On February 15th Mr Davis called himself “Javier Milei’s adviser” and said that he was “working with him and his team”. Mr Milei’s office has said the government has no connection to Mr Davis. This was not Mr Milei’s first brush with crypto controversy.

The Argentine president is scheduled to meet with the head of the IMF to secure more funding, and hopes to meet with Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference

Around $99 million worth of cryptocurrency was withdrawn from the marketplace of a coin at the centre of a scandal in Argentina by eight digital wallets linked to the crypto token's creator, blockchain researchers said.