Cryptocurrency entrepreneur John McAfee says he volition cease promoting individual coins to focus on his presidential bid — but already knows he will non win.

In a series of tweets beginning on Dec. 14, McAfee, who has built a big post-obit among crypto users, claimed that championing private projects in the space took up too much of his time. "I'k no longer doing crypto promos," one post summarized.

Elsewhere, McAfee was keen to note he was non retiring from cryptocurrency completely:

"People ask why I am no longer doing Blockchain promotions. It is very time consuming. My Presidential Campaign volition be starting in earnest in January and I cannot practice both. I am in no way abandoning crypto; only the chore of promoting specific projects."

When quizzed for more than information, the mogul nonetheless revealed doubts about his non-crypto perspectives. On the topic of whether he felt he could win equally a candidate in the 2022 United States Presidential Election, he replied, "I have no take a chance."

"I don't want to exist. I merely want to promote crypto on the national phase," another tweet stated.

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Despite gaining mixed reviews over his support of cryptocurrency projects in the past, McAfee is perhaps best known for his outrageous Bitcoin (BTC) price predictions.

Infamously, he bet that the Bitcoin price would summit $i one thousand thousand by the stop of 2022, and said he would eat his own penis if wrong. During the latest Twitter round, McAfee claimed the wager was "admittedly" still in play.

As Cointelegraph reported, the U.Southward. presidential bid coincided with McAfee fleeing the country over revenue enhancement bug. Living and coordinating his campaign from a gunkhole, McAfee and his wife were subsequently arrested twice in a week in the Dominican Republic.

In Oct, he launched a beta version of a decentralized exchange, or DEX, while a curious episode last month saw the appearance of a spoof cryptocurrency dedicated to deceased media mogul, Jeffery Epstein.