What Hunter Biden Learned Launching A Meme Coin

Hunter Biden explains why he launched the LAPTOP memecoin, what went wrong in its first minutes on exchanges, and why he believes the Trump family's crypto ventures are hurting the industry. Hunter Biden tells Scott Melker how LAPTOP's tokenomics were designed, including a built-in prediction market, how the Coinbase launch played out, and his account of what market makers did in the opening minutes. They also discuss owning the 'laptop' narrative, crypto Twitter's reaction, conflicts of interest, why the Clarity Act failed, and why he argues Democrats and bipartisan support are essential for crypto's future. In this episode:00:00 Intro01:00 Why Hunter Biden got into crypto03:00 Designing LAPTOP: tokenomics and a built-in prediction market08:00 Launch day on Coinbase10:00 What went wrong: market makers and the first minutes19:00 Owning the 'laptop' narrative24:00 Crypto Twitter, retail losses and accountability29:00 The Trump family, conflicts of interest and crypto33:00 Why the Clarity Act failed36:00 Democrats, bipartisan support and the future of crypto Hunter Biden on X: https://x.com/HunterBidenLAPTOP official site: https://www.laptoptoken.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN4FVEOw-yA If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show and leave a rating. It helps more than you know. Follow Scott Melker:Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScottMelkerFollow Scott on X: https://x.com/scottmelkerThe Wolf Den newsletter: https://thewolfden.substack.comThe Daily Wolf on Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/daily-wolf/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices