The Accountant Quits Podcast

If you’re in a stable 9-to-5 job and thinking, “In 2026, I want to start my own crypto accounting firm” , this episode is for you.
Starting an accounting practice isn’t just about technical skills. One of the first and most important decisions you’ll make is choosing your niche, and in crypto, that decision shapes everything that follows.
My guest is Mackenzie Thota, Founder of Hash Basis. At only 25 years old, she left a secure crypto accounting role at Figment, one of the leading blockchain validators, to go fully entrepreneurial and build a crypto-native accounting & tax firm.

✅ OUR RESOURCES

🌐 Join a global community of web3 accounting & finance professionals - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/courses⁠⁠⁠ 

🤓 Join the FREE Crypto Accounting Class & learn how to start working in web3 accounting ⁠⁠⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/free-class⁠⁠⁠ 

🙌 Join the next cohort of the Crypto Accounting Academy and learn how to manage a business using crypto ⁠⁠⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/crypto-accounting-academy⁠⁠⁠ 

💎 Join the next cohort of the Crypto Treasury Management Academy and learn how to optimize, allocate and protect your organization's treasury ⁠⁠⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/crypto-treasury-management-academy⁠⁠⁠ 

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Mackenzie Thota: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackenziepatel/

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Topics covered:
(0:00) Coming Up
(3:13) Quitting the 9-5 job
(6:11) Do you make enough money
(10:20) Hash Basis overview
(7:19) Checklist to start
(13:12) Crypto tax or accounting first?
(15:35) Finding your first client
(17:09) Get 2 months for free with Request Finance
(19:17) Finding your ideal clients
(23:10) Sales call
(25:38) Red flags on sales call
(27:02)  Client onboarding process
(29:44)  Pricing mistakes
(32:48) What makes a client complex?
(35:39) Learnings from external audits
(36:54) Practice management tools
(39:43) Other tools
(40:29) Choosing a subledger
(43:50) Recharge subledger expense to clients
(44:44) Cost for minimum viable tech stack
(46:36) Using AI/Automation
(49:15) Hiring contractors remotely
(52:05) Training the team
(53:46) New DeFi challenges
(57:24) Mackenzie’s advice
(58:16) Reach out to  Mackenzie

Treasury management is one of the most foundational, and least standardized functions in web3.
As organizations operate across fiat, stablecoins, and native tokens, treasury teams are no longer just tracking balances. They’re responsible for protecting liquidity, managing financial risk, designing governance and internal controls, and ensuring the organization can operate and survive long-term.
Rohit Goel, Treasurer at Protocol Labs, the creators of Filecoin and IPFS, joins us to share practical frameworks and hard-earned lessons on web3 treasury management.

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🌐 Join a global community of web3 accounting & finance professionals - ⁠⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/courses⁠⁠ 

🤓 Join the FREE Crypto Accounting Class & learn how to start working in web3 accounting ⁠⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/free-class⁠⁠ 

🙌 Join the next cohort of the Crypto Accounting Academy and learn how to manage a business using crypto ⁠⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/crypto-accounting-academy⁠⁠ 

💎 Join the next cohort of the Crypto Treasury Management Academy and learn how to optimize, allocate and protect your organization's treasury ⁠⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/crypto-treasury-management-academy⁠⁠ 

💰Simplify crypto AR, AP & accounting using Request Finance & get 2 months for free - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.request.finance/partners/theaccountantquits⁠⁠

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Rohit Goel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohitgoelcfa/

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Topics covered:
(0:00) Coming Up
(3:33) Rohit’s web3 journey
(5:12) Treasurer role explained
(11:14) Web2 vs web3 treasury
(14:04) Building a strong web3 treasury
(18:25) Financing options in web3
(19:39) Get 2 months for free with Request Finance
(21:27) Endowment portfolio approach
(24:19) Building diversified crypto treasuries
(28:48) Outsourcing using derivatives to investment managers
(31:33) Onchain treasury monitoring
(34:13) Counterparty risk management
(38:05) Web3 treasury governance
(42:02) Building real-time crypto dashboards
(43:55) Tools for managing cash flow
(44:52) Skills for Web3 finance
(48:48) Reach out to Rohit

Fundraising in web3 isn’t just web2 with a token attached.
On Episode 101, we break down what actually changes when you introduce tokens, interoperability, decentralization, and community ownership into the funding model.
I’m joined by Max Torres, Managing Partner at Taco3 Ventures and former Head of Finance at 0x Labs, where he helped raise $85M across Series A & B.

