Hunter Biden is reportedly launching a meme coin inspired by his infamous laptop

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Hunter Biden’s laptop could be about to take on a new, more profitable meaning.

The Wall Street Journal first reported Monday morning that Biden, who is the son of former president Joe Biden, was launching his own cryptocurrency. Shortly after, Biden posted “$LAPTOP” with a date of September 9th on social media site X, along with a compilation video of outlets and Trump administration officials referencing the computer.

Biden dropped off the laptop at a computer repair shop in Delaware in April 2019, which the FBI seized five months later. The laptop contained emails, documents, and financial records, along with explicit photos that appeared to show Biden with women in hotel rooms and Biden doing drugs.

The laptop and its contents became a sensation, especially in Trump-friendly media outlets, in the run-up to the 2020 election.

Hunter Biden’s lawyers have said the files were manipulated .

Biden has been vocal on social media, Substack and podcasts recently about his public grievances, including the controversial laptop.

“What they found was evidence of a man who suffered for a period of time from a severe addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol,” Biden wrote in a post on X in June. He went on to write that prosecutors did not find evidence pertaining to corruption or any crime beyond that related to drug use.

Biden has also been outspoken about his support of digital currencies. He wrote on X that Congress needs “to truly understand the value and potential utility of cryptocurrency” and called “decentralized digital currency” the “ inevitable future .”

Biden is far from the first to launch his own cryptocurrency. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump launched a pair of meme coins in advance of his return to office in January 2025 — and reaped $1 billion in gains , while most investors lost money.

Investors tend to trade meme coins based on trends, novelty, or potential gains, and may not care about the risk.

Biden’s cryptocurrency will trade on Base, which was created by Coinbase Global, according to the Journal report citing people familiar with the matter. Coinbase did not immediately return a CNN request for comment.

CNN’s David Goldman and Matt Egan contributed to this report.

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亨特·拜登的笔记本电脑可能即将具有新的、更有利可图的意义。

《华尔街日报》周一上午率先报道，前总统乔·拜登之子拜登将推出自己的加密货币。不久之后，拜登在社交媒体网站X上发布了名为“$LAPTOP”的加密货币，并标注日期为9月9日，同时还发布了一段视频，视频中汇集了多家媒体和特朗普政府官员提及这款电脑的内容。

2019年4月，拜登将这台笔记本电脑送到特拉华州的一家电脑维修店，五个月后，联邦调查局将其查获。电脑中包含电子邮件、文件和财务记录，以及一些露骨照片，照片显示拜登似乎与女性在酒店房间内，还有拜登吸毒的画面。

在 2020 年大选前夕，这台笔记本电脑及其内容引起了轰动，尤其是在亲特朗普的媒体中。

亨特·拜登的律师称这些文件被篡改了。

拜登最近在社交媒体、Substack 和播客节目中多次公开表达了他的不满，其中包括备受争议的笔记本电脑事件。

拜登在6月份发表于X网站的一篇文章中写道：“他们发现的证据表明，此人曾长期严重沉迷于可卡因和酒精。” 他接着写道，检察官没有发现任何与腐败或其他与吸毒无关的犯罪行为的证据。

拜登也曾公开表示支持数字货币。他曾在X网站上撰文称，国会需要“真正了解加密货币的价值和潜在用途”，并称“去中心化数字货币”是“不可避免的未来”。

拜登绝非第一个推出个人加密货币的人。唐纳德·特朗普总统和第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普在2025年1月特朗普重返总统职位之前，就推出了两种“梗币”，并从中获利10亿美元，而大多数投资者却蒙受了损失。

投资者往往会根据趋势、新奇性或潜在收益来交易网络迷因币，而可能并不关心风险。

据《华尔街日报》援引知情人士报道，拜登的加密货币将在Coinbase Global旗下的Base平台上交易。Coinbase尚未回复CNN的置评请求。

CNN的David Goldman和Matt Egan对本报道亦有贡献。