New FTX documentary to spotlight SBF-CZ relationship
The FTX saga and the developments that led to the crypto exchange's collapse will be framed in a new documentary focusing on the volatile relationship between Sam Bankman-Fried and one of his fiercest critics, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the production is a partnership between media outlet Fortune and Unrealistic Ideas, a non-scripted production company co-founded by American actor Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Archie Gips.
"The tumultuous relationship between SBF and CZ has played out to a certain extent in articles and on Twitter, but this definitive documentary will give people a 360 degree personal look at the entire FTX saga,” noted Fortune editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell in a statement shared with Cointelegraph.
The documentary will focus on how Bankman-Fried, born into a prominent academic family with political connections, and Zhao, whose family fled from China to Canada when he was 12, came to be two of the most relevant figures in the crypto space, and how their relationship alternated between being allies and rivals.
For a brief recap, Zhao was at the epicenter of FTX's dramatic collapse. At the beginning of November 2022, the Binance CEO publicly disclosed plans to liquidate the company's entire position in FTX's native token, FTT (FTT).
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According to CZ, the decision reflected "post-exit risk management" due to “recent revelations" around FTX. At the time, he also argued that Binance “won’t support people who lobby against other industry players behind their backs.”
FTX experienced a massive bank run as a result of CZ's comments. Zhao's move was crucial to further investigations regarding FTX's
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