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They wanted to change the world. Instead, they became the faces of one of the biggest financial scandals in history. Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle star in The Altruists, a Netflix limited series about ambition, romance and a spectacular fall from grace.

Inspired by the true story of Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried, the eight-episode drama explores the complicated relationship between two young financial prodigies whose idealistic ambitions collided with the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the misuse of billions in customer funds.

Stream all eight episodes of The Altruists beginning November 19, 2026, on Netflix.

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00:00Hey, I'm Sam.
00:02Caroline.
00:03I'm gonna give you a brain teaser.
00:05You'll get a better percentage of your chips.
00:07So the game's about analyzing risk.
00:09All in.
00:09You could lose everything.
00:10Going all in every time is the mathematically optimal strategy.
00:15That's her.
00:16That's the girl.
00:16She's really cool.
00:18I always said that I am going to make a difference.
00:21I believe you.
00:23What if we built our own cryptocurrency business?
00:25We can call it FTX.
00:29Do you know anything about crypto?
00:33It's the Wild West out there.
00:34Whoever gets there first has the opportunity to do some real good.
00:37A crypto fund that earns to give.
00:40We are going to change the world.
00:42And this campus and these people are going to help us do that.
00:46You and I are side by side all the way.
00:49Oh my God.
00:50We are making a million dollars a day.
00:52If we reinvest all in every day, how can we possibly lose?
00:55You and Sam are the two smartest people I've ever met.
00:59But sometimes I can't fathom how you can both be so stupid.
01:03You and Sam!
01:04All in.
01:05We have a duty to invest responsibly.
01:08All in.
01:08We couldn't lose everything.
01:10Every time.
01:11All in.
01:12We go all in.
01:13Or I'm out.
01:16Lying isn't bad for a good cause.
01:19But what if the Wall Street Journal finds out what you're hiding?
01:23You're the one who did it!
01:24There's no such thing as criminals.
01:26It's just people who get caught.
01:28Dude, you gotta promise me you won't say anything, okay?
01:31Sam and Caroline stole eight billion dollars from customers.
01:36What?
01:38I fucked up.
01:39Agreed.
01:43We're the good guys.
01:45Remember?
01:47I don't know who I can trust.
01:49You trust me, right?
01:51Right?

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