Conor O’Brien is a Senior Manager currently serving in Deloitte’s Washington National Tax Office Management Development Program, focusing on Blockchain and Digital Assets. Conor began is tax accounting career with Deloitte Tax in 2007, and in 2018 he returned specifically to work with Rob Massey in the Blockchain and Digital Asset space. Since then, he has played an integral role in analyzing various cryptocurrency specific transactions and concepts to gain a greater understanding of their factual underpinnings. Conor has participated in structuring and launch projects for decentralized protocols, token issuers, NFT issuers, DAOs, exchanges, custodians, and staking as a service providers. Additionally, he has performed in depth analysis of various proof of stake blockchains, as well as various DeFi platforms including decentralized exchanges and decentralized lending platforms. Conor enjoys rolling his sleeves up and experiencing the technology first-hand to develop a clear vision of how these novel tools work, and to determine how they might be viewed from an income tax perspective.