Even before the unprecedented donations of £36m each from Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, The Independent had drawn attention to the high dependence of Reform UK on donors who made their money in cryptocurrencies.

That dependence is now almost total, which puts the policies of Nigel Farage’s party in an even more questionable light.

The party proposes to cut capital gains tax on crypto assets from 24 per cent for higher-rate taxpayers and 18 per cent for basic-rate taxpayers to a flat 10 per cent. It wants to establish a Bank of England…