Forensic recovery from lobbyist Mauricio Novelli’s iPhone revealed a Feb. 11, 2025 draft outlining a three-part $5 million payment structure allegedly tied to Argentine President Javier Milei’s promotion of the Libra memecoin: $1.5M advance, $1.5M if Milei named an advisor (listed as Hayden Davis/Kelsier/the Davis family), and $2M on signing an in-person blockchain/AI consulting contract. A Feb. 16 draft appears to be a crisis message denying Milei's financial involvement. Call logs show Novelli contacted Milei, Milei’s sister Karina and adviser Santiago Caputo around the token’s launch; the Libra memecoin briefly reached a $4 billion market cap then fell 94%.

Forensic data recovered a dated draft specifying a $5M payment schedule linked to Milei’s promotion of the Libra memecoin and a follow-up crisis message; call records show direct communications between the lobbyist and Milei/their advisers coinciding with the token’s launch, which saw a $4B market-cap spike and a subsequent 94% crash. These concrete findings imply reputational and regulatory risk for the token and principal figures, warranting negative sentiment and moderate market impact.