Cryptocurrencies
Milei’s Crypto Defense Backfires After Aide Interrupts Interview
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President Javier Milei stumbled in his bid to downplay his role in a crypto scandal in which he touted a memecoin that later crashed, with fallout spreading to Argentine assets after investors returned from a US holiday.
The libertarian leader tried to contain the effects of the weekend’s debacle in a Monday night television interview. But that effort backfired when parts that weren’t broadcast were accidentally uploaded to YouTube and subsequently deleted.