Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire

September 11, 2026 · 10:00 pm 3 sources

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• Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
  The Guardian · September 11, 2026 22:00
  Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump Reform has been given a record £36m donation by Ben Delo, a British cryptocurrency billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls.…
• Reform UK’s £72m donations may be caught by new bill, Rayner suggests
  The Guardian · September 13, 2026 10:31
  Minister points to legislation’s retrospective effect, but Reform says it is confident funding is within the law UK politics live – latest updates Reform UK’s record £72m in donations from two crypto billionaires could be caught in a new bill which will apply retrospectively, a cabinet minister…

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• Second crypto billionaire donates record $49m to far-right Reform UK
  Al Jazeera · September 12, 2026 20:43
  The two donations increase the total sum of money pledged to Reform since Friday to $97m.