Cryptocurrency influencers hype up ICOs, sometimes making $105,000 a tweet

[valeg]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cryptocurrency-ico-influencers-20180626-story.html

[justboxing]

Click-bait. It's not "influencers". It's 1 guy. And most of you would've already guessed who that is...

The-Pump-and-Dump-King... high on PHP (the drug not the language)[1]

> crypto celebrity John McAfee has long been a promoter-for-hire, saying in March that he charged $105,000 per tweet.

[1] Source: The Obscure, Legal Drug That Fuels John McAfee => http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/the-obscure-leg...

[athom → justboxing]

Man, I thought you'd just misidentified PCP, and had to go look it up. Best link I found on the subject: http://www.dadhacker.com/blog/?p=1914 on PCP vs PHP

[Geee → justboxing]

He's also a professional troll and no one knows if he's serious.

[TheJoYo → justboxing]

I hope there are good recipes for dick.

[nathanaldensr]

Can we stop giving this idiot (John McAfee) free exposure?

[toppy]

Thank you EU for not allowing us to use the web unlike the rest of the world.

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