Argentine presidential hopeful Javier Milei — a pro-Bitcoin, anti-central bank libertarian — has won a majority of the votes in a primary election.

An Argentine politician, who supports Bitcoin

BTC

$29,391

and calls for abolishing his country’s central bank, has taken the lead in the country’s presidential open primary elections.

With over 90% of the votes counted, libertarian pro-Bitcoin candidate Javier Milei is leading with nearly 32%. He is trailed by the conservative Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio) party, with just under 30%, according to Bloomberg data.

Meanwhile, the left-wing Union for the Homeland (Unión por la Patria) coalition — the incumbent government’s group — is third with just over 28.5% of the vote.

Milei founded and leads the Liberty Advances (La Libertad Avanza) coalition, whose views have been described as anywhere between libertarian and far-right.

Milei calls himself an anarcho-capitalist, has rallied for Argentina’s central bank to be abolished, calling it a scam, and has said human organ sales are “just another market.”

Related: Argentine agency opens investigation into Worldcoin over biometric data

He has said Bitcoin is a reaction against “central bank scammers” and claimed fiat currency allows politicians to scam Argentines with inflation.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoiner-javier-milei-wins-argentina-presidential-primary

Argentine presidential hopeful Javier Milei — a pro-Bitcoin, anti-central bank libertarian — has won a majority of the votes in a primary election.

An Argentine politician, who supports Bitcoin

BTC

$29,391

and calls for abolishing his country’s central bank, has taken the lead in the country’s presidential open primary elections.

With over 90% of the votes counted, libertarian pro-Bitcoin candidate Javier Milei is leading with nearly 32%. He is trailed by the conservative Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio) party, with just under 30%, according to Bloomberg data.

Meanwhile, the left-wing Union for the Homeland (Unión por la Patria) coalition — the incumbent government’s group — is third with just over 28.5% of the vote.

Milei founded and leads the Liberty Advances (La Libertad Avanza) coalition, whose views have been described as anywhere between libertarian and far-right.

Milei calls himself an anarcho-capitalist, has rallied for Argentina’s central bank to be abolished, calling it a scam, and has said human organ sales are “just another market.”

Related: Argentine agency opens investigation into Worldcoin over biometric data

He has said Bitcoin is a reaction against “central bank scammers” and claimed fiat currency allows politicians to scam Argentines with inflation.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoiner-javier-milei-wins-argentina-presidential-primary