From Corporate Accounting to Crypto

Finance leader Mary Kauffman shares her journey through traditional accounting at Deloitte to companies like Facebook, OpenSea, and crypto startup Lightspark. She discusses the intricacies of crypto accounting, how enterprises should approach crypto, and her career advice for accountants interested in working on crypto projects.Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE for listening to this episode.Checkout the Bitwave channel on Earmark to get even more CPEConnect with Marylinkedin.com/in/mary-kauffman-b650807a/lightspark.comConnect with Patlinkedin.com/in/patwhitetwitter.com/patwhitebitwave.io/Connect with Trevorlinkedin.com/in/trevorwardcpa/bitwave.io/Follow the Crypto With Accountants Podcastfacebook.com/CryptoAcctsPodtwitter.com/CryptoAcctsPodlinkedin.com/showcase/cryptoacctspodLeave a review on Apple Podcasts or PodchaserSubscribe to the Crypto With Accountants Podcast in your favorite podcast app! (00:34) - Welcome Mary to the show (02:02) - Background of Mary Kauffman (10:45) - What hard technical accounting problems have you encountered? (12:18) - Did you have any issues or questions that came up when looking at deferred revenue? (13:40) - What challenges from an audit perspective were occurring when accounting with digital assets? (17:07) - What is interesting in NFTs right now and what's it going to take to get us there? (22:24) - What is wrong with today's payment infrastructure in crypto? (30:15) - What is the Lightning Network and what does Light Spark do? (41:10) - Let's talk streaming payments (50:46) - If you could share one message with enterprises that are exploring the use of blockchain and digital assets. What would it be? (52:35) - What advice do you have for accountants interested in crypto accounting (54:18) - Where can you find Mary?