The i Paper reports that Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice lobbied the Bank of England for "light touch" crypto regulation in November 2024, four months after the party received a £9m donation from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne — then the largest donation from a living donor. The released letters are likely to raise questions about the relationship between Reform's backers and its crypto stance; Nigel Farage denies wrongdoing over a separate £5m payment from Harborne that Parliament's standards commissioner is investigating, and Reform denies its donors expect anything in return.