A survey measured the impact on Javier Milei's image and yielded a surprising result.

Javier Milei is going through very difficult days for his administration following the scandal that erupted after his promotion of the LIBRA memecoin, whose value soared and ultimately plummeted, triggering calls for impeachment and lawsuits. Now, a survey conducted by the consulting firm Synopsis has measured, for the first time, the impact of the so-called "LIBRA gate" on the presidential image in an area where libertarian views have always predominated: social media. The survey recorded a historic peak of negative mentions of the libertarian, far above what occurred after other episodes that also caused tremors in the administration, such as the president's speech in Davos or his diplomatic clash with Spanish President Pedro Sánchez. In the period analyzed, from Friday the 14th, the day the President recommended the cryptocurrency, to Sunday, February 16th, a total of 2,010,655 mentions of the topic were recorded on social media: 76.1% were classified as mentions of negative sentiment toward Javier Milei, compared to 23.9% mentions of positive sentiment. The scandal surrounding Javier Milei's message about the cryptocurrency $LIBRA added a new episode this Tuesday. According to a specialized site, the creator of the digital asset, Hayden Davis, allegedly boasted in chats about "controlling" the Argentine president, thanks to alleged bribes he paid to Argentine officials, including the president's sister. The information, released by the specialized site "CoinDesk for Data & Tokens", was based on alleged chats that were made public in the digital world: they were allegedly exchanges between Davis and traders, in which the creator of $LIBRA boasted of his influence in the Argentine government. "In text messages reviewed by CoinDesk, Hayden Davis, CEO of Kelsier Ventures, claimed he could 'control' Milei because of the payments he had been making to Karina Milei, a powerful figure in the government," the specialized site's note states. The CoinDesk note also revealed alleged very strong statements from Hayden Davis. "I control that black guy," Davis is reported to have said in text messages from mid-December. He allegedly added: "I send money to his sister and he signs everything I say and does what I want." CoinDesk also notes that "the biggest winner from the launch of the Solana-based memecoin was Davis and Kelsier Ventures." In fact, according to reports, this is how the chats would have become known. Many traders who lost money with $LIBRA, enraged with Davis, would have made these messages public. In this context, they would have sent private evidence of what the young man planned to do with the token's launch and what he claimed to have done to achieve it. There is no evidence at the moment regarding the veracity of the facts he boasted about. The government categorically denies that Milei or anyone close to him profited from this case. One of these chats was also published by the newspaper La Nación and is a conversation between Davis and an executive of a crypto investment firm. The chat is from December 11, 2024, and Davis is seeking capital for the launch of the memecoin linked to Milei. "Great, we can also have Milei tweet, hold in-person meetings, and do a promotion. I control that nigga," Davis writes. "That's crazy," the businessman responds. “I send $$ to his sister and he signs what I say and does what I want. Craziest shit,” he added. The firm rejected the offer. In his public statements, Hayden has been trying to distance himself from the scandal and blames Milei for allegedly not fulfilling the agreed-upon agreement. According to the creator of the cryptocurrency, Milei withdrew her support for the launch prematurely, and that caused the price to fall. The libertarian narrative is the opposite: they claim that when they saw that the purpose of the cryptocurrency to raise funds to support Argentine SMEs was not being met, they decided to withdraw their support.