McAfee continues to promote cryptocurrencies from his Spanish jail cell

John McAfee, an eccentric millionaire, crypto enthusiast, and anti-virus expert, was recently detained in Spain on charges of U.S. tax evasion.

With regard to PayPal's recent announcement, McAfee said "PayPal's acceptance of cryptocurrency signals, I believe, a new wave of cryptocurrency acceptance worldwide. Governments around the world will have to get used to cryptocurrencies."

In 2017, McAfee boldly forecast that Bitcoin would hit $1 million within three years, though he later took back his comment in July 2020.

"We will see very soon a new movement into using cryptocurrencies as transactions rather than as get rich quick schemes. This is why I developed the private $GHOST stablecoin."

Although McAfee is no longer involved with the Ghost cryptocurrency asset, he still remains a part of the network's broader privacy project.

"My work with $GHOST revolves entirely around our development of the world's first private stablecoin," McAfee explained.

According to his correspondence, which was facilitated through his wife Mrs. Janice McAfee, he has not yet been transported to the U.S., and still resides in Barcelona.

"I have not seen the full complaint or the charges against me, but I assume they are also looking into my crypto activities," John said.

McAfee and his wife have posted a number of updates via their Twitter profiles following his arrest.

John evaded the U.S. authorities for quite some time due to the tax charges against him.