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The post Nigel Farage resigns as MP amid crypto donor gifts controversy appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Nigel Farage has resigned as a Member of Parliament after confirming he will seek re-election in a by-election while facing scrutiny over multimillion-dollar gifts from figures linked to the crypto industry. Summary Nigel Farage has resigned as MP and will contest a Clacton by-election while parliamentary investigations continue. Farage denies wrongdoing over multimillion-dollar gifts linked to crypto figures Christopher Harborne and George Cottrell. The controversy comes as crypto-related political funding faces growing scrutiny in both the UK and the US. According to statements Farage made during an X livestream on Tuesday, the Reform UK leader stepped down as the MP for Clacton so local voters could decide whether he should continue representing the constituency while parliamentary investigations into his financial declarations continue. Farage said he had “done nothing wrong

Nigel Farage has resigned as a Member of Parliament after confirming he will seek re-election in a by-election while facing scrutiny over multimillion-dollar gifts from figures linked to the crypto industry. According to statements Farage made during an X livestream…

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

The post Nigel Farage resigns as MP following multiple crypto-linked scandals appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced that he will resign as MP and force a local by-election after The Times revealed that he’d failed to declare financial support from long-term aide and convicted criminal George Cottrell. The Times‘ report details various donations and “gifts” from Cottrell to Farage that appear to be politics-related. Farage was subsequently referred to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner. During Farage’s announcement, he claimed that the parliamentary body is “being used as a political tool” and claimed that The Times’ reporting was “wholly inaccurate.” He maintains he’s done nothing wrong and hasn’t broken the law in any way, and that he’s a victim of unfairly intense media scrutiny.  🚨 BREAKING: Nigel Farage has resigned as an MP to trigger a by-election in Clacton  “This will be a people vs the establishment by-election. A chance to sti

Before he was an MP, Nigel Farage was reportedly gifted staff, security and other benefits from George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster involved in a crypto casino.