Film Screening: Everyone Is Lying to You for Money

Since the earliest days of the technology, cryptocurrency has been mired in controversy, as people debate its social value against its potential to enable criminal activity and operate in a regulatory gray area that opens opportunities for malfeasance. From its early role in online contraband sales to the implosion of FTX to the industry's ties to the current President of the United States, crypto has not escaped controversy or legal difficulties.

Actor-turned-accidental-fraud-investigator Ben McKenzie spent two years inside the crypto industry asking a simple question: Where is the money actually coming from? The result was his 2023 book, Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud, and his more recent documentary, Everyone Is Lying to You for Money.

McKenzie and his team have been showing the film through individual screenings rather than standard theatrical releases, and the Corporations and Society Initiative at the Stanford Graduate School of Business is pleased to present a screening on campus this fall.

The 90-minute screening will be followed by a 20–25 minute discussion exploring the important issues the film raises around deception, money, and trust. 

Student Leads: Dylan Ackerman, MBA ’26 and Sam Peinado, MBA '27

Faculty Leads for the Post-Screening Discussion: Anat Admati and Doug Guilbeault