The Liberal Democrats have called for the UK financial services regulator to investigate Nigel Farage's promotion of a £2m cryptocurrency purchase.
The Reform UK leader is a shareholder in the British Bitcoin company Stack and appeared in a promotional video to mark its latest investment.
The Lib Dems want the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to investigate whether his actions amount to "attempted interference in the cryptocurrency market" or "attempted market abuse".
A spokesman for Farage described the event as a "photo call" and said: "Mr Farage is embracing the 21st century. He bought the [£2m of] crypto on behalf of Stack and not personally".
Farage has put £215,000 into the company and owns 6.3% of its shares through his investment vehicle Thorn In The Side Ltd.
