# @vicenews on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=ksXSZz3wkT0
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-20T17:46:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** VICE News (@vicenews) — https://gondola.cc/vicenews

## Caption

Most people know Ben McKenzie from The O.C. Over the past several years, however, he has made an unlikely transformation into a serious crypto investigator—and, as Shane puts it, a hell of a journalist and filmmaker.

McKenzie joins Shane to discuss his documentary, Everyone Is Lying to You for Money, and the journey that took him from casual crypto skeptic to interviewing major industry figures, anticipating the collapse of companies like Celsius and FTX, and testifying before the Senate Banking Committee.

Together, they examine the machinery behind the crypto boom: celebrity endorsements, insider control, market manipulation, Trump’s crypto ventures and the absence of meaningful enforcement. They also explore the human cost of an economy that increasingly encourages ordinary people to gamble their way toward financial security.

The conversation eventually moves beyond crypto to prediction markets, legalized gambling, artificial intelligence and the opportunists who migrate from one technological gold rush to the next.

It’s a sharp, funny and deeply human conversation about money, power—and who is left holding the bag when the hype collapses.

For a limited time only, join audiences around the world for a special global streaming event celebrating Everyone Is Lying to You for Money followed by a live Q&A with director Ben McKenzie, actress Morena Baccarin, and special celebrity guests.

Only available August 22nd through September 6th, 2026.

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Chapters:
00:00 Ben McKenzie's Crypto Documentary 
07:10 The Friend Who Couldn't Explain Crypto
11:14 Alex Mashinsky and Celsius 
12:40 20 People Control Crypto 90 Percent of Trading Is Fake
20:56 Crypto Is Corporate Money 
26:05 Crypto Is Gambling
31:13 Sam Bankman-Fried The Boy Genius Who Wasn't a Genius
38:09 Interviewing SBF Twitching and Deflecting
39:36 Vindication and Heartbreak Watching Regular People Lose Everything
42:33 Testifying to the Senate and Kevin O'Leary's Egg on His Face
50:54 Trump Coin How a President Made 600 Million and Investors Lost a Billion
55:25 Greater Fool Theory
57:38 Crypto to Gambling Prediction Markets and Force Fed Risk
1:07:13 The Shame of Failure 1.8 Million Margin Calls and the Squid Games
1:09:10 Ben's Big Takeaway Tech Won't Save Us We Only Have Each Other

Ben McKenzie Exposes Crypto's Biggest Lies | Shane Smith Has Questions
https://www.youtube.com/@VICENews

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## Tags

cryptocurrency, ftx, trumpcoin, vicenews, sbf, easymoney, cryptoscams, benmckenzie, shanesmithhasquestions, everyoneislyingtoyouformoney, casinocapitalism, crypto, bitcoin, shanesmith, blockchain

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