Europe’s Far Right Adopts Trump’s Crypto Playbook in UK, France and Poland

Since US President Donald Trump made crypto a central pillar of his 2024 campaign, right‑wing parties across Europe have begun adopting a similar playbook, courting crypto‑aligned voters through donations, policy proposals and Bitcoin initiatives, BeInCrypto reports. In the UK, Reform UK announced in May 2025 that it would accept crypto donations and unveiled a Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill that would seek to limit capital gains taxes on crypto to 10%.

Leader Nigel Farage announced the move at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas and said the party would campaign for the legislation. Reports later said cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne donated £9 million to the party in cash, and Byline Times reported earlier payments and speaking fees tied to crypto industry figures.

France’s far right has also shifted its stance. Marine Le Pen moved from a 2016 pledge to ban virtual currencies to supporting regulated digital assets and, by 2025, proposing that France create them. Le Pen publicly backed using surplus nuclear reactor electricity to mine Bitcoin, and members of Reconquête raised the idea of a strategic Bitcoin reserve before the European Parliament; Le Monde reported that the proposal resembled an executive order Trump signed in March of last year.

A 2024 report by France’s Association for the Development of Digital Assets found 12% of the French population owned crypto, a 25% increase from the prior year.

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