Stories that Hayden Davis despatched texts claiming he can management Argentine President Javier Milei by his influential sister have been dismissed as “politically motivated” by the embattled LIBRA mastermind.
The content material of the alleged texts, allegedly despatched to a crypto funding agency exec final December whereas Davis was in search of funds to launch the Milei memecoin, was reported by CoinDesk on Tuesday.
In its article, the writer featured a screenshot from a supply near the matter that appeared to point out Davis bragging about controlling Milei utilizing some type of monetary cost to his sister, Karina Milei.
Nevertheless, Davis has moved to distance himself from the claims, stating that he by no means made or requested any funds. “This is nothing more than a politically motivated attack on President Milei,” he informed CoinDesk.
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The Argentinian information outlet La Nacion additionally had entry to the texts and after the story was printed, a Davis consultant informed the outlet that he didn’t keep in mind sending the messages and “couldn’t find them on his phone.”
Numerous customers on X are additionally questioning the legitimacy of the texts and their supply. Guide BowTiedMara famous the messages could possibly be “screenshots from DMs between you and me.”
“Granted, the language usage does seem to coincide with Hayden’s, there is no way to know for a fact that these messages are old or created just now after LIBRA blew up,” BowTiedMara stated.
Protos has reached out to CoinDesk and La Nacion and can replace if we obtain a response.
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