Two cryptocurrency billionaires handed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK a combined £72 million (approximately $97.4 million) over a single weekend, a sum that eclipses what every major British political party raised in all of last year. The back-to-back gifts, disclosed Friday and Saturday, arrive just as the government weighs tighter restrictions on political donations and as the party faces a criminal inquiry into its funding practices.

Ben Delo, the co-founder of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, moved first. He announced a £36 million (approximately $48.7 million) contribution on Friday, believed to be the largest individual donation in British political history. The pledge is structured as £1 million (approximately $1.4 million) per…