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Everyone Is Lying To You For Money Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: In Everyone Is Lying to You for Money, actor and author Ben McKenzie turns investigator, pulling back the curtain on the cryptocurrency industry and the culture of hype, misinformation, and speculation that fueled its explosive rise. What began as a promise of financial freedom has evolved into a volatile ecosystem rife with fraud and reckless gambling, carrying with it devastating consequences for everyday people.

Through firsthand reporting, expert interviews, and a clear-eyed examination of major collapses and scandals, the film traces how crypto became one of the most aggressively marketed financial products of the modern era—and how warning signs were ignored, dismissed, or deliberately obscured. As fortunes are made and lost, Everyone Is Lying to You for Money asks a sobering question: who benefits from the chaos, and who is left to clean up the damage?

Accessible, urgent, and often darkly ironic, the film is both a cautionary tale and a call for accountability—cutting through the noise to expose a system built on speculation, influence, and belief rather than truth.

IN SELECT THEATERS APRIL 17, 2026

DIRECTOR: Ben McKenzie
CAST: Ben McKenzie, Morena Baccarin, Gerard Butler, Alex Mashinky, Sam Bankman-Fried, Nayib Bukele
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Transcript
00:00Everyone is lying to eat the money.
00:03Cryptocurrency.
00:04It's pretty stupid.
00:07No balls, right?
00:08You might recognize Ben McKenzie from The O.C.
00:11He's been a critic of the cryptocurrency industry.
00:14To understand my journey into cryptocurrency,
00:16we have to go back.
00:18You know what's taken off? It's Bitcoin.
00:20It's money.
00:21It's cryptocurrency.
00:23It's F-S-A cryptocurrency. I don't know what the f- that means.
00:25What is this, like, look?
00:26I have a degree in economics.
00:28Surely I can figure out this crypto stuff.
00:31No banks, no fees.
00:33Electronic gold.
00:34It's a good time. We've got Bitcoin.
00:36Take all your money by Bitcoin.
00:38But I had a few questions.
00:41I can handle the turbulence.
00:43I don't like it.
00:44Up against a multi-trillion dollar industry
00:46shilled by every celebrity on the planet,
00:49I hired a film crew.
00:50Nice to meet you.
00:52Did you talk to my agent yet?
00:55The building Bitcoin Z.
00:58This looks like a normal web of trust.
01:00They can make the price gold, whatever they want.
01:03To the moon!
01:04What do you say to the people who have been scammed?
01:06I was crying. My wife was upset.
01:09Shady dudes end up making most of the money.
01:11How much have you donated to politicians?
01:14I'm an investor. Do you have anything to say?
01:17I... I...
01:19The cryptocurrency industry represents the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
01:24Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have been lied to.
01:27Everyone is lying to you for money.
01:29What is this backed by at the end of the day?
01:31Everyone is lying to you for money.
01:34Everyone is lying to you for money.
01:35Nothing.
01:35It's a story.
01:36Everyone is lying to you for money.
01:38Everyone is lying to you for money.
01:41I made a ton of money on it.
01:42Yeah, but I don't actually know anything about what was the matter, man.
01:47It doesn't matter.
01:48I'm not lying to you for money.
01:48I'm not lying to you for money.
01:48I'm lying to you for money.
01:48I'm lying to you for money.
01:49I'm lying to you for money.
01:52I'm lying to you for money.
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