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The founder of McAfee Antivirus Software said he plans to run “around a libertarian platform,” and use his access to the national stage solely to discuss cryptocurrencies while expressing сonfidence that “no one will elect him as president.”
McAfee elaborated that his intention in running for president was not to win, but rather to gain a large public platform for promoting decentralized cryptocurrencies, stating:
“That’s crypto all I’m going to talk about. See, I don’t want to be president. I couldn’t be…no one’s going to elect me president, please God. However, I’ve got the right to run.”
McAfee commented that his pro-crypto stance is mainly based on the concept of “personal freedom,” stating that in his coming bid for the presidency he wants “to talk about personal freedom and how cryptocurrency can help us achieve that.”
As he said in the interview, back in his 2016 run, he focused on “lapses in cybersecurity.”
In June 2018, McAfee announced on Twitter that he would stop promoting Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) due to “threats” from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Previously, the businessman had admitted to charging over $100,000 per tweet to promote cryptocurrency projects and products.
McAfee also reiterated his prediction from last-year that top cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) will hit $1 million by the year of the U.S. presidential elections. However, McAfee clarified that that amount of U.S. dollars will not be the same $1 million that we have today since fiat currencies will logically flee to crypto markets, adding confidently:
“In five years time fiat will be on its last legs.”
The upcoming U.S. presidential run will be not the first one for McAfee, who sought the Libertarian Party nomination in 2016. McAfee has since claimed that if he “been more connected with the community in 2016,” he would even have better promoted the idea of “currency independence.”
