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Netflix releases trailer for drama series on FTX cryptocurrency scandal

Netflix released a trailer for its upcoming drama series The Altruists, starring Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle as figures in the FTX cryptocurrency scandal.

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Netflix released a trailer on Thursday for a new drama series titled The Altruists, UPI and Variety reported. The show stars Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle as Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried, the two real life figures at the center of the FTX cryptocurrency fraud scandal. [1][2]

The trailer shows Ellison and Bankman-Fried in their twenties forming a romance as they bond over a desire to save the world, according to UPI. Variety reported that the limited series consists of eight episodes and tells the story of two ambitious young idealists. [1][2]

Garner previously gained recognition and won three Primetime Emmy Awards for playing Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark, according to Wikipedia. She was born in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. [6][8]

The eight-episode limited series will be available for streaming on Netflix on November 19, Variety reported. [2]

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In short

  • Netflix released a trailer for the new series The Altruists.
  • Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle star as Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried.
  • The drama revisits the real-life FTX cryptocurrency fraud scandal.
  • The eight-episode limited series premieres on Netflix on November 19.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]'The Altruists' trailer: Julia Garner stars in FTX crypto seriesUPI, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]‘The Altruists’ Trailer: Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner Star as Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison in Netflix Drama SeriesVariety, 3h ago
  3. [3]‘The Altruists’ Trailer: Julia Garner & Anthony Boyle Become Crypto’s Bonnie & Clyde in Netflix’s $8 Billion FTX Cryptocurrency Fraud DramaThe Playlist, 3h ago
  4. [4]Netflix Just Dropped the Trailer for Its FTX Sam Bankman-Fried ‘The Altruists’ SeriesWhat's on Netflix, 3h ago
  5. [5]'The Altruists' sets Netflix release date as Julia Garner’s new drama revisits the FTX scandalMEAWW, 2h ago

Background

  1. [6]Julia Garner on Wikipedia
  2. [7]2026 in American television on Wikipedia
  3. [8]Julia Garner on Grokipedia
  4. [9]Prime Video Debuts Teaser for New Barbershop Television Series FTMQ News, 4d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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