Netflix Casts Anthony Boyle, Julia Garner for FTX Crypto Collapse Drama

Netflix is producing an eight-episode limited series titled "The Altruists," focusing on the rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried, alongside Caroline Ellison. Northern Irish actor Anthony Boyle has been cast as Bankman-Fried, while Julia Garner will portray Ellison, Bankman-Fried's ex-girlfriend and former CEO of Alameda Research. The series, produced by Higher Ground Productions founded by Barack and Michelle Obama, is described as a story of two ambitious idealists who attempted to reshape the global financial system before being implicated in an $8 billion fraud scandal. Graham Moore and Jacqueline Hoyt serve as co-showrunners, with James Ponsoldt directing the first episode. The show aims to explore the complex personal and professional relationship between Bankman-Fried and Ellison, whose actions led to the spectacular collapse of FTX in 2022, resulting in Bankman-Fried's 25-year prison sentence and Ellison's cooperation with prosecutors. The series highlights the dramatic and controversial saga behind one of the largest crypto scandals in recent history.