What Accounting Blockchain Coalition does

The Accounting Blockchain Coalition (ABC) is a private, US-based industry association headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, that delivers continuing professional education (CPE) to accountants and tax professionals on blockchain, digital assets, and distributed ledger technologies. Its product portfolio consists of four CPE-accredited online courses — Introduction to Blockchain and Triple-Entry Accounting, Tokenization of Assets, Taxation of Digital Assets (delivered in partnership with MM Blockchain Academy), and How Blockchain and Digital Assets will Transform the CPA Profession — all offered through a self-serve web platform with firm-discount group enrollment. ABC describes itself as the first and premier industry association for digital-asset accounting education, and the organization is governed by a board that includes senior representatives from Vertex, Grant Thornton LLP, BitGo, BDO USA LLP, ConsenSys, and Michigan State University.

The coalition generates revenue through one-time course fees on a pay-as-you-go basis, with firm-level discounts available for group enrollment; no subscription, licensing, or membership pricing tiers are publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market motion is community-led, relying on email newsletter sign-ups, blog content (including regulatory commentary such as input to the OECD's Crypto Assets Reporting Framework with GDCA), and industry-association positioning rather than paid acquisition. The organization operates with a 1-10 employee footprint and serves a horizontal segment of CPAs and tax practitioners seeking expertise in digital-asset accounting, tokenization, and emerging regulatory frameworks.

ABC has no disclosed venture or private-equity funding, no parent company, and no public-listing history; ownership and governance appear to rest with the board and member community. The strategic emphasis is on category leadership and regulatory advocacy rather than rapid commercial scaling, with the FASB's decision to place digital assets on its agenda cited as the catalyst for the move to broadscale CPE education.

Name

Accounting Blockchain Coalition

Legal name

Accounting Blockchain Coalition

Website

https://accountingblockchain.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Accounting Blockchain Coalition is a US-based industry association offering CPE-accredited online courses that educate accountants and tax professionals on blockchain, digital-asset taxation, and asset tokenization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Education (Accounting & Tax)

akta.pro primary industry

Accounting, Audit & Tax (CPA/CA/ACCA CPE) (EDAAALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Financial Accounting & Reporting (GAAP/IFRS) (EDABAJAB)

Keywords

• Blockchain accounting education
• Digital asset taxation training
• CPE accredited courses
• Professional development CPAs
• Industry association digital assets

Headquarters

HQ city

Wakefield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. CPE Course Fees: Revenue generated from offering CPE-accredited online courses to accounting and tax professionals. Firm discounts are available for course enrollment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Accounting Blockchain Coalition (ABC) sells CPE-accredited online courses that educate accountants and tax professionals on blockchain technology, digital asset taxation, triple-entry accounting, and asset tokenization. It also operates as an industry association that fosters knowledge sharing among accounting professionals and contributes to regulatory frameworks such as the OECD's Crypto Assets Reporting Framework (CARF). Courses are delivered via its website with firm discounts available for group enrollment.

