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The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported today that Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, is launching a meme coin called $LAPTOP, named after his high-profile "laptop incident," with a planned launch on Coinbase’s Base network on September 9. The crypto community is abuzz over the resurgence of political meme coins. Current community discussions center on three main angles: mainstream coverage, satire, and risk warnings. Mainstream reports highlight the token’s tie to the "laptop scandal," noting a portion will be allocated to those who suffered losses from $TRUMP, a move interpreted as a "counter-response" to the Trump family’s crypto projects. Analytical posts point out this is no ordinary celebrity coin—it turns one of the most politically weaponized symbols of the past decade into a tradable asset. The controversy itself acts as viral fuel, likely attracting three groups: supporters, opponents, and pure speculators, mirroring the attention rotation and liquidity battles seen earlier with $TRUMP and $MELANIA. Cautious traders warn that all tokens bearing the same name before the official launch are copies, advising against purchasing them. Some have already rushed to trade unofficial contracts to capitalize on early gains. Overall sentiment leans toward playfulness and caution: some joke that "the laptop ended a presidency, now it’s providing exit liquidity for others," while others argue political controversy has become a tradable asset class. History shows, however, that celebrity and political meme coins often "peak at launch," with subsequent attention fading rapidly. The event remains in the preview stage; official contracts and launch details will be confirmed via official channels. The crypto community’s interest in political meme coins has reignited, and its future trajectory will depend on the actual launch and market sentiment.

According to data from X platform pages, the official Twitter account and contract for a new meme coin project "$LAPTOP" allegedly linked to Hunter Biden, son of former US President Joe Biden, have been revealed. The account, named Laptop (@Laptoptoken), has also been followed by Hunter Biden’s official Twitter account. The project’s bio states “Coming to @base September 9” and includes the relevant token contract address, matching earlier reports. BlockBeats reminds users: All disclosed information is community speculation and has not been officially confirmed. Do not interact with any unfamiliar links to protect your asset security. Earlier, The Wall Street Journal reported that Hunter Biden would launch a meme coin themed around his “laptop affair”, with the token ticker “$LAPTOP”, scheduled to launch on Coinbase’s Base network on September 9. According to sources, $LAPTOP has a total supply of 1 billion tokens. The founding team, including Hunter Biden, will hold 30% of the tokens, which are locked for six months and will vest over two years. Another 20% will be distributed in two batches to investors who previously lost money buying Trump’s meme coin $TRUMP, Hunter Biden’s Substack subscribers, and other groups. Additionally, the project team plans to burn up to 30% of the tokens based on the outcomes of 30 preset events, including the Democratic Party winning the 2028 US presidential election, Bitcoin hitting a new all-time high, and $LAPTOP’s fully diluted valuation exceeding $TRUMP, among others. If the relevant events do not meet their targets, the corresponding proportion of tokens will be donated to charity.

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced that Protocol Cluster has published two new papers conducting a systematic evaluation of the upcoming network upgrade, Hegotá. Among these, the paper titled "Hegotá EIP Opinion Post and Tier List" evaluates and ranks the 62 currently proposed Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), marking the first time the team has released a unified EIP rating list for a single network upgrade. According to details, around 60 researchers, engineers, and domain experts from 9 teams under Protocol Cluster participated in the review, submitting a total of 397 rating comments and holding on-site discussions on controversial proposals. The accompanying paper outlines the current and future key priorities for the Ethereum protocol layer, with a core goal of enabling Ethereum Layer 1 (L1) to achieve quantum resistance by December 2029. The Ethereum Foundation noted that the aforementioned upgrade plans, long-term commitments, and shared priorities at the cluster level provide the background for finalizing the scope of the Hegotá upgrade and EIP ratings. Additionally, Protocol Cluster will host an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit’s r/ethereum community at 14:00 UTC on September 16, to discuss topics including Hegotá EIP ratings and protocol development priorities.

According to EmberCN's monitoring, the "BTC OG Insider Whale" sold 114,000 HYPE tokens at an average price of $86.3, reaping a profit of $1.57 million.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, plans to launch a meme coin themed around his infamous "laptop" this week, venturing into the crypto market. The token also carries political satire targeting Trump and his family. A Solana-based token named "Hunter Biden's Laptop" with the ticker $LAPTOP already exists, but it remains unverified and has low liquidity. Solflare’s risk scan has also flagged the token as posing certain risks. Hunter Biden’s personal foray into the meme coin space means the "laptop" that once sparked massive controversy in U.S. politics is now moving from a political talking point to the cryptocurrency market.

According to EmberCN’s monitoring, Garrett Jin, the agent of the so-called "BTC OG insider whale", has just closed out a BTC long position worth approximately $107 million, totaling 1,331 BTC. The position was held for around three and a half months, netting a profit of roughly $1.02 million. Currently, his account only holds a large ZEC short position: some 39,760 ZEC with a nominal value of about $47 million, and an unrealized loss of approximately $24 million. Previous data indicates that Garrett Jin’s ZEC short position has been incurring massive unrealized losses for some time. Notably, Garrett Jin added to his heavily loss-making ZEC short position earlier today, before closing out his entire profitable BTC long position. EmberCN quipped that this trading behavior is quite similar to that of ordinary investors: selling profitable positions as soon as possible, while clinging to loss-making positions and continuously adding to them.