Everyone Is Lying to You for Money (2025)
Like subprime, but dumber.
90 min
With any and all things crypto being pushed by celebrities, influencers, and politicians alike, actor-turned-author and director Ben McKenzie decides to investigate. Leveraging his celebrity status to gain access to eager prospectors, McKenzie finds himself unraveling the loosely regulated world of cryptocurrency. This skeptical but evenhanded take on the present and future of what we consider money gives a firsthand account of the chaotic financial frontier of our time.
- Release date
- April 17, 2026
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Martin Crane
Trailer
Cast
- Ben McKenzie as Self - Cryptocurrency Critic, Actor and Author
- Morena Baccarin as Ben's Wife
- Sam Bankman-Fried as CEO, FTX
- Alex Mashinsky as CEO, Celsius Network
- Gerard Butler as Self
- Alex Gladstein as Self - Chief Strategy Officer, Human Rights Foundation
- Corbin Keegan as Self - 1st Resident of Bitcoin City
- Wilfredo Claros as Self - Fisher
- Bitfinex'ed as Self - Crypto Skeptic
- Dan Davies as Self - Author, Lying for Money
Crew
- Sherrod Brown · Archive footage
- Ben McKenzie · Director
- Ben McKenzie · Writer
- Giorgio Angelini · Producer
- Ben McKenzie · Producer
- Martin Crane · Composer
- Matthew Akers · Cinematographer
- Giorgio Angelini · Cinematographer
- Neil Brandvold · Cinematographer
- Victor Peña · Cinematographer
- Drew Blatman · Editor
- Jen Mackie · Editor