John McAfee, cybersecurity wunderkind and founder of one the first major antivirus programs, tweeted a statement of rebellion against FUD in the early hours of February 2nd. In the wake of this week\'s vast market crashes on cryptocurrencies, McAfee spurs on the HODLers and advises them to stand up against corporate FUDding. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) are the weapons of the financial establishment.

\"We are in a revolution against the waning power of governments and bankers,\" McAfee says, a group whose \"only weapon is sowing fear.\" He sees the future offered by new technology as inevitable, and that giving in to FUD only helps the establishment. With BTC down below $8,000, ETH at $800 and Ripple a mere $0.67, McAfee stated categorically that \"Cryptocurrencies are not crashing,\" but merely \"bending against the impotent wind of the past.\"

CEO of MGT Investments since 2016, McAfee has redirected their technological focus onto bitcoin mining and crypto. He is also renowned for a storm of public tweeting about digital currencies, and for his notorious offer to \"eat [his] own dick on national television\" if the price of bitcoin did not reach half a million dollars within three years of July 2017.

A recent tweet confirmed that the bet was still on.