Iran’s central bank appears to have been using vast quantities of a cryptocurrency championed by Nigel Farage, according to a new report. Farage added: “You know, stablecoins, crypto – this world is enormous, and I’ve been urging for years that London should embrace it. Suggestions that Harborne profits from Iran’s use of Tether stablecoins were “baseless drivel”, the lawyers said. Last year, Israel revealed what it said were dozens of crypto accounts used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. His post contained two crypto account numbers the businessman said were used by Iran’s central bank.

Source: The Guardian January 22, 2026 03:26 UTC