Audit Firms Don’t Want to Work With Crypto Companies, and That’s a Problem

Mazars and Armanino are getting out of the crypto audit game after a wave of negative PR.

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ABOUT

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken.

On today’s episode, NLW catches up on the latest in the crypto industry, including:

Sam Bankman-Fried changes his tune on extradition
DCG-owned coins on the move
Audit firms ceasing crypto operations

(CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of DCG.)

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “Glasgow” by Falls. Image credit: Feodora Chiosea/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

HOST

Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.