Ben McKenzie Dokumenter Kritik terhadap Cryptocurrency "Semua Orang Berbohong dan Menipu Uang", Wawancara dengan SBF dan Presiden El Salvador

Hollywood actor Ben McKenzie, who spent three years filming the cryptocurrency critique documentary “Everyone Is Lying to You for Money,” released a new trailer on March 10, with a scheduled North American release on April 17, 2026. The film features high-profile interviewees such as SBF, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, directly calling the crypto industry “the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.”
（Previous summary: SBF documentary “The Fall of the Crypto King” aired on BBC! Featuring Wall Street golden boy’s descent into hell）
（Additional background: Netflix to produce FTX collapse series “SBF and Caroline: Love and Destruction Story” on screen, with a star-studded cast revealed）

Ben McKenzie, a Hollywood actor who rose to fame playing Ryan Atwood in “The O.C.” and later portraying a young Jim Gordon in “Gotham,” has recently taken on the role of “cryptocurrency critic.” He announced the documentary “Everyone Is Lying to You for Money.”

He not only voices his opinions in the media but also testified before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee in December 2022, accusing the crypto industry of systemic fraud. In 2023, he co-authored “Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud” with journalist Jacob Silverman, which topped The New York Times bestseller list.

This documentary is based on that book and is McKenzie’s directorial debut, set to premiere in North America on April 17, 2026.

Interviewing SBF, Salvadoran President, and Crypto Platform CEO

The trailer features McKenzie visiting key figures in the crypto industry.

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX, was interviewed months before his indictment. In the footage, SBF still appears as the outspoken “greatest altruist,” contrasting sharply with his later courtroom image.

Another interviewee is President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, who made Bitcoin legal tender—becoming the first leader to back a country’s credit with crypto assets. The success or failure of this policy remains controversial.

The film also includes an interview with former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky, whose lending platform collapsed in 2022, freezing assets of hundreds of thousands of users. Mashinsky later faced a 12-year fraud sentence and is currently incarcerated.

Beyond industry insiders, the film features actors Morena Baccarin and Gerard Butler, illustrating the roles celebrities play in crypto marketing, as well as real victims, including a Texas businessman tearfully recounting losing his life savings on camera.

Opening line: “Cryptocurrency is pretty stupid”

The trailer begins with McKenzie bluntly stating, “Cryptocurrency. It’s pretty stupid,” setting the tone for the film. He recalls his initial reaction when first encountering crypto:

"What the hell is this? All this crypto stuff makes no sense,

unless the entire crypto world is a scam."

The core of the film lies in how the crypto industry has packaged itself as a “financial revolution,” while traditional financial warnings are systematically ignored, suppressed, or deliberately obscured, trapping retail investors with no protection. McKenzie calls cryptocurrencies “the biggest Ponzi scheme in history” and directly states that this “house of cards will eventually fall,” yet the industry continues to roll forward at an even faster pace.

Filming took place over three years across New York, Austin, Miami, London, and El Salvador, covering the rise and fall cycle of the crypto industry from its inception to the present. For crypto believers, McKenzie’s critical stance is no longer news, but the trailer shows that the documentary secured rare interview resources, making it very intriguing.