How Circle’s institutional Arc blockchain got taken over by memecoins on day one
Circle blockchain Arc's first day was dominated by memecoins, and the traders behind them had already moved on by Thursday morning. Source:CoinDesk
Solana sees record 263K tokens issued in a single day
Memecoin platform Pump.fun accounted for most of the new tokens among launchpads, as the Solana network notched a new alltime daily issuance high.…
Bitcoin trades near $78,000 as memecoins, small caps lead a broad crypto retreat
Bitcoin fell 2% over 24 hours to $78,111 as 95 of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents declined, with most of the damage done overnight. Source:CoinDesk
Hunter Biden denies profiting from memecoin after his LAPTOP crashes
Nansen found a $117,800 unrealized loss in one wallet as the team announced liquidity incentives and Bubblemaps flagged fresh top holders. Source:Cointelegraph
Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP blames bots after 98% crash as traders rack up six-figure losses
The team said thin liquidity and automated traders distorted the launch, while Nansen data showed some early buyers sitting on sixfigure losses after the…
Hunter Biden’s memecoin flops, falling 95% just hours after launch
Investor appetite for memecoins has clearly not recovered, even as bitcoin prices have crept higher. Source:MarketWatch
Hunter Biden's new LAPTOP token lost 98% of its value in under an hour after $1.6 billion debut
LAPTOP swung from $190 to under $4 within minutes of opening on Base. Onchain records show tokens had been distributed to market makers for a week before…
Hunter Biden’s laptop controversy gets a memecoin afterlife
The project’s disclosures say LAPTOP has no utility, lock founder tokens for six months and reserve 2% for wallets that lost money on TRUMP.…
GameStop now generates more revenue from collectibles than video games
The original meme stock is not the company that was famously portrayed in the movie “Dumb Money.” Source:MarketWatch
Crypto traders turn on Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin before it even launches
Kraken deleted a promotional post after backlash, while a media group named in the token's distribution publicly distanced itself from the project.…
Joe Biden’s son to launch memecoin, will send to TRUMP holders: WSJ
Hunter Biden will reportedly distribute 200 million of the LAPTOP token to his substack subscribers, members of a mailing list and investors in President…
Hunter Biden debuts 'LAPTOP' memecoin targeting TRUMP holders
LAPTOP debuts Wednesday on Base, with nearly a third of the supply set to be burned if a slate of political and market outcomes — including a Democratic win in…