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Can't Believe He's Talking About It
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Overview
The video centers on commentary alleging that Hunter Biden promoted and launched a “celebrity shitcoin” called Laptop, which functioned like a classic pump-and-dump / rugpull scam. The commentary contrasts these claims with Biden’s public framing of himself as the inventor/mastermind trying to “make it right.”
1) Claim: Laptop was a predictable scam with massive losses
- The narrator argues that Laptop launched on launch day, spiked to a very large market cap, then collapsed rapidly—described as:
- down ~90% within an hour
- 99% within two hours
- They claim most traders lost money, while “snipers/bots/insiders” profited.
- The narrator says Biden’s post-launch behavior was unexpected because they expected him to “walk away” rather than defend the project.
2) Biden’s defense is portrayed as self-crediting and dismissive
The narration (via subtitles) depicts Biden emphasizing that:
- the coin is his,
- he worked on it for six months,
- he was “intimately involved” in design and tokonomics,
- it included an alleged innovation: a prediction market embedded into the coin.
The narrator mocks this framing as:
- delusional
- “nothing new,” arguing it mirrors patterns seen in other celebrity memecoins.
Liquidity explanation—and the narrator’s rebuttal
- Biden’s explanation for the early chaos (per subtitles) is that a market maker added only ~$5,000 liquidity, producing extreme price spikes followed by rapid collapse—described as making the chart resemble a “Christmas tree” / “Mount Everest.”
- The narrator counters that this does not justify the outcome for ordinary buyers, and portrays the “we’ll add liquidity and volume” response as typical scam damage control.
3) Airdrop/charity pitch is framed as inadequate
The narrator presents Biden’s side as offering:
- a 20% airdrop to Substack subscribers and people who lost money on another token,
- future airdrops,
- and a charity component tied to recovery/addiction.
The narrator dismisses these as insufficient, arguing:
- the coin has no real utility beyond hype buzzwords,
- and calls it a “nothing burger.”
4) “Game theory” theory: Biden may not have profited as expected
The narrator offers a speculative conspiracy/gamification argument:
- Hunter Biden might not have been able to get out in time,
- may be “salty” about not profiting at scale,
- and may be trying to reignite interest to get another chance at a pump so he can exit later.
The narrator suggests he “scammed himself” by failing to time his exit.
5) Additional controversy: Channel 5 email list allegedly shared for promotion
The video shifts to a separate scandal involving Channel 5. The narrator claims:
- Channel 5 shared an email list with Hunter (or his team) connected to promoting Laptop.
Andrew’s quoted explanation
A Channel 5 presenter (“Andrew”) is quoted saying:
- Hunter contacted him, claiming it was a “free giveaway” to benefit Channel 5 fans,
- Channel 5 provided a list pulled from an opt-in checkbox on merch checkout,
- the subset was described as under 5,000 emails (about under 0.5% of their base),
- Channel 5 had concerns and stopped/corrected the situation before the coin went live.
Ethical/legal concerns raised by the narrator
The narrator argues the core issue remains:
- sharing people’s data with someone connected to a scam is ethically questionable and potentially illegal, even if no emails successfully went out.
Media messaging dispute (Wall Street Journal)
The narrator alleges that Hunter’s team told the Wall Street Journal that Channel 5 curated a customer list for the coin, and claims this was misleading or fabricated.
Channel 5 responds by stating they:
- clarified publicly, and
- that Biden/Hunter reached out to request corrections.
Deletion claim
Channel 5 additionally claims the emails were:
- deleted
- removed from their records,
- with “proof” that they no longer have them.
Main Thrust of the Video
Overall, the commentary portrays:
- Laptop as an intentionally engineered memecoin scheme causing widespread losses,
- Biden’s public explanation as self-serving and technically thin relative to the alleged harm,
- promised remediation (airdrops/charity/liquidity) as damage control,
- and a parallel controversy about potentially improper sharing of opted-in customer email data for promotion.
Presenters / Contributors (as named in subtitles)
- Hunter (Hunter Biden; referred to as “Hunter” by the narrator)
- Andrew (Channel 5 presenter; named in the Channel 5 response portion)
- Andrew’s team / Channel 5 (collectively referenced)
- Wall Street Journal (mentioned as a publication contacted/briefed, not as a person)
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