Instead, Milei strayed light years away from his comfort zone by embarking on off-topic anti-woke cultural wars at the World Economic Forum in Davos in late January, followed in mid-February by the totally unforced error of his “diffusion” of the ‘$LIBRA’ cryptocurrency launched by the Texan sharpster Hayden Davis – the legal consequences will take time to materialise if ever but the damage to political image is already there (even if remaining latent in the opinion polls).

The budding scandal in Argentina has been dubbed locally as “cryptogate” and has links to a diverse cast of characters, including a high-profile U.S. influencer, a crypto developer who uses the pseudonym “Meow,” and a 28-year-old American entrepreneur who said he helped launch first lady Melania Trump’s meme coin last month.