Netflix series charts Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX collapse

The Altruists, an eight-episode miniseries about the rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives November 19.

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Netflix series charts Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX collapse

The Altruists, an eight-episode miniseries about the rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives November 19.

In brief

The Altruists, an eight-episode miniseries about the rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives November 19. Netflix releases a trailer for The Altruists, an eight-episode miniseries about FTX's rise and collapse, starring Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison, premiering…

Netflix announces FTX miniseries

Netflix announces FTX miniseries

Netflix will start streaming The Altruists on November 19, an eight-episode miniseries about the rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

The cast and the story

The cast and the story

Anthony Boyle plays Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner plays Caroline Ellison. The trailer shows how they met and how Ellison's all in mentality influenced their business.

“all in”

From boom to prison sentence

FTX collapsed in 2022 after eight billion dollars of customer money went missing.Bankman-Fried was convicted of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in late 2023 and sentenced to twenty five years in prison.

The key point

Netflix releases a trailer for The Altruists, an eight-episode miniseries about FTX's rise and collapse, starring Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison, premiering November 19.

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