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 the 1980s, McAfee in an interview touted the anonymity of the digital currency while also outlining his belief that income tax is illegal and plans to run from Cuba for the Libertarian Party nomination for US president.