An Argentine prosecutor requested a decide on Thursday to concern an Interpol “Purple Discover”—a sweeping arrest request—for Hayden Davis, who claims to be behind the launch of a memecoin that has Bitcoin reserve, launched his personal memecoin in January. Trump’s cryptocurrency was characteristically known as TRUMP.
After Milei endorsed his personal memecoin, its worth skyrocketed to a complete market capitalization of greater than $4.5 billion, in response to the crypto analytics software DEX Screener. However LIBRA’s worth quickly plummeted, and it’s now fallen greater than 99% to about $18 million.
Blockchain analysts found that insiders, who held tokens earlier than Milei endorsed the memecoin, bought massive stashes shortly after he posted about LIBRA. Hayden quickly copped to serving to Milei launch his token. “I’m certainly Javier Milei’s advisor,” he mentioned in a publish on X. He additionally claimed to be behind the launch of Melania’s memecoin.
Simply days after LIBRA’s launch, a federal decide in Argentina opened an investigation into Milei. Each Milei and Hayden have denied wrongdoing.
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