Fortune and Mark Wahlberg’s Unrealistic Ideas are getting into the scrum of Ftx projects, planning a doc focused on the relationship between embattled Ftx founder Sam Bankman-Fried and Binance founder and CEO Changpeng “Cz” Zhao, one of Bankman-Fried’s most vocal critics.
The project is described as a “personal examination of the relationship between Sbf, who grew up in a prominent politically connected family of academics and Cz, who came from more modest circumstances having fled from China to Canada with his family when he was twelve. The two became dominant figures in the cryptocurrency scene and developed a unique association that positioned them alternately as allies and rivals. Bankman-Fried sought a high profile for Ftx that hinged on celebrity endorsements and political influence while Zhao focused on a more austere approach to building Binance.”
Bankman-Fried and Zhao both rose to prominence in the cryptocurrency boom and quickly established an adversarial back-and-forth.
The project is described as a “personal examination of the relationship between Sbf, who grew up in a prominent politically connected family of academics and Cz, who came from more modest circumstances having fled from China to Canada with his family when he was twelve. The two became dominant figures in the cryptocurrency scene and developed a unique association that positioned them alternately as allies and rivals. Bankman-Fried sought a high profile for Ftx that hinged on celebrity endorsements and political influence while Zhao focused on a more austere approach to building Binance.”
Bankman-Fried and Zhao both rose to prominence in the cryptocurrency boom and quickly established an adversarial back-and-forth.
- 2/1/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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