Nigel Farage Resigns as MP Amid Crypto ‘Gift’ Scandal, Will Stand in By-Election
The post Nigel Farage Resigns as MP Amid Crypto ‘Gift’ Scandal, Will Stand in By-Election appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. 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 Vega