The Altruists
The Altruists is an upcoming American television series written by Graham Moore about the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. It will star Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle and is set to be released on Netflix.
Premise
The series centres around Sam Bankman-Fried founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, and his business partner Caroline Ellison.Cast
- Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison
- Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried
- Matt Rife as Ryan Salame
- Alex Lawther as Sam Trabucco
- Eugene Young as Gary Wang
- Madison Hu as Constance Wang
- Karan Soni as Nishad Singh
- Naomi Okada as Claire Watanabe
- Maddie Hasson as Lauren Platt
- Marianna Phung as Lily Zhang
- Paul Reiser as Joe Bankman
- Robin Weigert as Barbara Fried
- Hudson Williams
Production
The eight-part limited series about the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX was written by Graham Moore who is also an executive producer, and co-showrunner alongside Jacqueline Hoyt, who is also an executive producer on the series. Executive producers also include Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for Higher Ground, as well as Vinnie Malhotra, Lauren Morelli and Scoop Wasserstein for Scoop Productions. James Ponsoldt is an executive producer as well as director of the first episode. The series was commissioned by Netflix.The cast is led by Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison with Anthony Boyle portraying Sam Bankman-Fried. Garner also serves as an executive producer. Additional cast members such as Alex Lawther, Madison Hu and Matt Rife joined the cast in July 2025. In a September 2025 interview, Hudson Williams revealed that he had joined the cast in an undisclosed role.
Filming began in July 2025 and was scheduled to last in Vancouver into the fall of 2025. Filming wrapped in November 2025.