Crypto Billionaires Donate $9.4 million to Farage’s Reform UK in Q1
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Tether billionaire Christopher Harborne donated another £3 million to Reform UK in the first quarter of the year.
Key facts
- Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party collected $9.4 million (£7 million) from cryptocurrency billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo in the first quarter of 2026, a sum that exceeded the total
- Christopher Harborne, ranked as the UK's sixth-richest person with a net worth of $24.4 billion (£18.2 billion), donated £3 million to Reform UK on January 23
- The crypto donations propelled Reform UK to a £9.3 million fundraising quarter, surpassing both the Conservative Party’s £6 million and Labour’s £4.1 million hauls
- The crypto billionaires’ contributions to Reform UK amount to some 28% of the donations received by all political parties in Q1 2026
Summary
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party collected $9.4 million (£7 million) from cryptocurrency billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo in the first quarter of 2026, a sum that exceeded the total donations received by each of the Conservative and Labour parties. Christopher Harborne, ranked as the UK's sixth-richest person with a net worth of $24.4 billion (£18.2 billion), donated £3 million to Reform UK on January 23. The crypto investor, who has lived in Thailand for over 20 years and holds a 12% stake in stablecoin issuer Tether, has emerged as one of the party's largest benefactors. Ben Delo, the co-founder of crypto exchange BitMEX, provided £4 million across two payments in January and March.