McAfee stops promoting ICOs after 'threats' from regulator
Cybersecurity expert and cryptocurrency advocate John McAfee on Tuesday said that he will stop promoting Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) citing unspecified "threats" from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. McAfee wrote from his verified Twitter account, which has over 820,000 followers. In May, McAfee revealed that he charged $500,000 (â¹3.4 crore) per tweet to promote ICOs.