Netflix Unveils Trailer For Ftx Miniseries The Altruists
The eight-episode series about Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison and FTX’s collapse is set to begin streaming November 19.
Netflix has released a trailer for The Altruists, an eight-episode miniseries about the rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The show begins streaming November 19, according to Engadget. Anthony Boyle plays FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, while Julia Garner plays Caroline Ellison, whose relationship with him and role in the business are central to the story.
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What the trailer shows
Engadget says the trailer depicts Bankman-Fried and Ellison meeting and suggests that Ellison’s willingness to go “all in” shaped how they ran their business. TechCrunch also highlights the two lead performances, describing the series as a dramatization of the scandal that brought down FTX.
The reports place the pair’s interest in effective altruism within that story. Engadget says they reportedly connected over the idea that earning a high income could be worthwhile if the money was ultimately donated to charity. TechCrunch points to the tension between those stated ideals and the conduct at the center of the FTX scandal as part of what makes the subject striking television.
The collapse behind the series
Bankman-Fried founded FTX with Gary Wang, according to Engadget. The outlet says the exchange grew into one of the world’s largest before collapsing rapidly in 2022. As the price of FTX’s own token fell, customers withdrew funds amid fears that the company lacked enough money to meet demand. The collapse exposed $8 billion in missing customer funds, Engadget reports.
During Bankman-Fried’s trial, Ellison testified that he had instructed her to use FTX customer money for property purchases, political donations and funding for Alameda Research, according to Engadget. Bankman-Fried was convicted on seven fraud and conspiracy counts in late 2023 and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Engadget says an appeals court recently rejected his attempt to overturn the conviction.
How the show frames its subjects
TechCrunch says the series follows both Bankman-Fried and Ellison through the scandal. In an interview with Netflix cited by the outlet, co-showrunner Graham Moore said their real-life stories had fascinated him from the start and that he found both people unusually compelling as characters.
The trailer offers a first look at how the production portrays their relationship and decisions. The two reports describe that portrayal, but neither establishes how closely the completed series will follow the court record or which parts of the wider FTX story it will cover.
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