A key actor behind the balanced token boasted of the purchase of access to the interior circle of the Argentinian president Javier Milei for the months before the launch and the scandalous crash of the same.
In the text messages examined by Coindesk, Hayden Davis, CEO of Kelers Ventures, said he could “control” Milei because of the payments he had made in Karina Milei, a powerful figure of the Milei government, without mentioning the Sister of the President.
“I control this N ****,” said Davis in SMS in mid-December, adding: “I send $$ to his sister and he signs everything I say and do what I want.”
Karina Milei’s office did not respond to a request for comments. Davis did not respond to several requests for comments.
It was not clear if money was exchanged between Davis and Milei inside the circle before the launch of the balance.
Davis’ claims of December add a new dimension to an anti-corruption survey that the Argentina’s presidential office opened on Javier Milei, who, on February 15, drew attention to the condemned crypto swing as a new means to finance small businesses in this country.
But the largest winner of the same launch, based in Solana, was Davis and Kelier Ventures. The entities controlled portfolios have brought in more than $ 100 million in the first hours of the balance, when it climbed $ 5, then crashed more than 95%, annihilating millions of dollars in speculative investments.
Opposition leaders in Argentina threatened to call an indictment on the incident, which the local press invented, “critical”. The scandal weighs on the Argentina stock market and pushed Milei into “damage control,” said an observer in the country’s crypto space.
In December text messages, Davis said he could lead Milei to promote businesses on social networks. Milei’s tweet on the scale two months later fueled its increase. When he removed the tweet after only five hours – and after chain detectives had discovered evidence of shady transactions – the price of the balance had already crushed.
