Hunter Biden launching crypto meme coin poking fun at infamous scandal

Hunter Biden has announced he is launching a new cryptocurrency satirizing the infamous laptop scandal he found himself at the center of in 2020 and President Donald Trump’s own dabblings in the sector.

The son of former president Joe Biden, 56, promoted his $LAPTOP meme coin on X Monday with a brief teaser video of conservative broadcasters and Republican lawmakers feverishly referencing his notorious laptop.

Leaked emails from the device, which was left in a Delaware computer shop for repair, in which Biden discussed his foreign business dealings, were published by The New York Post in October 2020, as were personal photos of his then-heavy drug use, inspiring conspiracy theories and hysteria on the right and jokes on social media.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Biden’s coin will debut on Coinbase’s blockchain network Base Wednesday, the same day that Trump is staging his midterms convention in Dallas, Texas.

One billion coins will reportedly ultimately be supplied and made available within two years, with 20 percent sent to the crypto wallets of people who lost money by investing in the Trump family’s $TRUMP coin, as well as to subscribers to Biden’s Substack newsletter and those included on a mailing list compiled by his friend Andrew Callaghan.