During a television interview, the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, reacted to the investigation by The New York Times, which revealed alleged payments to intermediaries for access to meetings with him during a technology forum in Buenos Aires. The article mentions Hayden Mark Davis, creator of the cryptocurrency $LIBRA, who suggested he had control over Milei's public activities and that this access would come at a high cost.
Davis claimed to have control over aspects such as Milei's tweets and his presence at public events. Additionally, it was mentioned that Mauricio Novelli, an Argentine businessman, had requested payments from entrepreneurs in the crypto sector for the possibility of briefly meeting with Milei and offered private meetings for amounts up to 500 thousand dollars.
When asked about this, Milei dismissed the issue as a "hairdresser's gossip" and pointed out that a third-party conflict was not his concern. During the interview, the Argentine president also downplayed the scandal related to the cryptocurrency $LIBRA, maintaining that its publication on social media aimed to support entrepreneurs.
The New York Times article has had a wide impact in Argentina and internationally, sparking a scandal involving various personalities from the cryptocurrency field, including Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, who has been cited in the investigation. Amid the crisis generated by these revelations, Milei has defended his position and denied having knowledge of the paid access offers to him.
