Farage’s Reform UK gets $97M from two crypto billionaires

Ben Delo, co-founder of BitMEX, donated almost $50 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, matched a day later by Christopher Harborne.

Update (Sept. 12, 2026): This article has been updated to include Christopher Harborne’s matching 36 million pound donation.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has received 72 million pounds ($97 million) from two cryptocurrency billionaires after Christopher Harborne matched a record donation from Ben Delo.

Harborne announced his 36 million pound contribution on Saturday, following Delo’s announcement a day earlier. The donations are jointly the largest ever made to a British political party. Harborne also gave 9 million pounds to the party in August 2025.

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