Author: Gemini, DeepChain TechFlow
On September 7, 2026, former U.S. President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, posted a video on X confirming the official launch of his personal meme coin, $LAPTOP, on the Base chain on September 9.
If you think of it as just another celebrity’s boring coin launch, you’re seriously underestimating the dark humor behind it.
Based on the currently disclosed token mechanics, this is not just turning the当年's "laptop scandal" into a self-deprecating meme, but更像是 a chain-based political revenge tailored specifically for Trump.
Extreme mockery token mechanism: targeted airdrops and political betting
According to public records and reports from The Wall Street Journal, the total supply of $LAPTOP is set at 1 billion, with an economic model filled with dark humor targeting political opponents.
First, a targeted airdrop designed to strike at the heart.
20% of the total token supply has been allocated as an airdrop. In addition to distribution to Substack subscribers and friends, the first airdrop was explicitly designated for those who incurred losses from purchasing $TRUMP. This move directly absorbed the locked-in positions left by the political rival’s token issuance, converting them into the platform’s own community liquidity.
Second, election-result-linked "bet-based burning."
The mechanism is designed to burn up to 30% of the supply, but the burn conditions are not based on traditional on-chain buybacks; instead, they are tied to approximately 30 specific political and market events.
For example: "The Democratic Party wins the 2028 presidential election," "Bitcoin reaches a new all-time high," and the most provocative: "LAPTOP's fully diluted valuation surpasses TRUMP." If the betting event does not occur, these tokens will be transferred to a charitable organization rather than burned.
Third, switch your on-chain alignment.
In the same vein of securitizing political capital and personal IP, the Hunter Biden team deliberately crafted a token structure that contrasts sharply with Trump’s; Trump previously issued TRUMP, allocating as much as 80% of the supply to his affiliated entities (with a 3-year vesting period); in contrast, the founding team of LAPTOP (including Hunter himself) retained only 30% of the supply, with a 6-month full lock-up followed by a 2-year linear release schedule.
Trump chose to launch his token on Solana, while Hunter established his base on Base, dominated by Coinbase. One is an "official merchandise" issued during a peak of power, the other is a form of performance art fueled by personal scandals from the opposition.
The next liquidity black hole?
For on-chain traders, political maneuvering is merely superficial—the real battle is over the chips.
Recalling Trump's last coin launch, its extremely high online popularity and extreme vampire effect directly drained the existing funds from other projects, temporarily disrupting the entire on-chain Meme market.
On September 9, the launch of $LAPTOP, the biggest question is no longer how eye-catching this political performance art will be, but whether it will once again become a black hole sucking up all the liquidity on the network.
Previously, the two major U.S. parties competed through televised debates and legal litigation; now, they can directly issue tokens on-chain to drain each other’s liquidity, leveraging attention for publicity—a trend that will likely become a novel and common feature in political spectacles.
However, after spending time in the crypto market, it becomes clear that nothing is unassetizable—from cat and dog MEMEs to stock assets, even the humiliation of political opponents and the losses of Trump retail traders can now be packaged as assets, siphoning real liquidity from the chain through a mix of speculation and political theater.
Some tokens named after Hunter Biden and山寨 LAPTOP have already been released, but their prices have been volatile; we hope that when the real token is issued on the 9th, it won’t become a black hole that drains liquidity from the entire market and crashes overall market sentiment.