✅ OUR RESOURCES

🌐 Join a global community of web3 accounting & finance professionals - ⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/courses⁠ 

🤓 Join the FREE Crypto Accounting Class & learn how to start working in web3 accounting ⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/free-class⁠ 

🙌 Join the next cohort of the Crypto Accounting Academy and learn how to manage a business using crypto ⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/crypto-accounting-academy⁠ 

💎 Join the next cohort of the Crypto Treasury Management Academy and learn how to optimize, allocate and protect your organization's treasury ⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/crypto-treasury-management-academy⁠ 

💰Simplify crypto AR, AP & accounting using Request Finance & get 2 months for free - ⁠⁠https://www.request.finance/partners/theaccountantquits⁠

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Max Torres: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxaotorres/

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Topics covered
(0:00) Coming Up
(2:27) Max’s web3 background
(7:03) Fundraising in web2 v/s web3
(9:06) SAFE & SAFT
(11:11) Pro-rata rights of token supply
(14:01)  Fundraising Preparation
(17:50) Get 2 months for free with Request Finance
(19:29)  Understanding Tokenomics
(23:01) Fundraising process for founders
(26:46) Fundraising data platforms
(28:05) Closing the deal
(31:04) Launchpads as fundraising tools
(34:14) Future of web3 fundraising
(37:11) Taco3 Ventures services
(39:08) CFO role in web3
(41:25) CFO skills for web3
(44:27) Reach out to Max

Operational security is becoming the biggest priority in crypto, here’s how top teams protect their onchain treasuries.
Safe is the gold standard for smart contract wallets, securing over $60billion for organizations like the Ethereum Foundation, Optimism, Polygon, Chainlink, Morpho, and ENS.
In this episode, with Shebin John, Research Engineer at Safe Research, we explore how they’re building the next generation of treasury security, bringing approvals, spending limits, and segregation of duties directly into smart contract wallets.

✅ OUR RESOURCES

🌐 Join a global community of web3 accounting & finance professionals - https://www.theaccountantquits.com/courses 

🤓 Join the FREE Crypto Accounting Class & learn how to start working in web3 accounting https://www.theaccountantquits.com/free-class 

🙌 Join the next cohort of the Crypto Accounting Academy and learn how to manage a business using crypto https://www.theaccountantquits.com/crypto-accounting-academy 

💎 Join the next cohort of the Crypto Treasury Management Academy and learn how to optimize, allocate and protect your organization's treasury https://www.theaccountantquits.com/crypto-treasury-management-academy 

💰Simplify crypto AR, AP & accounting using Request Finance & get 2 months for free - ⁠https://www.request.finance/partners/theaccountantquits

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Shebin John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shebinjohn/

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Topics covered
(0:00) Coming Up
(2:42) Thank you for Episode 100
(3:41) Onchain treasury security challenges
(5:50) Safe Modules and Guards
(9:32) How Guards Work
(10:59) New feature with Spaces
(13:43)  Delegate call overview
(16:11) Guardrail protection explained
(18:28) Get 2 months for free with Request Finance
(20:08)  Fiducia & co-signers
(24:58) Policy Engines
(30:55) Implementing Policy Engine
(32:51) Zodiac’s Role Modifier
(34:52) Safe Research’s vision
(38:01) Other Safe projects
(39:42) Adoption hurdles
(41:25) Implementation barriers for finance teams
(42:59) Concluding thoughts
(45:35) Reach out to Shebin

Why are so many Web3 projects with massive treasuries not doing active treasury management?
That’s the question we explore in this episode with Bo Zhang, COO at Function: a project building the rails that allow Bitcoin to actually function: liquid, composable, and yield-generating.
Together with Bo, we dive deep into the intersection of institutional trading & token management, treasury management, and working with market makers.
Bo is also one of the instructors of our upcoming course: the Crypto Treasury Management Academy launching October 29th, designed to help web3 finance professionals learn how to optimize, allocate, and protect their organization’s crypto treasury.

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🌐 Join a global community of web3 accounting & finance professionals - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://app.theaccountantquits.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🤓 Join the FREE Crypto Accounting Class & learn how to start working in web3 accounting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/free-class⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

🙌 Join the next cohort of the Crypto Accounting Academy and learn how to manage a business using crypto ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theaccountantquits.com/crypto-accounting-academy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

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Bo Zhang: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bozhang7940/

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Topics covered
(0:00) Coming Up
(2:44) Background in web3
(6:02) Stress testing DeFi protocols
(11:25) Treasury management for web3 projects
(14:41) Active treasury management
(17:36) Get 2 months for free with Request Finance
(19:16) Working with market makers
(22:54) Crypto hedging basics
(26:27)  Outsourcing crypto hedging
(28:19) Do web3 organizations use derivatives
(29:24) Evolution of Bitcoin DeFi
(35:56) About Function & FBTC
(37:30) Lessons from Ren Protocol
(42:14) Function’s vision & RWAs
(45:32) Guiding principles for web3 treasuries
(48:36) Reach out to Bo Zhang