On February 15th Mr Davis called himself “Javier Milei’s adviser” and said that he was “working with him and his team”. Mr Milei’s office has said the government has no connection to Mr Davis. This was not Mr Milei’s first brush with crypto controversy.

Javier Milei’s crypto stunt wiped out $251 million in trader losses overnight. The Argentine president endorsed a Solana-based memecoin, $LIBRA, on Friday,

A new report cites text messages that appear to show the crypto mogul bragging about exerting some sort of control over the Argentinian leader.