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Nigel Farage's Reform UK party lands second big donation from crypto investor
Reform UK received £5.5 million in Q4 2025, propelled by two large crypto donations from Christopher Harborne, surpassing Conservative and Labour donations, amid calls for donation bans.
- On Thursday, Electoral Commission data showed Reform UK received 5.5 million in the final quarter of 2025 after a November 3 million donation from Christopher Harborne.
- The party's crypto policy allowed Reform UK to accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies starting in May, with Nigel Farage, MP and Reform UK leader, backing the move last year.
- Donor history reveals Harborne previously donated a record-breaking 9 million to Reform in August, and prior support for the Brexit Party and a 1 million gift to the Tories.
- Ahead of May's elections, members of parliament have called for a ban on crypto donations amid foreign interference concerns, as Reform UK's 2025 donations reached 18.5m.
- Nevertheless, electoral signs show Farage's strategy to court crypto mirrors efforts to replicate US political-crypto ties, despite stalled support and recent by-election defeats.
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