A meme coin scandal and investigation have dented the popularity of Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei and hindered his efforts to strengthen political alliances ahead of congressional midterm elections this year.

On February 14, Javier Milei posted a link to the Libra meme coin project on X, touting its dedication to “encouraging the growth of the Argentine economy.” Hours later, the Argentine President deleted the tweet and posted, “I was not aware of the details of the project and after having become aware of it I decided not to continue spreading it.”

Another head of state promoted a meme coin, only this time it went very, very badly.Why it matters: There's been a lot of talk about why the Official Trump meme coin could be bad, but the Argentinian experiment did go bad,

A new cryptocurrency called $Libra bilked investors out of $250 million. It had been promoted by President Javier Milei.