— Christopher Harborne, Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage: £5M Christopher Harborne gift was ‘reward’ for Brexit
Farage previously said that the £5M “gift” he received from billionaire Tether shareholder Harborne was for personal security.
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— Christopher Harborne, Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage faces official inquiry over £5M Christopher Harborne ‘gift’
The money, which Farage says was to pay for security, was given in early 2024 just before he decided to stand in the general election.
Traders panicked during Trump’s Iran war speech
Trump’s speech extended his Iran war timeline by three weeks, spooking oil markets with falling stocks and lower bitcoin prices.
Pardoned BitMEX founder funds UK right-wing political hub, report
Pardoned BitMEX founder Ben Delo is funding a political network in Westminster that's attracted a host of right-wing figures.
Reform UK isn’t sharing crypto wallets with UK regulators, report
Reform UK processes its crypto donations through Radom's Poland-listed firm, which avoids scrutiny from the UK's financial watchdog.
Bitcoin outperforms gold and oil in first days of US-Iran war
Curiously, BTC has demonstrated relative strength among trillion-dollar assets since the onset of the Iran war.
Odds swing wildly as Polymarket bets on Iran’s successor collapse
Polymarket trades about the next supreme leader of Iran illustrate the wild gambles that crypto traders are willing to make.
Kalshi uses ‘death carve-out’ to avoid paying out on Ali Khamenei ousting
Kalshi apparently allowed traders to bet on Ali Khamenei's ousting, racked up $54M in trades, then voided the result when he was killed.
UK gov’t committee calls for halt to crypto donations amid foreign interference fears
The committee called for a ban on political crypto donations linked to crypto mixers, and for funds to be converted to fiat within 48 hours.
CHART: Bitcoin has lost all of its gains since Trump’s election
Despite Donald Trump's embrace of BTC and cryptocurrency, it's given up all of its gains since his election.