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Reform Party leader Nigel Farage will resign over an investigation into cryptocurrency donations and seek re-election.
According to Foresight News , citing The Block, Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has announced he will resign as a Member of Parliament and seek re-election after it was confirmed that Parliament will investigate donations related to cryptocurrencies. Farage stated the investigation relates to donations from Christopher Harborne and George Cottrell, and he denies any wrongdoing.
Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Reform Party, has lost over £560,000 on his investment in Stack BTC.
According to Foresight News , citing The Guardian, Nigel Farage, leader of the UK's Reform Party, has invested £215,000 in Bitcoin vault company Stack BTC, acquiring a 5.61% stake. Since its inception in March, the investment has fallen 15.48%, resulting in a loss of approximately £565,000. Stack BTC's largest shareholder, Paul Withers (holding 20.72%), is also the owner of gold trader Direct Bullion, which previously paid Farage £270,000 for a 12-hour brand promotion. Farage denies being a Stack BTC brand ambassador, stating he is merely a shareholder, but has appeared in the company's promotional videos.
The British Labour Party has accused Reform Party leader Nigel Farage of evading scrutiny of a Tether billionaire grant.
Odaily Odaily that the UK Labour Party has formally sent a letter to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, accusing him of "evading reasonable scrutiny" regarding a £5 million (approximately $6.7 million) grant provided by Tether shareholder and billionaire Christopher Harborne in 2024. Harborne holds approximately 12% of Tether's shares, making him worth around $24.4 billion. Labor Party leader Anna Turley stated that Farage should provide a clear explanation to the public regarding the use of these funds and related circumstances, instead of continuing to evade inquiries from the media and regulatory bodies. The UK Parliament's Standards Commissioner has launched a formal investigation into the matter to assess whether the funds were used for political activities. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has also publicly questioned Farage's long-term concealment of the donation. Data shows that Harborne has donated approximately £12 million ($16 million) to the Reform Party, including the largest single political donation in modern British political history. Furthermore, BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo donated £4 million to the party in the first quarter of 2026, making the Reform Party one of the best-funded political parties in the UK. (Decrypt)
British Reform Party leader Farage has been exposed for failing to declare funding from the cryptocurrency gaming industry; one of the funders has a prior conviction for fraud.
PANews reported on July 6th that, according to an investigation by The Block citing The Sunday Times, Reform Party leader Nigel Farage failed to declare, as required, financial support from George Cottrell for security, drivers, social media personnel, and accommodations before his election as a Member of Parliament in 2024. Cottrell, who previously served eight months in prison in the US for wire fraud, later became a key figure in a cryptocurrency gambling platform. Farage only declared a £9,253 trip to Belgium funded by Cottrell and a £15,276 flight donation, failing to mention the security costs already paid by Cottrell.
British Prime Minister accuses Nigel Farage of evading questions about the £5 million grant from a crypto billionaire.
According to Odaily, the British Prime Minister has accused Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of evading questions about receiving a £5 million personal grant from Thai crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne and questioned why he kept the sum confidential. The donation, made a few months before Nigel Farage ran for president in the 2024 general election, is currently under investigation by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to determine whether it should have been declared. Farage responded that he was not a Member of Parliament at the time and was not required to declare it. In addition, another crypto entrepreneur, Ben Delo, also donated £4 million to the party. (The Guardian)
British politician Nigel Farage has resigned from his seat as a member of parliament and will run in a by-election in an attempt to regain his seat.
PANews reported on July 7th, citing Bloomberg, that British MP Nigel Farage has announced his resignation as the Member of Parliament for Clacton and will run in the by-election, stating that this move is "giving the middle finger to the entire establishment." He was first elected before the 2024 general election, but has recently faced increasing scrutiny for undeclared political donations, including a £5 million donation from Thai cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne, which is currently under investigation by Parliament's Standards Commissioner, Daniel Greenberg.