‘The ultimate liberty’: how Nigel Farage became a cryptocurrency convert

Reform leader aims to make London a crypto powerhouse' and has previously hailed an economic insurgency'

As Liz Truss prepared to make a U-turn on her mini-budget in October 2022, Nigel Farage discussed the economic instability on his GB News show. But he was not broadcasting from the channel's studios in Paddington. Instead, Farage was speaking from a bitcoin conference in Amsterdam.

With inflation forecast to perhaps get up to 20%, with increasing distrust of fiat currencies, people are looking for alternatives ... Are you ready for bitcoin?" he said in his opening remarks.