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Meet the crypto billionaires building a world where money buys you a vote
They think democracy has run its course – so they’re setting up their own nations instead.
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Fresh doubts are raised over Farage’s claims he did not have to declare £5million ‘gift’ from crypto-currency tycoon
Fresh questions have been raised over Nigel Farage’s explanation for why he did not declare a £5million “gift” from crypto-currency entrepreneur Christopher Harborne. The Reform leader received the money in April 2024 but it remained secret until this year, and he argues he had no obligation to register it with Commons authorities because it was…
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The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s crypto cash: accountability is not a conspiracy | Editorial
This Guardian editorial argues that Reform UK and its leader Nigel Farage are treating legitimate scrutiny of the party’s finances as persecution rather than answering questions openly. It centres on a £5m sum Farage received from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, which bankers reportedly flagged to law enforcement over money-laundering concerns. The paper contends that a…
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Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in ‘technical frontier’ startups
Crypto-focused venture capital firm Paradigm has raised a $1.2 billion fund, its third venture vehicle and fourth fund overall, to invest in what founder Matt Huang described on Wednesday as the “technical frontier”. Crucially, the firm is broadening its remit beyond its cryptocurrency roots to include robotics and artificial intelligence, reflecting the surging interest in…
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Report to National Crime Agency of £5m Farage gift is ‘deeply serious’
Labour has condemned as “astonishing and deeply serious” the disclosure that a £5m gift to Nigel Farage from a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency (NCA) by bankers who feared it might involve laundered money. The revelation intensifies pressure on the Reform UK leader over his financial affairs, coming just a day…
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It’s Nigel v Count Binface! Farage’s by-election gamble risks backfiring as NO major party will stand against him… because he faces another contest after sleaze probe
Nigel Farage called for a ‘people versus the establishment’ contest amid a flurry of questions about his finances and an undeclared £5million gift from a crypto-billionaire.
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Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns
The Guardian reports that a £5m gift given to Nigel Farage by the cryptocurrency billionaire and Reform UK donor Christopher Harborne was flagged to the National Crime Agency (NCA) by bankers who feared it might involve laundered money. The disclosure intensifies pressure on the Reform UK leader, who is already awaiting a ruling from the…
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Ex-officer suspected of killing Monaco bomber had sent her cryptocurrency, bloodied weapons found at home
Ukrainian prosecutors have announced the arrest of two men — a military intelligence officer and a former law enforcement officer — as suspects in the killing of Anastasiia Berezovska, a Ukrainian woman wanted over a parcel bomb attack in Monaco. Berezovska, 39, had been the prime suspect in the bombing that injured multi-millionaire Vadym Ermolaev,…
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Microsoft says ‘cryptographically relevant quantum computers could arrive sooner than previously expected’ as it bumps its QSP timeline to 2029
As attacks get more advanced, security must follow.
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Dutch woman, 35, and her friend are kidnapped and gang-raped after travelling to Pakistan to meet ‘crypto investors’ – as politician’s grandson is held
A Dutch woman and her friend were allegedly kidnapped, tortured and gang-raped after travelling to Pakistan to meet a group of crypto investors.