Second crypto billionaire says donated record £36m to Reform UK

LONDON: Thai-based businessman Christopher Harborne said Saturday he had matched a £36 million ($49 million) donation — the largest gift in British political history — given to Nigel Farage’s hard-right Reform UK by another cryptocurrency billionaire.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Harborne said it was “a philanthropic gift to our country” aimed at helping the anti-immigration party prepare for government, less than 24 hours after Ben Delo had announced his record donation in the same newspaper.

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