
Cryptocurrency influencers hype up ICOs, sometimes making $105,000 a tweet - valeg
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cryptocurrency-ico-influencers-20180626-story.html
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justboxing
Click-bait.  It's not "influencers".  It's 1 guy.  And most of you would've
already guessed who that is...

The-Pump-and-Dump-King... high on PHP (the drug not the language)[1]

> crypto celebrity John McAfee has long been a promoter-for-hire, saying in
> March that he charged $105,000 per tweet. 

[1] Source: The Obscure, Legal Drug That Fuels John McAfee =>
[http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/the-obscure-
leg...](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/the-obscure-legal-drug-
that-fuels-john-mcafee.html)

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athom
Man, I thought you'd just misidentified PCP, and had to go look it up.  Best
link I found on the subject:
[http://www.dadhacker.com/blog/?p=1914](http://www.dadhacker.com/blog/?p=1914)
on PCP vs PHP

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nathanaldensr
Can we stop giving this idiot (John McAfee) free exposure? 

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toppy
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