A Tour of US Tax Considerations for Tokenised Business Models

Join Enterprise Cayman for an overview of the US tax considerations on the newest business models using blockchain and digital assets.  

This discussion will include examples of businesses using Cayman Foundations, Launches of Decentralised protocols and tokens, and various types of tokenised assets.  The interactive session will include an overview of tax considerations along with time for Q&A and networking. University of Westminster. He previously ran think tanks in the US and UK, taught economics at two universities, co-founded the Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development, and was a member of the editorial board of the Cayman Financial Review.

This discussion will be led by Rob Massey.

Rob Massey is the Tax leader of Deloitte’s Blockchain and Digital Assets (BDA) practice. Since 2012, Rob has focused on the complex world of blockchain, digital assets, cryptocurrencies, and tokenization, serving clients across the ecosystem. This includes investors, miners, staking providers, payment processors, wallet providers, exchanges, custodians, funds, DAOs, foundations and entities involved in protocol development.

With over two decades of experience in tax consulting for technology companies, his experience spans the complex tax considerations of blockchain enabled transactions and the tax impacts of tokenization and digital asset transactions across business models, industries, and geographies.  He also has growing experience in tax controversy matters involving digital assets and blockchain based business models.

As the first person from Deloitte to work in blockchain and digital assets, Rob has been instrumental in establishing the BDA practice and growing the deep bench of experienced specialists on the team. Not only has his visionary leadership positioned Deloitte at the forefront of the industry, but also established Rob as a highly respected speaker at industry events worldwide.