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Sean, on the Crypto Mondays community he helps run in Philly.

A Philadelphia organiser explains a crypto meetup network now running in seventy cities, and answers the question nobody asks at a party: what artificial intelligence has actually done to crypto tax work.

Sean does crypto taxes and organises Crypto Mondays in Philadelphia. He describes it as “a Crypto Mondays DAO, just spreading the word, educating people on crypto, Bitcoin, AI and all those discussions” with developers, investors and local startups in the room.

The scale surprised the interviewer. “They’re at an international level. We have close to almost over like seventy cities now, all across the country and then as well as international.”

On what running it has been like: “It’s been an amazing experience. You meet a lot of like-minded people, you make new friends, but at the same time you’re learning about new technologies coming into blockchain.”

And on whether AI has taken the work out of crypto taxes, an answer that resists the easy version. “A little bit, but it’s a very grey area. The rules, regulations, some parts are still up in the air because the IRS is still trying to figure things out. With AI it’s getting a little bit simpler, but we won’t have a clear sense of direction until the IRS tells us exactly how to follow those transactions.”

He then turns the interview around and suggests what to ask everyone else at the party: what got them into crypto in the first place.

Filmed in Philadelphia by Maceo, under his Pizza DAO name, Pepperoni Lupin.

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0:04What do you want me to say? I’m going to ask you like your name, your age, where you’re from. Ask for your side. I’m just like,

0:12you’re the interviewee. You get to decide. Yeah, exactly. You can choose to answer. What’s up everybody? Say media. We’re at the Bitcoin pizza party here in Philadelphia 2020 for the pizza party. What’s your name?

0:27I’m Sean. I uh do crypto taxes and I also organize crypto Mondays here in Philly. So we have Crypto Monday organizers. What is Crypto Monday?

0:36Crypto Mondays. It’s a Crypto Monday DAO just spreading the word, educating people on crypto, um Bitcoin, AI and all those discussions. We have developers, uh investors, uh people who are doing startups as well in the area. They come by Crypto Monday like how big is that?

0:54They’re uh at an international level. So we have about close to Yeah. about close to almost over like 70 cities now. So all across the country and then as well as over international. What’s

1:07it been like for you organizing? I know I’m interrupting you but they’re going to go soon. So I’m trying to be there for too. And so what’s it been like for you organizing the crypto community here in Philadelphia?

1:15Oh it’s been an amazing experience. You meet a lot of like-minded people. you make new friends but at the same time you’re learning about you know new technologies coming into blockchain um any other events like Bitcoin pizza day amongst like other Salana day events as well so bunch of like crypto crypto events and you say you do crypto taxes has that gotten like harder or like less demand with AI

1:41um a little bit but it’s a very gray area so the rules regulations um they’re still kind of like some parts are still up in the because the IRS is still trying to figure things out. But for the most part, you know, with AI, it’s getting a little bit simpler, but we won’t have a clear sense of direction until the IRS tells us exactly how to, you know, kind of follow those transactions and kind of determine what to do.

2:05What kinds of questions do you think I should ask people around the party tonight? Me just trying to see what got them into the crypto scene, how active they are, and whether or not if they want to cover crypto Mondays. So,

2:18of course. Okay. Nice to meet you, Sean. Thank you. Hell yeah.

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