The Get Down: Beyond Bitcoin

A 360 View of Crypto Tax Policy with Sulolit “Raj” Mukherjee

• butterscotch Media • Season 2 • Episode 24

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In this episode of The Get Down: Beyond Bitcoin, Ritzy P and Cleve Mesidor host a masterclass on digital asset taxation. The conversation features Sulolit "Raj" Mukherjee, Founder and CEO of Bodin Advisory LLC and former head of the IRS Office of Digital Assets. Raj provides a "360 view" of tax policy—bridging the gap between the US Treasury and decentralized finance. Raj explains why regulatory certainty is an asset for innovation.

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Cleve Mesidor shares updates on the Butterscotch Media ecosystem and the importance of financial literacy.

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Interview with Raj Mukherjee

Raj shares his journey from traditional finance to the center of US crypto policy efforts.

  • The 1099-DA Framework: A deep dive into confusion surrounding new reporting requirements and why "cost basis" is more complex than traditional equities.
  • Regulatory Arbitrage: The danger of the US failing to align with the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF).
  • Prediction Markets: Upcoming research on regulatory treatment as they move mainstream.
  • Embedded Compliance: Taxation logic built directly into blockchain code.
  • Certainty as an Asset: Why jurisdictions pulling ahead are those with the clearest rules.

About Raj
Sulolit “Raj” Mukherjee is the Founder and CEO of Bodin Advisory LLC, a strategy consulting firm that helps Fintech, crypto, and emerging tech companies navigate global regulatory frameworks through policy, tax, and compliance advisory. Most recently, Raj served as Head of the IRS Office of Digital Assets, where he led the US Treasury's Digital Asset strategy through tax policy development and regulatory rulemaking. He co-authored the U.S. Treasury's Digital Asset Broker Regulations.

Before his government service, Raj built tax and compliance functions at major blockchain and digital asset companies. As Global Head of Tax at ConsenSys, he managed the firm's domestic and international tax interests. Earlier, he held similar roles at Binance US and Coinbase. Raj came to crypto after 14+ years in traditional finance at JP Morgan, and HSBC, EY and KPMG.

Raj is a member of the Forbes Business Council, a Policy Expert to Cambridge Digital Innovation for Regulation (CDIR), and an Ambassador at Global Business Blockchain Council (GBBC) and has been recognized by Forbes as an Asian American Crypto Leader to Watch (2023) and by Butterscotch Media as a DeFi & Web3 Changemaker to Watch (2025). Raj holds a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law and B.A. degrees in International Relations and English Literature from Washington College in Maryland. He splits his residence between Washington, D.C., and Madrid, Spain.

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Ritzy P

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Cleve Mesidor

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