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Crypto accounting on Fantom

A practical overview to help finance teams on Fantom.

Fantom is a high-performance blockchain platform using directed acyclic graph (DAG) technology for near-instant transaction finality. It offers extremely low fees and supports thousands of transactions per second through its innovative Lachesis consensus mechanism. Fantom has built a thriving DeFi ecosystem with major protocols like SpookySwap and Geist Finance. The platform focuses on real-world adoption through partnerships with government and enterprise clients.

What does crypto accounting on Fantom involve?

  • Ingesting on-chain transactions into a human-readable general ledger.
  • Tracking historical token balances and cost basis for realized/unrealized gains.
  • Classifying DeFi (swaps, LP, staking, bridges) with clear audit trails.
  • Mapping activity to a chart of accounts for financial statements.

Recommended workflow for finance teams

  1. Connect wallets, custodians, and contracts relevant to Fantom.
  2. Auto-tag common patterns (transfers, swaps, fees) using rules.
  3. Reconcile balances across custody sources and on-chain snapshots.
  4. Review exceptions, assign accounts/entities, and export to ERP.

Common accounting treatments on Fantom

  • Gas fees: typically expensed; capitalize when attributable to asset acquisition.
  • Swaps: disposal + acquisition with fair value at execution.
  • Staking rewards: recognize income upon receipt; track tax lots for disposals.
  • LP positions: record deposits/withdrawals; value positions to capture P/L.

ERP integration

Export summarized journals to your ERP with entity, account, class, and memo dimensions. Keep IDs consistent across environments to support automated, repeatable syncs.

Transactions
Supported
Historical Balances
Supported
DeFi
Supported