#英国禁止向政党捐赠加密货币 🇬🇧 The UK全面禁止政党接受加密货币捐赠(2026-03-25 官宣)
- Nature: Comprehensive, immediate, temporary ban (moratorium), covering all amounts and all crypto assets (BTC, stablecoins, NFTs, etc.)
- Basis: Amendment to the Representation of the People Act, based on the Rycroft independent review and the recommendations of the Parliamentary Security Committee
- Core Reason: Strong anonymity of crypto, difficult to trace, easily used for foreign interference, money laundering, and secret donations, threatening election transparency
📌 Key Rules
- Effective: Immediately after the bill is passed, parties must return non-compliant donations within 30 days
- Duration: The ban continues until the Parliament + Election Commission confirms that the regulatory framework is sufficiently transparent and traceable
- Supporting: Annual donation cap for overseas voters £100,000, strict control over the influence of foreign funds
🧩 Impact and Reactions
- Most Affected: Reform UK (led by Farage), which previously publicly accepted crypto donations
- Market: Short-term negative impact on crypto political narratives, long-term promotion of compliance and traceability standards
- Global Example: The UK becomes the first major economy to explicitly ban crypto political donations, which may prompt the EU and the US to follow suit
🧭 Follow-up Observations
- When will the Election Commission introduce compliance standards for crypto donations (e.g., mandatory FCA registration, real-time conversion to GBP, prohibition of mixing coins)
- Whether other parties will turn to compliant stablecoins/fiat channels
- Long-term impact of the ban on crypto political participation