OpenAI · Sam Altman · United Kingdom · Bitcoin · CoinDesk
The gifts are jointly the largest individual donations to a U.K. political party, The Guardian reported
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Key facts
- Crypto investor Christopher Harborne donated 36 million pounds ($48.7 million) to Nigel Farage’s political party Reform U.K. on Saturday, matching BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo’s contribution
- Tokenized equities lead RWA inflows as the market recovers; Binance's bStocks hit ~$118.5M in two months, now #2 issuer and ~90% of on-chain equity DEX volume
- Harborne and Delo subsequently gave about 3 million and 4 million pounds, respectively, in the first quarter of 2026
- Farage separately faces a parliamentary standards investigation over a 5 million pound personal gift from Harborne before his election as an MP in 2024
Summary
Harborne and Delo donated £36 million each (£72 million total) to Nigel Farage’s Reform U.K. party within 24 hours, setting a U.K. donation record. The £72 million combined haul equals the largest individual political donations in U.K. history, sharply scaling up crypto industry backing. The funding arrives amid Metropolitan Police investigations into Reform donations and government plans to ban crypto contributions. Crypto investor Christopher Harborne donated 36 million pounds ($48.7 million) to Nigel Farage’s political party Reform U.K. on Saturday, matching BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo’s contribution and bringing the British political party’s haul from the two billionaires to 72 million pounds ($97.4 million) in 24 hours. The gifts are jointly the largest individual donations to a U.K. political party, The Guardian reported.