FTX finally gets the Netflix treatment, and the casting for CZ already has me cracking up!
Four years after FTX collapsed, the biggest financial scandal in crypto has finally been turned into a series.
Netflix limited series The Altruists has 8 episodes and premieres all at once on November 19. Anthony Boyle plays SBF, Julia Garner plays Caroline Ellison, and the Obamas are also executive producers, with their Higher Ground production company involved. The series is based on an investigative report by New York Magazine. Rather than explaining how the exchange misappropriated customer assets, it focuses on how two young people who claimed they wanted to change the world gradually convinced themselves to commit crimes.
CZ will also appear in the series, played by Chinese Canadian actor Terry Chen. The actor looks nothing like CZ, but casting is a minor issue. What’s more interesting is how Netflix will handle the question of whether “CZ’s tweet accelerated FTX’s collapse.” Was CZ the one who exposed the liquidity crisis, a competitor, or the final straw that brought FTX down? Each version would lead viewers to a completely different conclusion.
People in crypto care about the $8 billion in customer funds, Alameda’s unlimited line of credit, and exchange governance. What ordinary viewers may remember in the end is simply “SBF and Caroline, the crypto Bonnie and Clyde.”
That’s the biggest impact it will have on crypto: FTX’s bankruptcy didn’t just destroy the company’s credibility—it continues to shape how the public sees cryptocurrency. Will you watch the series? #FTX $BNB
Four years after FTX collapsed, the biggest financial scandal in crypto has finally been turned into a series.
Netflix limited series The Altruists has 8 episodes and premieres all at once on November 19. Anthony Boyle plays SBF, Julia Garner plays Caroline Ellison, and the Obamas are also executive producers, with their Higher Ground production company involved. The series is based on an investigative report by New York Magazine. Rather than explaining how the exchange misappropriated customer assets, it focuses on how two young people who claimed they wanted to change the world gradually convinced themselves to commit crimes.
CZ will also appear in the series, played by Chinese Canadian actor Terry Chen. The actor looks nothing like CZ, but casting is a minor issue. What’s more interesting is how Netflix will handle the question of whether “CZ’s tweet accelerated FTX’s collapse.” Was CZ the one who exposed the liquidity crisis, a competitor, or the final straw that brought FTX down? Each version would lead viewers to a completely different conclusion.
People in crypto care about the $8 billion in customer funds, Alameda’s unlimited line of credit, and exchange governance. What ordinary viewers may remember in the end is simply “SBF and Caroline, the crypto Bonnie and Clyde.”
That’s the biggest impact it will have on crypto: FTX’s bankruptcy didn’t just destroy the company’s credibility—it continues to shape how the public sees cryptocurrency. Will you watch the series? #FTX $BNB