2025 Crypto Landscape: Key Trends and Updates for CPAs

March 31, 2025

Cryptocurrency is making headlines almost every day. Dr. Sean Stein Smith, CPA, and his guest Mark Eckerle, CPA, discuss the top crypto issues CPAs can help their clients with now and going forward. Topics include strategic bitcoin reserves, governmental pro-crypto pivot in 2025, pain points and an outlook for the remainder of 2025.

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          Mark W. Eckerle

          Mark W. Eckerle

          Mark Eckerle, CPA, is a partner at Withum. He is a member of the NJCPA Emerging Technologies Interest Group and several other interest groups.
          Sean D. Stein Smith

          Sean D. Stein Smith

          Dr. Sean Stein Smith, CPA, DBA, CMA, CGMA, CFE, is an associate professor at the City University of New York – Lehman College. He is a member of the NJCPA Board of Trustees, a New Jersey CPA Political Action Committee Trustee and participates on several interest groups.

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