The OP (quoted below) has been amended and will continue to change as new ideas are presented.
Think: Ocean's 11 meets The Producers (further think: Springtime for Hitler).
Plot: A person claiming to be Satoshi recruits 11 renowned cryptoers in forming a company designed to conduct the world's largest ICO (in excess of $10B), whereupon once the moneys' raised, they exit scam, but the project takes on a life of its own where the scammers are forced to see the project to fruition in hopes of even a larger payday while the SEC et al. are on their heels.
Thoughts.
Instead of an ICO, it would be more believable if IEO is conducted in one of the best and top crypto exchange of the world convincing the top honchos that the project is very legit and must be supported while at the same time silencing (or killing) some people who know the truth of the matter. There should be a figure coming from SEC who is handsome and so charismatic and he will be the one conducting the investigation and uncovering the whole truth...and in the end this guy will almost be killed by the 11 renowned cryptoers.
IEO sounds plausable.
As for the [handsome] SEC dude, he could be in on the act, in partnership with the
fakesatoshi.
Think: Ocean's 11 meets The Producers (further think: Springtime for Hitler).
Plot: A person claiming to be Satoshi recruits 11 renowned cryptoers in forming a company designed to conduct the world's largest ICO (in excess of $10B), whereupon once the moneys' raised, they exit scam, but the project takes on a life of its own where the scammers are forced to see the project to fruition in hopes of even a larger payday while the SEC et al. are on their heels.
Thoughts.
It will be depends on how the director's bring this movie into life,the plot might be not that interesting but
if well known actors and directors will contribute to this movie it will then attracts movie goers to take a move and watch it, hope it will not be the same with the latest movie about crypto where I didn't find any convincing factors to have Larger audience.
That's a given along with cameo appearances of actors/actresses playing themselves who were conned to attached themselves to the fictitious IEO.
Title doesn't capture anything but the requirement so suspend belief for an Italian Job style heist (which the plot isn't).
In essence, you've got nothing crypto about the plot, except the vehicle of the scam: the ICO, and, as Bitconnect proves, doesn't even need to be a crypto or a blockchain even to succeed. Modus operandi is that of a ponzi, so you already have superior films out there (that recent one on Bernie Madoff is one I recall most easily).
Not envisioning a Ponzi et al., but an outright scam program being advanced.
A working idea is a project having the ticket symbol VAQ for
Virtual Reality/
AI (Artificial Intelligence)/
Quantum Computers, inspired by
https://www.quora.com/Of-all-the-new-technologies-blockchain-AI-VR-AR-Quantum-Computing-and-IoT-which-most-realistically-will-have-the-biggest-impact-commercially-in-the-next-5-years:
Of all the new technologies: blockchain, AI, VR/AR, Quantum Computing and IoT, which most realistically will have the biggest impact commercially in the next 5 years?