The Altruists, from Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions, to star Anthony Boyle as disgraced founder and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison

Netflix is getting into the cryptocurrency business, with a limited series produced by the Obamas on the rise and fall of crypto exchange FTX and its disgraced founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.

The Altruists, from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, will focus on the eccentric entrepreneur and his business – and sometimes personal – partner Caroline Ellison.