicitly condemns the project and characterizes participation as avoidable and foolish; “criminal” is recorded as his opinion, not a legal finding.
Role at the time: Cryptocurrency investigator and commentator, speaking on his own X account
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"I'll say it again -- do not buy this."
The post repeats an explicit warning against purchasing the token in the context of his prior criticism.
Role at the time: On-chain analytics organization
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"$LAPTOP was a bloodbath! 80% of traders lost money. Thank you Hunter Biden!"
The post presents analysis but its “bloodbath” framing and sarcastic closing express a clear negative judgment of the launch.
Role at the time: Businessman and political campaign surrogate
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"Hunter should go back to painting."
The post is a direct, disparaging response to the failed launch rather than neutral commentary on price movement.
Role at the time: Founder of the $LAPTOP token project
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"They turned a laptop into a weapon. But I decided to turn it into something else."
Biden directly defends the meaning of the launch by recasting the laptop reference as his own response to a prior political controversy.
Role at the time: Technology and cryptocurrency media host
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"Everyone’s calling Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP a grift. Sure, but is it more honest than TRUMP?"
He accepted the central criticism but paired it with a comparative defense of the project’s structure and disclosures.
Role at the time: Cryptocurrency commentator and Base product leader known as Cobie
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"Anyone can deploy a token on Base without Coinbase approving it."
The statement specifically challenges an implied institutional association rather than endorsing or condemning the token itself.
Role at the time: Independent media organization
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"We have not, do not, and never will advertise crypto."
The organization disavowed involvement in crypto promotion but did not make a direct claim that the token was fraudulent or unlawful.
Role at the time: Pseudonymous cryptocurrency investor and commentator
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"Never come back."
The direct reply communicates categorical opposition.
Role at the time: Pseudonymous decentralized-finance developer
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"Dude, f*ck you. Still time to walk this back."
The reply is an unambiguous rejection of the planned launch.
Role at the time: Cryptocurrency commentator and livestream host
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"[The pre-announced token is] a “scam” that is going to dump “my low cap gems.”"
Calling the token a scam is an explicit condemnation; the quotation is reproduced in reporting.
Role at the time: YouTube creator and cryptocurrency investigator
Responding to
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin launch
"After months of calling out Trump corruption, Hunter Biden is launching his own shitcoin called LAPTOP. Do not buy it."
The statement expressly criticizes the token and advises against purchasing it.
