Argentine President denies LIBRA meme coin PR allegations

Argentine President Javier Milei spoke out against the LIBRA token controversy, strongly denying allegations that he promoted the token, whose value has plummeted.
In an interview with Todo Noticias, President Milley claimed that he had not promoted the LIBRA token, but had simply informed the public.
LIBRA, the native token of the Solana-based Libertad project, has denied allegations of fraud in a lawsuit filed against it on February 14th.
Immediately after Mirei mentioned the token on X, its market capitalization soared to $4.56 billion. However, the post was later deleted and the value of the token plummeted by 94%, resulting in the
Mirei was accused of a "pump-and-dump" fraud scheme. She maintained, "I have nothing to hide. I acted in good faith," but added, "Through this case,
"I realized that there is a need to go through a process of filtering what actions are appropriate," he said.
In response to the claim that 44,000 investors were affected, Milley said, "The majority of the victims
"They were semi-automated accounts (bots)," he said, claiming that "up to 5,000 people were involved," adding that "it is highly unlikely that any of them were Argentinian."
Meanwhile, María Fernanda Jupet, CEO of Argentine cryptocurrency exchange CryptoMKT,
Juppet said the incident will not affect the use of cryptocurrencies in Argentina. "In the Argentine market, most transactions are dollar-based digital currencies," he said.
"So while the Milley case may provoke political controversy, it is unlikely to affect the country's adoption of cryptocurrencies," he said.