Crypto centers on a young anti-money laundering agent tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in his remote New York hometown, where his father (Russell) and brother are struggling to maintain their family farm in a changing economic landscape. The agent quickly finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous underworld populated by a mysterious art dealer, a crypto-currency enthusiast turned cyber-sleuth (Harris) and a corrupt accountant doing the bidding of ruthless clients.