Memecoin mania brings John McAfee back from the dead
John McAfee’s widow has been branded a grifter after she apparently immortalized the late tech entrepreneur with a new memecoin “built to defend digital freedom and carry on his mission.” Janice McAfee announced the launch of AIntivirus via McAfee’s own X account on Wednesday. The coin is positioned as an AI version of McAfee himself and calls itself “a string of defiance wrapped in cryptographic brilliance.” The announcement, which was presented as coming from McAfee himself (“I’m back… You didn’t think I would miss this cycle did you?”) fuelled speculation that the late businessman’s account had been hacked and was being used to shill a scam coin. I'm back with AIntivirus. An AI version of myself. You didn't think I would miss this cycle did you?https://t.co/thL0LoSZ2l Do not fall for scam tokens. This is the only official AIntivirus CA: BAezfVmia8UYLt4rst6PCU4dvL2i2qHzqn4wGhytpNJW@AIntivirus @the...