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  "textContent": "Christopher Harborne is British-born, Cambridge-educated, and has lived in Thailand since 1996. He goes by the Thai name Chakrit Sakunkrit, holds Thai citizenship, and controls a reported 12% stake in Tether, the stablecoin issuer behind roughly $184 billion in circulating USDT. According to the Guardian's investigation, he's also the single largest donor in the history […]\n\nThe post A Tether-linked billionaire poured £22M into UK politics – Now new donation rules may close the door appeared first on CryptoSlate.",
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