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Crypto skeptic to launch SBF, Mashinsky interviews in documentary

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Ben McKenzie, an actor identified for his roles on tv reveals together with Gotham and The OC, will make his directorial debut in a scathing documentary about cryptocurrency.

In response to an April 29 Deadline report, McKenzie wrote, directed, and produced the documentary Everybody Is Mendacity To You For Cash, set to premiere at SXSW London in June. The movie options footage from 2022 of former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried and former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky earlier than their respective firms folded. 

“Why is the false story of crypto nonetheless spreading?” mentioned McKenzie, in keeping with Deadline. “That’s the query I got down to reply with this movie.”

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Sam Bankman-Fried (left) with Ben McKenzie (proper). Supply: Instagram

Working with The New Republic workers author Jacob Silverman, McKenzie pivoted from a task in Hollywood to talking out in opposition to lots of the points surrounding cryptocurrency in 2021. After the collapse of FTX in November 2022, the actor testified at a US Senate listening to investigating the downfall of the crypto change. 

Along with interviews with SBF and Mashinsky, the documentary will reportedly discover El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s connections to crypto. Bukele rose to prominence within the business after proposing that El Salvador acknowledge Bitcoin (BTC) as authorized tender in 2021.