Reform UK Receives Two Record £36M Crypto Donations
Christopher Harborne said he matched Ben Delo’s record gift, lifting Reform UK’s haul to £72 million as police examine donation rules.
- On Friday, crypto investor Ben Delo donated a record £36 million to Reform UK; Christopher Harborne matched the sum on Saturday, giving the party £72 million in 48 hours.
- Delo, a BitMEX co-founder pardoned by President Donald Trump, front-loaded the payments to bypass potential legislative caps on overseas donations while ensuring a "fair fight" for Reform against established parties.
- The Metropolitan Police are investigating Reform UK following a Channel 4 News report that alleged senior party officials discussed disguising foreign donations to circumvent electoral law.
- A Labour Party spokesperson said Farage was "still up to his neck in scandal," while Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson Lisa Smart alleged he sought to "bring Trump's America" to British politics.
- The donations dwarf the previous £10 million record as Parliament debates the Representation of the People Bill, which includes a proposed £100,000 cap on overseas political contributions.
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Crypto billionaires give $97 million to Reform UK, fueling concerns about money in politics - Regional Media News
LONDON (AP) - Reform UK, the anti-immigration party led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, received 72 million pounds ($97 million) from two cryptocurrency billionaires this weekend, fueling concerns about money in British politics. After news broke that Ben Delo, a co-founder of the BitMEX cryptocurrency [...]
The British anti-immigration party Reform UK has secured pledges for two multi-million pound donations within two days. Yesterday, Nigel Farage's party was pledged a donation of around 36 million pounds (42 million euros) from crypto millionaire Ben Delo. The same amount has now also been promised by crypto millionaire Christopher Harborne, the party's largest donor. According to the BBC, these are the largest one-off donations ever made to a p…
Farage’s Reform UK gets second record £36 million donation in 48 hours
Cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne said on Saturday he had donated £36 million (US$49 million) to Britain’s anti-immigration Reform UK, matching an already record contribution to Nigel Farage’s party a day earlier as it prepares for the next election. The donation gives the veteran Brexit campaigner’s party £72 million from two donors in less than 48 hours at a time when it is confronting allegations about irregularities in its fun…
Record donations from Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne: overall they are more than total received by all other British political parties put together in 2025
A cryptocurrency magnate, Christopher Harborne, announced this Saturday, September 12, a new record donation of £36 million to the Anti-Immigration Party Reform UK, equivalent to the one announced the previous day by another cryptobillionaire, at the time when the finances of this party are being...
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