Hayden Davis
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Hayden Mark Davis (born November 27, 1996) is an American cryptocurrency marketer and CEO of Kelsier Ventures who orchestrated the launch of the $LIBRA token on February 14, 2025 — a memecoin promoted by Argentine President Javier Milei that collapsed 85–95% within hours, causing an estimated $251 million in losses across approximately 44,000 to 74,000 investors. On-chain analytics by Bubblemaps and Nansen identified insider wallets tied to Davis and associates extracting between $87 million and $107 million in liquidity during the price peak. Davis is subject to an Interpol Red Notice sought by Argentine prosecutors, a U.S. federal class action (Hurlock v. Kelsier, S.D.N.Y.), and parallel Argentine criminal proceedings; he denies fraud allegations, characterizing the collapse as 'a plan gone miserably wrong.'
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“Interpol Red Notice request filed by Argentine prosecutor in March 2025 — represents significant legal escalation against Davis beyond initial LIBRA coverage”
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Timeline(14 events)
October 2020
Hayden Davis becomes CEO of Kelsier Ventures, a Delaware-registered entity he operates with his father Tom and brother Gideon.
19 January 2025
Kelsier Ventures facilitates the launch of the $MELANIA memecoin. Davis later admits his team sniped the token, extracting profits via shared wallet infrastructure.
14 February 2025
Kelsier Ventures creates the $LIBRA token at 6:58 PM Argentina time. Three minutes later, President Milei promotes the token on X, Instagram, and Facebook. Price surges to ~$5.20 and market cap reaches $4.6 billion before insider wallets liquidate holdings, crashing the price by 85-95%.
15 February 2025
LIBRA market cap collapses to ~$162 million. Nine founding accounts are identified as having extracted approximately $87 million in liquidity. Over 112 criminal complaints are filed in Argentine courts within 48 hours of the crash.
17 February 2025
Davis appears in a Coffeezilla interview, denying rug pull allegations and characterizing the collapse as 'a plan gone miserably wrong.' He admits to sniping LIBRA and MELANIA and discloses his team's profit of approximately $113 million.
8 March 2025
The $WOLF token launches. Bubblemaps subsequently links the launch wallet to the same infrastructure Davis used for LIBRA, with $WOLF reaching $43 million market cap before collapsing 99%.
13 March 2025
Argentine prosecutor Gregorio Dalbón petitions a federal judge to issue an Interpol Red Notice for Davis, citing flight risk and alleged fraud. Multiple outlets later report the notice was issued.
17 March 2025
Plaintiff Omar Hurlock files a class action complaint against Davis, Kelsier Labs LLC, and co-defendants in New York Supreme Court (later removed to S.D.N.Y. as Case No. 1:25-cv-03891-JLR).
8 April 2025
Argentina's Chamber of Deputies formally approves an investigation into the LIBRA scandal.
30 May 2025
S.D.N.Y. Judge Jennifer L. Rochon enters a temporary restraining order freezing approximately $280 million in LIBRA-related assets.
23 June 2025
Davis files a voluntary three-page declaration in S.D.N.Y., denying fraud, asserting LIBRA was intended to benefit Argentine small businesses, attributing the crash to Milei deleting his posts, and challenging the court's jurisdiction.
19 August 2025
Judge Rochon denies plaintiffs' motion for injunctive relief and dissolves the $280 million asset freeze, agreeing that plaintiffs had not met their burden. The underlying class action remains pending.
October 2025
A court filing in the $MELANIA class action names Davis and Benjamin Chow, alleging they 'weaponized fame to disarm diligence' across multiple coordinated token launches.
November 2025
Argentine federal judge orders freezing of assets belonging to Davis and two associates. An Argentine congressional commission issues a 200-page report concluding Milei allegedly used his presidency to promote a scam.
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last updated: 8/29/2026, 1:35:39 AM
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