特纳·赖特斯塔夫撰稿罗伯特·拉金斯塔夫编辑审稿 特纳·赖特斯塔夫 编剧 由罗伯特·拉金斯塔夫编辑审阅 最新消息发布2026 年 7 月 7 日 这位改革党领袖和英国脱欧倡导者证实,在有报道称他所称的“礼物”来自与加密货币投资企业有关的人物后,他成为英国当局调查的对象。 英国改革党领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇宣布辞去议会议员职务,并参加可能接替他的补选。 周二,法拉奇宣布他将辞去克拉克顿议员的职务,以回应他所说的政客的“卑鄙手段”。这位英国议员辞职前有报道称,他个人收到了加密货币亿万富翁克里斯托弗·哈博恩(Christopher Harborne)和乔治·科特雷尔(George Cottrell)价值数百万美元的捐款和礼物,乔治·科特雷尔是一名与加密货币赌场有关的被定罪的欺诈者。 “让我绝对明确地说:我没有做错任何事,”法拉奇在 X 直播中说道。 “我根本没有以任何方式违反法律。我没有滥用公共资金。”
资料来源:奈杰尔·法拉奇 在丑闻曝光之前,法拉奇就已经与加密货币行业建立了联系。他在拉斯维加斯举行的比特币 2025 会议上发表讲话,是伦敦上市的比特币 (BTC) 财务公司 Stack 的投资者。当 5 月份有报道开始流传这位改革派领导人收到哈博恩赠送的 670 万美元礼物时,他最初称这是对英国脱欧运动的“奖励”,脱欧是 2016 年导致英国退出欧盟的公投。 相关:加密亿万富翁为 Nigel Farage 的支持加密派对提供资金 这位英国议员证实,在有关哈博恩和科特雷尔所谓的“礼物”的报道之后,英国议会标准专员对他进行了两项调查,他声称这些礼物是“无条件”提供的。 他表示,他将利用哈博恩的礼物来获取与他的安全有关的资金,并描述了威胁和攻击,并且他辞职引发的补选将让选民有机会选择他是否继续代表他们: “我决定,克拉克顿的人民应该成为我行为的评判者……我将在这次补选中提名我的名字。”
考虑到法拉奇下台并要求进行补选的后勤工作,决定法拉奇作为议员命运的选举可能需要数周或数月的时间。 2024 年 7 月,他以 46.2% 的选票击败保守党和工党候选人,在克拉克顿获胜。 美国大选倒计时,加密货币悬而未决 尽管 Farage 在英国面临调查,但来自加密货币公司的资金和与该行业相关的人物可能会继续影响美国 11 月中期选举的竞选。 根据美国消费者权益组织 Public Citizen 6 月份的一份报告,作为 2026 年选举周期的一部分,加密货币行业已花费约 1.89 亿美元来支持被认为支持数字资产政策的候选人。与此同时,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普因其 2025 年财务披露而面临许多立法者的批评,其中包括报告与加密货币相关的 14 亿美元收益。 杂志:没有人知道量子安全密码学是否有效
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The Reform party leader and Brexit champion confirmed that he was the subject of probes by UK authorities following reports of what he called “gifts” from figures tied to cry pto ventures.
Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK’s Reform party, announced that he would resign as a member of Parliament and stand in the by-election that could replace him.
On Tuesday, Farage announced that he would resign as MP representing Clacton in response to what he called “foul means” by established politicians. The UK lawmaker’s resignation followed reports that he had personally received millions of dollars’ worth of donations and gifts from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne and George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster linked to a crypto casino.
“Let me be absolutely clear: I have done nothing wrong,” said Farage in an X livestream. “I have not broken the law in any way at all. I have not misused public money.”
Source: Nigel Farage
Farage already had ties to the crypto industry before reports of the scandal. He spoke at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas and is an investor in London-listed Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company Stack. When reports began circulating in May that the Reform leader had received a $6.7 million gift from Harborne, he initially called it a “reward” for campaigning for Brexit, the 2016 referendum that led to the UK’s exit from the European Union.
Related: Crypto billionaires bankroll Nigel Farage's pro-crypto party
The UK lawmaker confirmed that he was the subject of two probes by the UK's parliamentary standards commissioner following reports of what he called “gifts” from Harborne and Cottrell, which he claimed were given “on an unconditional basis.”
He said that he would use Harborne’s gift for funding related to his security, describing threats and attacks, and that the by-election triggered by his resignation would give voters the opportunity to choose whether or not he will continue to represent them:
“I’ve decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions [...] I will be putting my name forward to stand in this by-election.”
According to The London Standard, the election determining Farage’s fate as an MP could take weeks or months given the logistics of his stepping down and calling for a by-election. He won in Clacton with 46.2% of the vote in July 2024 against the Conservative and Labour candidates.
Countdown to US elections with crypto money hanging over candidates
While Farage faces probes in the UK, money from crypto companies and figures tied to the industry could continue to influence US races in November's midterm elections.
According to a June report from US consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, the crypto industry had spent about $189 million to support candidates considered favorable to digital asset policies as part of the 2026 election cycle. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump faces criticism from many lawmakers over his 2025 financial disclosures, which included reporting $1.4 billion in earnings related to crypto.
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