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> Crypto guy "Crypto guy" is understating Christopher Harbone's (alias Chakrit Sakunkrit) reach. He was big in Asian aviation back in the day and is a relative
by alephnerd 4mo ago
> Crypto guy
"Crypto guy" is understating Christopher Harbone's (alias Chakrit Sakunkrit) reach. He was big in Asian aviation back in the day and is a relatively large player in the British DefenseTech space via QinetiQ. He was also one of the earlier investors in Tether.
He also previously bankrolled Boris Johnson and was his Ukraine advisor [0].
[0] - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/10/the-1m-man-why-did-boris-johnson-take-his-donor-to-ukraine https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/10/the-1m-man-...
- jodrellblank 4mo ago> "relatively large player in the British DefenseTech space via QinetiQ" After he donated £1m to The Office of Boris Johnson, £270k to the Conservative Party, and the Conservative government gave QinetiQ an £80m defence contract. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Harborne#Political_donations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Harborne#Political...
- alephnerd 4mo agoTbf QinetiQ was a major player in DefenseTech and UAVs even before BoJo. Talon robots, the Zephyr UAV, and the Banshee UAVs are all their IP and still being used in Ukraine [0][1] [0] - https://www.qinetiq.com/en/news/qinetiq-delivers-10000th-banshee https://www.qinetiq.com/en/news/qinetiq-delivers-10000th-ban... [1] - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-accelerates-long-range-strike-capability-for-ukraine https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-accelerates-long-range...