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  "id": 6796089,
  "title": "Crypto entrepreneur pardoned by Trump donates £36 million to Farage's Reform UK",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/crypto-entrepreneur-pardoned-by-trump-donates-36-million-to-farages",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:28:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNA - Business",
    "slug": "cna-business",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/crypto-entrepreneur-pardoned-trump-donates-ps36-million-farages-reform-uk-6379576"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sept 11 - Crypto investor Ben Delo, co-founder of BitMEX, has granted a substantial £36 million ($48.7 million) donation to Britain's populist Reform UK party. This financial contribution provides a significant boost to Nigel Farage's party as it targets the next UK election to challenge the dominant political parties. Delo, who was convicted of a banking secrecy violation in the U.S. and subsequently pardoned by former President Donald Trump, had already been Reform UK's largest donor with a £4 million contribution in the previous quarter. The news of this major donation was disclosed by Reform UK on Friday.",
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  "key_points": [
    "Crypto investor Ben Delo donates £36 million to Reform UK.",
    "Former Trump pardoned Ben Delo for banking secrecy violation.",
    "Donation boosts Nigel Farage's party ahead of UK election."
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Crypto-billionaire gives Farage’s Reform UK record £36mil donation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/crypto-billionaire-gives-farages-reform-uk-record-36mil-donation",
        "published": "2026-09-12T00:45:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Crypto billionaire gives Farage's Reform UK record £36 million donation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/crypto-billionaire-gives-farages-reform-uk-record-36-million-donation",
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