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Harborne announced his 36 million pound contribution on Saturday, following Delo’s announcement a day earlier
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Harborne also gave 9 million pounds to the party in August 2025.
Key facts
- 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
- Ben Delo, co-founder of BitMEX, donated almost $50 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, matched a day later by Christopher Harborne
- Delo said in The Telegraph that the 36 million pound donation represented 1 million pounds each month until a general election in 2029, but Delo made the entire payment up front to prevent it
- While he agreed to pay a $10 million fine in 2022, Delo did not serve time in prison
Summary
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):. 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. Writing in The Telegraph, Harborne said Delo’s contribution had inspired him to match it.