From Ledgers to Blockchains: Accountants Scaling the Web3 and Bitcoin Learning Curves
Upcoming professional education and industry events to keep us moving on up
Accountants On-Chain project continues with Electrafi
Using Bitcoin in Business - the new layers of opportunity
Crypto Accounting Academy - join our Australian study group forming
2023 Cryptocurrency Conference - Institute of Public Accountants with Blockchain Australia attendance
Accounting Business Expo - Electrafi exhibiting and speaking about scoping accounting services for crypto clients
Aus Crypto Con - join Accountants On-Chain on the Whova App if attending
Accountants On-Chain
This Electrafi Insider blog (and upcoming podcast) is a spin-off from the 2022 Accountants On-Chain knowledge sharing project for the Digital Playhouse Foundation charity, a crypto-curious community of accountants, bookkeepers and advisers innovating within their practices to support Web3 and blockchain-based businesses.
Electrafi, the accounting practice founded by Electra Frost (CFO and co-founder of Digital Playhouse Foundation), intends to operate as a social enterprise. We will continue sponsoring the Accountants On-Chain project with webinars focused on the most recent changes to the crypto accounting technology and compliance landscape.
To kick off this exciting culmination of purpose, please join our first Accountants On-Chain webinar of 2023 - Using Bitcoin in Business!
(OK, it’s nearly 2024 but, hey, better late than never!)
Using Bitcoin in Business
BOOK HERE ON EVENTBRITE
Wednesday 1 November 2023 - Online Event
Learn how businesses are extending the capability and utility of Bitcoin beyond the base layer. Demonstrating practical use-cases and apps for accountants to find out what their enterprising Bitcoiner clients may be generating numbers with in the back-office. We'll also look at Bitcoin invoicing with QuickBooks and Xero, and potential ESG scoring implications around Bitcoin mining and its energy sources.
The Accountant Quits - Crypto Accounting Academy
First training cohort. Starting 19 October. Join our Australian Study Group!
Back in 2021, a whole world of crypto and web3 opportunity opened up to me when I started listening to the ‘The Accountant Quits’ podcast. I have learned a tonne from Umar and his guests over the last few years, interviewed him with Request.Finance for two Accountants On-Chain educational webinars, and enjoyed participating in their Web3 CFO Club on Slack. So I was ecstatic for Umar and his pioneering accounting peers when they launched their Crypto Accounting Academy this month.
The 6 week program announced on LinkedIn covers wallets and custody, block explorers, accounting for on-chain transactions, managing crypto in business, tax treatments, accounting standards and audit.
With downloadable guides and templates and access to crypto accounting tools, it looks like an excellent Web3 accounting immersion for CFO’s and Professional Public Accountants alike.
The Electrafi team are enrolling before 19 October, and forming an Australian Accountants Study Group to collaborate on best practices and tax treatments suitable for Australian companies.
Please email electra@electrafi.finance or message Electra Frost on LinkedIn ASAP while applying here if interested.
2023 Cryptocurrency Conference - Institute of Public Accountants
18 and 19 October at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre
“More and more practitioners are taking the leap in working with digital assets and transactions. So where to now?” (our YouTube video 2:40mins)
“Join the Institute of Public Accountants with Blockchain Australia members for two-days of panel discussions, interactive sessions, networking events and thought-provoking takeaways, as you deep dive into the world of cryptocurrency. Virtual attendance option available.
Be part of the conversation and widen your knowledge on topics including blockchain, tax, crypto compliance, regulation and more. Become well positioned to make informed decisions and help your clients as you hear from movers and shakers, innovators, experts and industry leaders in crypto.”
SEE THE FULL PROGRAM HERE - Electra Frost (Electrafi) will be speaking on 3 panels including preparing for the future of crypto together, the utility of NFTs, and how practitioners can grow with their clients’ business perspectives of crypto.
Accounting Business Expo
22-23 November, ICC Sydney
FREE REGISTRATION
Visit the Electrafi Exhibition Stand for your free membership NFT and Bitcoin Lightning wallet experience, meet our team and chat with our crypto accounting software partners AEM Journaler.
It will be one of the most fun stands at #ABExpo, we promise!
Scoping crypto clients' service requirements and pricing
Speaker: Electra Frost (23/11, 12pm, Theatre 2)
"Can you do my tax and how much will it cost?"
As accountants, we can usually respond with a standard list of service items and indicative prices. However, scoping the requirements of a client using crypto and digital assets in new and emerging ways presents unknowns and challenges. Join this case-study session to learn how to confidently assess different crypto clients' needs and turn them into profitable prospects.
Aus Crypto Con
11-12 November at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
A group of Accountants On-Chain had a fabulous time at last year’s Aus Crypto Con, speaking with local crypto industry exhibitors and listening to speakers in the many theatres, including leading crypto experts from the legal, tax and education domains.
This year’s Crypto Con is in Melbourne and spans over a full weekend.
If you are attending this year, be sure to connect with the Accountants On-Chain group in the event’s Whova app. We will all find each other and have a great time!
Photo: Accountants On-Chain at Crypto Con Gold Coast in 2022, learning about decentralised digital identity from the Verida.io. Now we’re participating in their test-net. It’s always great to meet web3 start-ups in person first, to ask questions and fully appreciate the problems they’re solving with apps that we can learn to use for our professional development.