Nigel Farage is set to headline at a right-wing event backed by a Bitcoin lobby group, amid a political furore over his ties to crypto investors.
The Reform UK leader will be the star speaker at the inaugural CPAC Great Britain conference next week at the InterContinental O2 hotel in London.
Farage resigned as an MP this week while being investigated by Parliament’s standards commissioner over a £5 million undeclared “gift” from cryptocurrency billionaire and Reform donor Christopher Harborne, which has been reported to the National Crime Agency. Farage has denied any wrongdoing.
His resignation will trigger a by-election in Clacton in which he plans to stand for re-election. DeSmog revealed earlier this week that Farage has mentioned the constituency only six times in the House of Commons since becoming its MP in July 2024.
The CPAC GB event — where VIP tickets range from £5,000 to £10,000 — is a franchise of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), founded in the United States, which is strongly supportive of U.S. President Donald Trump.
