Why Did Hunter Biden Launch a Meme Coin? Partly to Troll Trump

Quick favor: We’re deciding what Unchained does next; new shows, stream times, what’s worth paying for. Our listener survey (https://unchainedcrypto.com/survey) takes five minutes, it’s anonymous, and I read the write-in answers myself. Everyone who takes it can enter a drawing for a free year of Unchained Premium or Bits + Bips Premium. Open through Sunday, October 18. — Laura ======================================================================== Hunter Biden says one reason he launched Laptop, his meme coin, was to troll Donald Trump, and another was to show a coin could be built that is "virtually unruggable" and sends money to recovery and addiction causes. He tells Laura Shin that a market maker put in about $5,000 of liquidity at launch, so a $6 purchase moved the market cap 5% and the token briefly showed a $317 billion market cap. He also explains why he named it $LAPTOP and why he wants to be additive, not extractive, in crypto. ======================================================================== Host: 👉 Laura Shin - Founder, CEO and Host of Unchained - https://x.com/laurashin Guest: 👉 Hunter Biden - Artist, Author, and Recovery Advocate - https://x.com/hunterbiden ======================================================================== This clip is from a longer conversation on Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP memecoin, the Trump family's crypto dealings, and why Democrats misread crypto. Full episode here: https://youtu.be/thcwwsYPxtg?si=pBYtRMeOUIiwW6uN We go live twice every week - subscribe to catch it live. ======================================================================== 👉 Visit 1inch to swap tokenized securities, crypto and more. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial. Whatever asset you’re buying - swap it at https://unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch-yt ======================================================================== Chapters: 💻 00:00 Why Hunter says he launched $LAPTOP partly to troll Trump 🛡️ 01:24 How Hunter set out to build a coin that was 'virtually unruggable' 📈 02:09 What Hunter says went wrong when a market maker seeded the launch 🗳️ 04:37 Why Hunter thinks crypto shaped how voters saw Donald Trump 🔄 06:17 Why Hunter named it Laptop: reclaiming his own narrative ======================================================================== #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ======================================================================== Subscribe to our channel! Website → https://unchainedcrypto.com Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe/ Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757 Unchained: Your no-hype resource for all things crypto!