Matt Walrath
Founder, Crypto Tax Made Easy
Matt Walrath is the primary author of Crypto Tax Made Easy content and the founder of the firm. He has worked in crypto tax since 2017, with a focus on complex reconciliation across DeFi, NFTs, staking, bridges, perps, and multi-year catch-up cases.
Why Matt writes CTME’s crypto tax content
Most crypto tax problems don’t start with the tax return. They start much earlier, inside the transaction history. Missing cost basis, mislabeled transfers, bad imports, and broken DeFi classifications can make a tax report wrong before a CPA ever sees it.
Matt built Crypto Tax Made Easy around that gap. His work sits where crypto activity, tax software, and accounting review meet: cleaning up the on-chain data so investors and their tax professionals can work from a report that actually reflects what happened.
That is the lens behind CTME’s educational content. The articles are written for people who need practical crypto tax reporting guidance, not generic summaries that ignore wallets, protocols, bridges, and exchange data.
Experience and authority signals
Matt’s authority comes from direct crypto tax reconciliation work, public industry references, accounting firm training, and the volume of complex portfolios CTME has handled.
Complex portfolio work
CTME has reconciled more than 6.7 million transactions across exchanges, wallets, DeFi protocols, NFTs, staking activity, and cross-chain movement. The client dataset behind that covers 802 report rebuilds for 304 US clients.
Accounting firm training
Matt has trained CPA firm staff and accounting professionals on crypto tax reconciliation workflows through the Crypto Accounting Made Easy program.
Expert witness support
Matt has contributed to expert witness teams in crypto litigation, supporting transaction analysis and blockchain activity reconstruction.
Public profiles and references
Media mentions and appearances
- Binance podcast appearance
- Binance Square feature
- Cointelegraph quote: ATO crypto tax rules archived article
- TradingView syndication of Cointelegraph quote: ATO crypto user data request
- Australia Crypto Convention 2024 speaker appearance
- Solana Hackaroo Hackathon speaker appearance
- Bitget blog mention
- Cryptonews.com quote
- AMB Crypto quote
- NGMI Podcast guest appearance
- Blockstars Podcast Ep. 67 guest appearance
- Inside the Den Podcast guest appearance
- Millionaire’s Lawyer Podcast guest profile
- Millionaire’s Lawyer Podcast YouTube appearance
Areas Matt covers
Matt’s content is strongest where tax reporting depends on understanding the transaction data first.
Form 1099-DA readiness
Choosing a crypto tax accountant
Crypto Tax Made Easy team background
Need help with a complex crypto tax report?
Send CTME your wallets, exchanges, and transaction history. The team will review the scope and tell you what it takes to get the report cleaned up.