Netflix drops trailer for new series about Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, and the FTX scandal

Business Insider | 08-10-2026 06:25pm |

Netflix has released its first trailer for "The Altruists," an upcoming series dramatizing the massive multibillion-dollar fraud scheme that led to the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency empire, FTX. In the eight-episode series, which hits the streaming giant on November 19, Anthony Boyle stars as Bankman-Fried, opposite Julia Garner, who plays Caroline Ellison, a former crypto executive and Bankman-Fried's ex-girlfriend. The series depicts Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison navigating the FTX scandal. Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year prison sentence; Ellison served about 11 months.

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