Specialists define them as a liberal experiment, a challenge to the States and even a new world political force. cryptocurrencies They are the object of study in all the bunkers because, in addition, they allow leaders to connect with a generally disenchanted sector of the electorate: young people.
In that line, Javier Milei and Patricia Bullrich they gave their opinion regarding different cryptos; Horacio Rodriguez Larreta authorized porteños to pay their taxes with virtual currency; and Mauricio Macri met with the creator of Ethereum, one of the most valued cryptocurrencies in the world. The opposition seeks an advantage in the digital world.
EXPERIMENT. Milei’s recommendations ended in the worst way: the crypto company and investment platform that it promoted was suspected of being a virtual scam and now there are many users hoping to get paid, while the liberal economist strikes a balance between defending the company and not being tarnished for this matter.
It all started on social media. Milei was shown at the Coinxworld offices. “They are revolutionizing the way of investing to help Argentines escape inflation,” he wrote on Instagram earlier this year. Six months later, dozens of clients reported that they had not been returned the money invested, despite their insistence.
Days ago, Miley took off, although he continues to maintain that it was not a scam: “Coinx people called me and asked me for a professional opinion. I asked them to show me how the business worked, basically what they did,” she said in an interview on Radio With You. According to the economist, since the company did not want to make the changes that he requested, he ended up leaving. However, the post where he promotes them is still on Instagram.
“I can’t believe it. Milei, you are still defending Coinx financial ponzi fraud. I even excuse you from being a deputy and getting paid for the promotion, but not for you to believe that it was a real ‘investment’ ”, the former militant of her repudiated him, Carlos Maslaton. Many of the investors publicly stated that they ventured to give up their savings after seeing the economist’s advertising. In mid-June, the National Securities Commission ordered Coinxworld “to stop offering investment and trading advice.” Bad news for the liberal.
Without getting too involved Bullrich also made his recommendations and with the same argument as Milei: to fight against inflation. It happened in April, in the middle of a tour of the PRO head in the United States, where she was able to visit companies from Silicon Valley. “This is a digital model of stable currency, the one that proposes Stellar, an NGO that I visited in San Francisco,” he wrote on his Twitter account.
Later, in a video he explained: “You can have your money in a digital system. That money is against a stable currency, which allows you to fight against the inflation that we have in Argentina”, she said. And he concluded: “These new digital money systems are the ones that are going to revolutionize our country, because they are going to allow people to transact freely, ending all the ridiculous regulations that we have in Argentina.”
the of Bullrich It was not a good forecast either: since its publication on the networks, Stellar lowered its price by half. In favor of the leader of the PRO, it must be said that for weeks the markets of cryptocurrencies recorded widespread declines.
MODERNIZE. With a Steve Jobs style and his famous presentations of Apple products, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta He took the stage at the Teatro San Martín and promised a “very profound transformation.” In April, the head of government announced Buenos Aires +, a plan to streamline public procedures and pay with cryptocurrencies City taxes. A way to connect with the youngest. Therefore, he concluded: “Today technology crosses our lives completely. This is a plan to continue building a modern State, taking advantage of technology”.
Approaching the crypto world is an important task for today’s leaders. The initial kick was given by former president Mauricio Macri, who in December met with Vitálik Buterin, the 28-year-old programmer who created Ethereumthe second most important virtual currency in the world behind Bitcoin.
macri was not the only one: Larreta crossed paths with him at a Soda Stereo recital at the Movistar Arena and invited him to have a coffee at the seat of the Buenos Aires Government. And they also made their moves in the ruling party: Buterin met with Martin Guzman. “Enriching meeting with Vitalik, who with his talent and dedication is helping to move the state of global technology”, published the Minister of Economy. Then he toured Villa 31 with Juan Grabois, who took the opportunity to criticize local businessmen: “It’s the other side of the Galperins. Without that greed and cruelty that she leaks through the pores of unicorns. He is more interested in knowledge in all its dimensions than in the accumulation of capital, fully aware of the emptiness of money and the expiration of the current relations of what they call ‘property’ “.
Argentina is one of the countries with the largest holding of cryptocurrencies in the region. Politicians know this and do not want to be left out of a debate that is happening on the planet. That is why the opposition began to interfere in the crypto world, despite the risk that the recommendations they make could be depreciated. Even more than the weight.
