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Argentinian president Javier Milei promotes memecoin that then crashes 95% in apparent $100 million+ rug pull
web3isgoinggreat.comA tweet from Argentina's president Javier Milei promoted a memecoin called Libra, which he described as a "private project [that] will [be] dedicated to encouraging the growth of the Argentine economy by funding small Argentine businesses and startups". The token quickly soared in price as traders poured in.However, within hours of the launch, insiders began selling off their holdings of the token. The token had been highly concentrated among insiders, with around 82% of the token held in a small cluster of apparently insider addresses. Those insiders cashed out around $107 million, crashing the token price by around 95%.After the crash, Milei deleted his tweet promoting the project. He later claimed he was "not aware of the details of the project and after having become aware of it I decided not to continue spreading the word (that is why I deleted the tweet)."
What a crazy world we live in, presidents and politicians can make off a lot of money throught more subtly methods but now they decide to do crypto rug pulls publicly lmao
It’s more about making money for their pals rather themselves I think.