Manuel Adorni, Argentina’s cabinet chief, revealed that Bitcoin gains explain the roughly $513,000 he kept off the books, a claim that surfaced on June 10 after a federal probe. The disclosure links the hidden cash to crypto investments made before his government tenure.
Investigation Background
Authorities opened an illicit‑enrichment investigation in late March, demanding that Adorni prove the origin of undisclosed assets and properties. The anti‑corruption office and the Revenue and Customs Control Agency filed the case, prompting him to file amended asset declarations on the same evening.
Bitcoin Trade Details
Adorni told La Nación that he entered the Bitcoin market in 2013, intensified investing between 2014 and 2018, and turned a $200,000 outlay into roughly $300,000 of profit. He cited a wallet where he purchased