RUIN: Money, Ego and Deception at FTX (2023)

2023-10-251h 48m

RUIN is a feature documentary about Sam Bankman-Fried and the stunning collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, as narrated by Bloomberg journalists and some of the central players in the rise of digital assets.

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