Reform UK starts accepting donations in crypto

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Reform UK has begun accepting donations in cryptocurrency, as the rightwing party announced plans to allow virtual currencies to be used as a form of tax payment.

“Over the next few decades, we’re going to get HM Revenue & Customs to allow people to pay their taxes in crypto,” party chair Zia Yusuf said on Friday.

Speaking at breakfast hosted at the Shard building in central London, he vowed that a future Reform government would aim to set up a sovereign wealth fund comprised of crypto assets.

Yusuf said the party’s plan to normalise the use of bitcoin was part of a wider strategy to attract younger voters….

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