Kelsier Ventures
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Kelsier Ventures (legally Kelsier Labs LLC) is a Delaware-registered Web3 venture and marketing firm run by the Davis family, with Hayden Mark Davis as CEO. It was named as a defendant in federal class actions in the Southern District of New York alleging it acted as the launch and marketing arm of a serial pump-and-dump scheme across Solana memecoins including M3M3, MELANIA and LIBRA, with alleged losses of at least $69 million on M3M3 and roughly $251–286 million on LIBRA. Davis has publicly admitted to 'sniping' the MELANIA and LIBRA launches, on-chain analysts have linked Davis-controlled wallets to more than $100 million in alleged extraction, and Argentine authorities have frozen his assets and received a request for an Interpol Red Notice. On 29 September 2026, US District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon dismissed the Hurlock v. Kelsier class action with prejudice and denied leave to amend, ruling on the sufficiency of the pleadings and personal jurisdiction; the court did not find that the alleged conduct did or did not happen, and no court has ruled on the merits.
Connected Entities
27 entities · 60 linked investigations- Hayden Mark Davis→member of→Kelsier Ventures(95%)
- Gideon Davis→member of→Kelsier Ventures(95%)
- Tom Davis→member of→Kelsier Ventures(95%)
- Charles Thomas Davis→member of→Kelsier Ventures(90%)
- Benjamin Chow→member of→Kelsier Ventures(90%)
- Javier Milei→member of→Kelsier Ventures(95%)
- Karina Milei→member of→Kelsier Ventures(85%)
- Jonathan Clarke→member of→Kelsier Ventures(90%)
- Omar Hurlock→member of→Kelsier Ventures(90%)
- Jennifer L. Rochon→member of→Kelsier Ventures(90%)
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Connected Through
12 shared actors · 361 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □Solanaorganization
- □Meteoraorganization
- ♦LIBRA Tokentoken
- □Hayden Davisorganization
Community submissions
- https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/meteora-conducted-69-million-memecoin-scam-token-buyers-allege(news.bloomberglaw.com)
“Named defendant in both Meteora M3M3 and LIBRA/Milei lawsuits. Hayden Davis + family operated marketing for MELANIA and LIBRA token launches while allegedly holding undisclosed insider positions”
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Timeline(24 events)
October 2020
Kelsier Ventures reportedly begins operating with Hayden Mark Davis as CEO; incorporated in Delaware (approximate).
BlockBeats2021
Alternative approximate founding year given by another source; begins as an NFT and crypto marketing advisory firm.
$Libra cryptocurrency scandal — Wikipedia2023
Kelsier Ventures relocates operations to Dubai and expands into token launch marketing and crypto venture investment.
The Saga of Hayden Davis — Crypto PragmatistDecember 2024
M3M3 launches on Meteora; insider wallets allegedly acquire up to 95% of supply via 150+ wallets before public trading.
Crypto.newsDecember 2024
M3M3 price crashes within days of launch; alleged investor losses exceed $69 million.
Bloomberg LawJanuary 2025
MELANIA memecoin launches and reaches about $1.6 billion market cap before collapsing; Kelsier-linked wallets allegedly extract about $26 million.
Solana FloorFebruary 2025
Kelsier creates LIBRA; Milei promotes it; market cap peaks around $4.5–4.6 billion before an 85–95% crash within hours as insider wallets extract roughly $85–107 million.
$Libra cryptocurrency scandal — WikipediaFebruary 2025
Milei deletes his LIBRA posts; Davis gives an interview claiming $113 million in personal profits and calling events a plan gone wrong.
$Libra cryptocurrency scandal — WikipediaFebruary 2025
Media reporting identifies Hayden Davis and Kelsier Ventures as central to the LIBRA launch.
CryptoTimesMarch 2025
Argentine Judge Marcelo Martinez de Giorgi orders freezing of the assets of Hayden Davis and two crypto intermediaries.
ProtosMarch 2025
Argentine lawyer Gregorio Dalbón requests an Interpol Red Notice for Hayden Davis; none had been issued as of available reporting.
CoinDeskMarch 2025
Omar Hurlock files a class action in New York state court on behalf of LIBRA and M3M3 purchasers (per one account; another dates the Hurlock filing to April 19, 2025 in SDNY).
Hurlock v. Kelsier Ventures — CourtListenerApril 2025
Argentine Chamber of Deputies approves an investigation into the LIBRA scandal.
$Libra cryptocurrency scandal — WikipediaApril 2025
Clarke v. Chow (1:25-cv-03268) filed in SDNY against Kelsier Labs, the Davis family, Benjamin Chow and Meteora over M3M3.
Clarke et al v. Chow et al — SDNY complaint (CCH)May 2025
SDNY TRO freezes about $57.65 million in USDC across two Solana wallets tied to Kelsier.
CryptoPotatoJuly 2025
Amended complaint in Hurlock (Hurlock and Anuj Mehta) expands allegations to at least 15 token launches.
BlockTribuneAugust 2025
Judge Jennifer L. Rochon vacates the TRO and denies a preliminary injunction; merits remain pending.
Sbaiti and CompanyOctober 2025
Amended Hurlock filing introduces unpublished Davis text messages and whistleblower information on Kelsier–Meteora coordination.
FortuneOctober 2025
Defendants file a motion to dismiss in Hurlock v. Kelsier Ventures.
Hurlock v. Kelsier Ventures — CourtListenerNovember 2025
Argentine congressional commission releases a 200-page report concluding Milei allegedly used his office to promote a scam; an Argentine judge orders asset freezes on Davis and associates estimated at $100–120 million.
$Libra cryptocurrency scandal — Wikipedia29 September 2026
Judge Jennifer L. Rochon (SDNY) grants every motion to dismiss in Hurlock v. Kelsier, dismissing the amended complaint against Kelsier Labs, the Davis defendants, Benjamin Chow and Meteora with prejudice and denying leave to amend; the court did not find whether the alleged conduct did or did not happen.
Solana CompassDecision Log
- slot 422120408 · hash E7gC9er7Q2LVZ9qvp8D13ccaMX4JPNvvnSKvQHrrZ6Nv
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 decision). 54 of 59 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-update
generated: 5/25/2026, 6:14:30 PM
last updated: 10/3/2026, 2:57:44 AM
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