Janice McAfee, spouse of notorious cybersecurity professional John McAfee, introduced the launch of AIntivirus (AINTI), a memecoin tied to an AI-driven venture impressed by her late husband’s legacy.
The token, which went stay on Jan. 23 at 1 A.M. GMT, reached a $100 million market cap inside 5 hours earlier than stabilizing close to $27 million. Its worth fluctuated between $0.27 and $1 through the first 11 buying and selling hours.
Per Janice McAfee’s X publish, the initiative combines John McAfee’s advocacy for privateness, crypto, decentralized know-how, and AI capabilities. The venture’s good contract handle was shared alongside warnings towards fraudulent tokens. In a separate publish, she emphasised leveraging her husband’s unfinished work to “develop his legacy” amid the present market cycle. McAfee is alleged to be “John McAfee AI incarnated.”
The launch follows the Trump household’s success with the official TRUMP and MELANIA memecoins forward of the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration.
AIntivirus’s volatility mirrors patterns seen in celebrity-linked tokens, the place preliminary hype typically outpaces sustained demand. The token is already down 70% from its short-liven all-time excessive. The token’s efficiency aligns with broader memecoin developments, which have resurged as Bitcoin repeatedly assessments all-time highs above $100,000. Whereas the venture claims to combine AI instruments for cybersecurity—a nod to John McAfee’s antivirus software program—particular technical particulars stay undisclosed past a promotional web site.
The web site reads,
“In a world overrun by surveillance states, company greed and digital enslavement, the AIntivirus is the final word disrupter.
A string of defiance wrapped in cryptographic brilliance. If $AIntivirus represents freedom, privateness and sticking it to the institution, then contemplate it endorsed. Use it correctly, use it boldly, don’t let anybody let you know the best way to stay your life.”
The token’s contract handle is ‘BAezfVmia8UYLt4rst6PCU4dvL2i2qHzqn4wGhytpNJW.’and the supplies spotlight the dangers of ‘copycat scams.’
As of press time, it’s unclear whether or not this launch is itself a rip-off fueled by hacking each McAfee accounts. Nevertheless, the neighborhood response has been blended no matter its origin.
