Nigel Farage’s attempt to draw a line under questions about his crypto finances lasted all of a few days.

Having resigned as an MP to trigger a by-election in Clacton while under investigation over an undeclared £5 million from Thai-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, one of the Reform leader’s first major outings will be to headline a conference backed by a Bitcoin lobbying group.

Farage is to deliver the keynote speech at next week’s inaugural CPAC GB conference at London’s InterContinental O2 hotel. The event, organised by Liz Truss – whose own contribution to dodgy economic accounting needs little introduction – has struck a “strategic partnership” with the Bitcoin Collective, described as…