Nigel Farage’s Bitcoin Bet: 6% Stake in UK Crypto Firm – What’s Next?

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What to know, dear reader, if you haven’t already been seduced by the siren song of cryptocurrency:

  • Nigel Farage, that paragon of political acumen, has invested in Stack BTC, securing a 6.31% stake in the firm upon the new shares’ debut on Aquis on March 12. A spectacle of fiscal daring, indeed.
  • Stack BTC, that paragon of fiscal prudence, currently holds a mere 21 BTC, yet managed to raise £260,000 (a sum that would buy a modest villa in Bournemouth) in a funding round that also included Blockchain.com. A triumph of modern finance, or perhaps a masquerade?

Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, has poured £215,000 (a sum that would fund a small island nation’s annual budget) into Stack BTC (STAK), a U.K.-listed bitcoin treasury company, during a fundraising round that also saw Blockchain.com partake. One wonders if the alchemy of politics and crypto is more potent than the elixir of life.

In total, the company raised £260,000 by selling 5.2 million new shares at 5 pence each, it said on Monday. The new shares are expected to begin trading on the Aquis Growth Market on March 12-a date as auspicious as a lottery draw in a hurricane.

Farage invested through his Thorn In The Side Ltd. company and will hold 6.31% of Stack following admission of the new shares. Farage said he has long supported bitcoin and believes the U.K. should position itself as a global hub for the crypto industry. Reform is leading in the polls, and has attempted to court the crypto vote by accepting donations in cryptocurrency. A strategy as bold as a penguin in a sauna.

“I have long been one of the UK’s few political advocates for Bitcoin,” he said in the statement, adding that London should continue to strengthen its role as a center for financial innovation. One might ask: Is this a vision, or a veneer?

Stack BTC is chaired by former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, who said the investment aligns with the company’s goal of building a portfolio of cash-generative U.K. businesses while accumulating bitcoin as a treasury asset. It currently holds 21 BTC. A portfolio as modest as a child’s piggy bank, yet brimming with ambition.

Blockchain.com will work with the company to develop its bitcoin treasury infrastructure and institutional-grade custody services. A partnership as harmonious as a cat and a cactus.

Stack BTC shares rose 12% to 6.875 pence as of 9:30 a.m. in London-though one suspects this is merely the first act of a farce.

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2026-03-09 12:41