The corrective affidavit of Manuel Adorni He did not achieve what the Chief of Staff expected. Far from closing the debate about the origin of his assets, the presentation of more than $500,000 supposedly accumulated in bitcoin before entering public service ignited a new wave of skepticism in public opinion and in the media related to the Government. One of those who came out with the most ammunition was the journalist Manu Jovehost of A24, who resorted to the archive to draw a portrait of the pre-official Adorni that collides head-on with the story of millionaire cryptocurrencies.
Jove recalled on his social networks the work origins of the now powerful Chief of Staff with sharp irony: “He bought spoiled sausages and worked on Gritalo TV, with 14 views on YouTube!”. The reference to the low-view channel where Adorni made his first weapons as an economic analyst was the kickoff of a broader argument: how did someone who survived with those resources accumulate a fortune in cryptocurrencies before cryptocurrencies were massive?
The journalist was forceful: “Adorni was a croto before the public service. And out of nowhere he bought mansions, he didn’t ask for prices for spare parts, he spent everything on his apartment in Caballito too. It’s very obvious: he started to have a nouveau riche life when he entered the State. They are taking people for idiots”. The question underlying Jove’s analysis is the same one that runs through the legal case being processed in Comodoro Py: if Adorni had that fortune in crypto accumulated before 2019, why did his lifestyle take such an abrupt turn just after taking office as Secretary of Communication in December 2023?
The sworn statement submitted to the Anti-Corruption Office and ARCA incorporated for the first time USD 513,000 linked to investments in bitcoin supposedly made between 2013 and 2018. Adorni claimed to have invested some $200,000 and have won others 300,000. That money—until now outside the fiscal radar—would be the origin of the house in the country Indio Cuá and the apartment in Caballito, both acquired during 2025. In parallel, he himself acknowledged before the cameras: “We save in black, like all Argentines”.
Jove’s response was not limited to journalistic analysis. With the sarcasm that characterizes him, the A24 driver made a formal – although ironic – request to the legislators: that the day on which Adorni presented the sworn statement be declared “The Day of the Boludo”in commemoration of the moment when the Chief of Staff tried to convince the country that a moderately visible communicator, who bought out-of-date sausages, had managed to amass half a million dollars in crypto assets before setting foot in a State office. The proposal was received with laughter and thousands of views on social networks. Humor, once again, said what more formal journalism took time to say.
