Netflix Drops First Trailer for FTX Crypto Scandal Miniseries ‘The Altruists’
Netflix has released the first trailer for its upcoming miniseries The Altruists, which dramatizes the FTX cryptocurrency scandal involving Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison. The series portrays the pair as well-intentioned altruists who gradually descended into fraud, with Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner starring in the lead roles. The eight-episode show is set to premiere on November 19, joining a wave of recent media projects focused on Silicon Valley scandals.
- ▪Netflix released the first trailer for The Altruists, an eight-episode miniseries premiering on November 19.
- ▪Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner star as Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, respectively, in the series.
- ▪Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison in March 2024 for his role in the FTX fraud.
- ▪Caroline Ellison pleaded guilty to fraud charges and was released from federal custody in January after serving two years.
- ▪The series creator Graham Moore describes the characters as altruists who committed crimes with the best of intentions.
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Sam Bankman-Fried still has over 20 years left on his prison sentence, but Netflix is already bringing his story to the small screen. On Thursday, the streaming giant dropped the first trailer for its upcoming miniseries The Altruists. The show dramatizes the real-life story of Bankman-Fried and his ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison, who were at the center of a multibillion-dollar fraud scandal that brought down FTX, once one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency…
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