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Fugitive US tech guru McAfee: Cryptocurrency is next Cuban revolution

By Sarah Marsh

Jul 8 2019 1:14PM

John McAfee touts blockchain as way around sanctions.

Fugitive US tech guru McAfee: Cryptocurrency is next Cuban revolution

On the run from US tax authorities, tech guru John McAfee puffs a cigar aboard his towering white yacht in a Havana harbour and says he can help Cuba evade the US government too - by launching a cryptocurrency that defeats a US trade embargo. The creator of the eponymous antivirus software in ...

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