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U.S. Judge Halts Broad $LIBRA Discovery as Argentina Probe Traces Funds and Summons Milei

Buenos Aires investigators now cite blockchain transfers tying Hayden Davis to local intermediaries.

Overview

  • Judge Jennifer Rochon denied the creditor funds’ Section 1782 bid in New York as an overbroad fishing expedition and said the submitted material did not show the $LIBRA proceeds are state assets.
  • Rochon noted the record could suggest private beneficiaries such as Javier Milei, Karina Milei or Hayden Davis, while stressing there is no U.S. finding against them and that UK or Argentine courts are the proper forums.
  • Argentina’s congressional LIBRA commission voted to summon President Milei and requested exchange records for multiple figures, while seeking enforcement measures to secure appearances including Karina Milei, Mauricio Novelli and Manuel Terrones Godoy.
  • Querellants reported wallet‑level trails showing USDT flows from Davis to a Bitget account and onward to Novelli and a purported cash‑out wallet, including transfers of 1,015,000 USDT on Jan. 30 and 1,991,000 USDT on Feb. 3, corroborated with Binance data.
  • A complainant asked a federal judge to detain Novelli and Terrones Godoy, alleging obstruction, risk of flight and emptied accounts and boxes, as U.S. plaintiffs moved to revive the New York case with whistleblower claims of a wider token‑manipulation scheme involving Davis and Benjamin Chow.