John McAfee Takes a U-Turn from His $1M BTC Price Prediction

Monday, 01/06/2020 | 08:24 GMT by Arnab Shome
  • He even said that he will eat his “d**k on national television” if BTC failed to achieve the price.
John McAfee Takes a U-Turn from His $1M BTC Price Prediction
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John McAfee, the eccentric tech billionaire and crypto advocate, is backing out from his earlier prediction of Bitcoin prices touching $1 million by the end of this year.

In his latest tweet on Saturday, he called Bitcoin a "crippled crypto-tech" and his previous claims "absurd humor."

McAfee first predicted the insane rise of the price rise of Bitcoin in 2018 and has firmly maintained and defended his position for a long time.

He even said that if Bitcoin failed to rise to his predictions, "I will eat my d**k on national television."

But now he has taken a complete U-turn from that stand, calling it complete humor.

"Wake up!" McAfee wrote. "If Bitcoin ever hit $1 mil, it's market cap would be greater than the GDP of the entire North American Continent."

"What idiot could believe such nonsense?"

McAfee started to deviate from his earlier insane claims from January, calling it "a ruse to onboard new users."

"Bitcoin was first. It's an ancient technology. All know it," he then added.

A controversial Bitcoin proponent

McAfee is one of the major advocates of the crypto economy, with millions of followers. However, he is equally controversial and rarely out of the cryptocurrency news.

Earlier, he was accused of shilling shady cryptocurrency projects and was taking hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single tweet.

The 74-year old also launched a crypto Trading Platform , McAfeeMagic, last year, which failed to appeal to the traders.

John McAfee, the eccentric tech billionaire and crypto advocate, is backing out from his earlier prediction of Bitcoin prices touching $1 million by the end of this year.

In his latest tweet on Saturday, he called Bitcoin a "crippled crypto-tech" and his previous claims "absurd humor."

McAfee first predicted the insane rise of the price rise of Bitcoin in 2018 and has firmly maintained and defended his position for a long time.

He even said that if Bitcoin failed to rise to his predictions, "I will eat my d**k on national television."

But now he has taken a complete U-turn from that stand, calling it complete humor.

"Wake up!" McAfee wrote. "If Bitcoin ever hit $1 mil, it's market cap would be greater than the GDP of the entire North American Continent."

"What idiot could believe such nonsense?"

McAfee started to deviate from his earlier insane claims from January, calling it "a ruse to onboard new users."

"Bitcoin was first. It's an ancient technology. All know it," he then added.

A controversial Bitcoin proponent

McAfee is one of the major advocates of the crypto economy, with millions of followers. However, he is equally controversial and rarely out of the cryptocurrency news.

Earlier, he was accused of shilling shady cryptocurrency projects and was taking hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single tweet.

The 74-year old also launched a crypto Trading Platform , McAfeeMagic, last year, which failed to appeal to the traders.

About the Author: Arnab Shome
Arnab Shome
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About the Author: Arnab Shome
Arnab is an electronics engineer-turned-financial editor. He entered the industry covering the cryptocurrency market for Finance Magnates and later expanded his reach to forex as well. He is passionate about the changing regulatory landscape on financial markets and keenly follows the disruptions in the industry with new-age technologies.
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