John McAfee to SEC: "Back the F*** Off"
- The anti-virus software pioneer made his remarks in response to a statement by Jay Clayton
It looks set to be the debate of the century. The eccentric John McAfee, founder and former owner of eponymous anti-virus software company, McAfee, stated this Thursday that he wants to debate the chair of the Securities and Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term Commission, Jay Clayton.
McAfee made the announcement on his Twitter account. The British-American businessman has spent the last several days engaged in a ‘meme war’ in which he has been spamming his followers with Bitcoin Bitcoin While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that Read this Term-related memes such as the one below.
One of the pictures from John McAfee's meme war
In the midst of the meme war, Clayton had an interview with American broadcaster CNBC. The interview was of note as Clayton stated that he thinks cryptocurrencies, except for bitcoin, are securities.
Don't mess with McAfee
McAfee, a libertarian and huge cryptocurrency advocate, issued a response to this statement that was, at least initially, fairly measured. He said only that he didn’t agree with Clayton and he wouldn’t be working on any new initial coin offerings (ICOs) in the near future.
This was followed up by a slightly more forceful tweet in which McAfee prayed for the SEC to prosecute firms that had launched ICOs prior to Clayton’s statement. “If they do,” McAfee said, “I will be the greatest thorn in the side of the SEC since the founding of our Constitution.”
After this, McAfee went all in. He said that he would “welcome the opportunity to RIP the SEC a new asshole” and that, if the regulator refused to debate him, they should “back the f*** off.”
Having returned briefly to posting memes, McAfee then encouraged his followers to email or call Clayton and the SEC to encourage the regulator to debate him. Whether or not McAfee’s efforts will come to fruition remains to be seen, but this author wishes him the best of luck.
The threats against the SEC, interspersed as they were with various memes, provide a brief snapshot into the brilliant mind of McAfee. In recent years he has run for president, been investigated in connection to a murder case in Belize, said he doesn’t use his own software as its “annoying” and suggested that George Jung, a former drug lord, will be writing his biography.
It looks set to be the debate of the century. The eccentric John McAfee, founder and former owner of eponymous anti-virus software company, McAfee, stated this Thursday that he wants to debate the chair of the Securities and Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term Commission, Jay Clayton.
McAfee made the announcement on his Twitter account. The British-American businessman has spent the last several days engaged in a ‘meme war’ in which he has been spamming his followers with Bitcoin Bitcoin While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that Read this Term-related memes such as the one below.
One of the pictures from John McAfee's meme war
In the midst of the meme war, Clayton had an interview with American broadcaster CNBC. The interview was of note as Clayton stated that he thinks cryptocurrencies, except for bitcoin, are securities.
Don't mess with McAfee
McAfee, a libertarian and huge cryptocurrency advocate, issued a response to this statement that was, at least initially, fairly measured. He said only that he didn’t agree with Clayton and he wouldn’t be working on any new initial coin offerings (ICOs) in the near future.
This was followed up by a slightly more forceful tweet in which McAfee prayed for the SEC to prosecute firms that had launched ICOs prior to Clayton’s statement. “If they do,” McAfee said, “I will be the greatest thorn in the side of the SEC since the founding of our Constitution.”
After this, McAfee went all in. He said that he would “welcome the opportunity to RIP the SEC a new asshole” and that, if the regulator refused to debate him, they should “back the f*** off.”
Having returned briefly to posting memes, McAfee then encouraged his followers to email or call Clayton and the SEC to encourage the regulator to debate him. Whether or not McAfee’s efforts will come to fruition remains to be seen, but this author wishes him the best of luck.
The threats against the SEC, interspersed as they were with various memes, provide a brief snapshot into the brilliant mind of McAfee. In recent years he has run for president, been investigated in connection to a murder case in Belize, said he doesn’t use his own software as its “annoying” and suggested that George Jung, a former drug lord, will be writing his biography.