Product overview

The Accounting Blockchain Coalition (ABC) is an industry association focused on education and knowledge sharing among accountants and tax professionals involved in digital assets. ABC offers a platform for accounting and tax professionals to enhance their knowledge through CPE-accredited online courses. The product portfolio consists of four educational courses: Introduction to Blockchain and Triple-Entry Accounting (foundational course on blockchain's application in accounting), Tokenization of Assets (asset tokenization via blockchain), Taxation of Digital Assets (tax compliance for digital assets), and How Blockchain and Digital Assets will Transform the CPA Profession (future of the accounting profession). The courses are vetted by ABC to meet high quality standards and are delivered through partner organizations such as MM Blockchain Academy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Introduction to Blockchain and Triple-Entry Accounting An introductory CPE-accredited course for accountants and tax professionals that explains how blockchain can transform accounting, with key examples of how blockchain enables a new method of recording transactions through triple-entry accounting.
• Tokenization of Assets A CPE-accredited course for accounting and finance professionals providing a detailed overview of how blockchain helps companies manage and track assets or products through tokenization, with concrete real-world examples of asset tokenization in practice.
• Taxation of Digital Assets A CPE-accredited course for tax and accounting professionals offering insight into how digital assets are taxed, discussing tax compliance and helping learners navigate the complex process of filing taxes for digital assets.
• How Blockchain and Digital Assets will Transform the CPA Profession A CPE-accredited course for accounting professionals that explains what the future holds and how blockchain is transforming the accounting profession and the role of accountants, including insight into how blockchain accounting will continue to evolve.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vertex, Inc.coreOthersVertex, Inc. is represented on ABC's Board of Directors through David Deputy, who serves as President of ABC. Vertex is a provider of tax technology solutions.
• Grant Thornton LLPcoreOthersGrant Thornton LLP is represented on ABC's Board of Directors through Mark Li. Grant Thornton is a major accounting and advisory firm.
• BitGocoreTechnology or IntegrationBitGo is represented on ABC's Board of Directors through Chen Fang, Chief Product Officer. BitGo is a cryptocurrency custody and security provider.
• BDO USA LLPcoreOthersBDO USA LLP is represented on ABC's Board of Directors through Maurice Lidell. BDO is a national accounting firm.
• ConsenSyscoreTechnology or IntegrationConsenSys is represented on ABC's Board of Directors through Monica Singer. ConsenSys is a major blockchain software company.
• Michigan State UniversitycoreOthersMichigan State University is represented on ABC's Board of Directors through William McCarthy. This provides academic perspective to the coalition.
• GDCAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerABC and GDCA (Global Digital Asset Council) provided joint input to the OECD on the Crypto Assets Reporting Framework (CARF), demonstrating a strategic partnership in regulatory advocacy for the digital asset accounting industry.
• MM Blockchain AcademyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMM Blockchain Academy is listed as the provider for the 'Taxation of Digital Assets' course, indicating an educational content partnership for delivering digital asset taxation courses.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• CPABlockchain: Digital resource hub targeting CPAs on blockchain and digital-asset topics. Comparable as a niche emerging player in the same audience and subject-matter intersection that ABC addresses.
• MM Blockchain Academy: Blockchain education provider that delivers ABC's 'Taxation of Digital Assets' course under partnership. Comparable as an emerging education channel that already co-distributes with ABC and could expand into competing courses.

Others

• CPA.com: AICPA-owned technology and transformation arm serving CPA firms with practice tools and learning resources. Comparable as an enabling/ecosystem player adjacent to ABC's audience of accounting firms buying CPE.

Direct peers

• Surgent CPE: Subscription-based CPE provider for CPAs and tax practitioners with a self-study course catalog. Directly comparable as a competing CPE distribution channel competing for the same licensed-accountant wallet share that ABC targets.
• Global Digital Asset Council (GDCA): Industry council promoting digital-asset adoption through education and policy advocacy. Already a documented joint partner of ABC in OECD CARF submissions, making it a directly relevant peer in both mission and recent activity.
• Western CPE: Self-study CPE provider for accounting and tax professionals with a broad online course library. Comparable to ABC as a direct competitor for CPE-accredited continuing education hours purchased by CPAs and firms.
• Becker Professional Education: Long-established CPE and CPA exam prep provider serving accounting professionals with continuing education across multiple domains. Directly comparable to ABC as a CPE-accredited content provider targeting licensed CPAs, though Becker's catalog is far broader and includes CPA exam review.
• Digital Asset Council of Financial Professionals: Industry body focused on educating financial advisors and professionals on digital assets and blockchain. Closely mirrors ABC's association-and-education model in the adjacent financial-adviser vertical, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Blockchain Training Alliance: Training and certification body delivering blockchain and digital-asset courses to enterprise and professional audiences. Comparable as a competing education provider in the blockchain-for-professionals niche, though not accounting-specific.

Broad incumbents

• AICPA: The largest US professional body for CPAs, offering its own CPE catalog, certificate programs, and digital-asset learning content. Overlaps with ABC in serving the CPA CPE market but operates as a broad incumbent with portfolio-wide offerings rather than a digital-asset specialist.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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