News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Use The Block's DeFi 201 explainer as a map of the protocol mechanics that finance teams must translate into accounting records.
Circle's Q3 print mixes reserve income, a one-off token presale and restructuring costs, and finance teams that hold or account for USDC should read it as a lesson in separating revenue streams and tracing disclosure footnotes.
Morgan Stanley's use of DTCC's tokenization service puts tokenized equities and Treasurys inside mainstream market infrastructure, and finance teams need ledgers that can handle them.
South Korea's proposed fourth delay of its 22% crypto gains tax to 2029 is a reprieve that finance teams should use to build records, loss tracking and CARF readiness, not to pause.
France's Assembly rejected the 2027 budget revenue section, dropping three crypto amendments for now, but they can return in the Senate, so finance teams should plan for stablecoin and self-custody reporting scenarios.
The Bitget exploit pushes suspected DPRK theft past $1 billion in 2026, so finance teams need counterparty exposure, screening and loss-recognition workflows ready.
An on-chain investigator's allegation that a French bank lost $133M in crypto shows finance teams what to prepare before a custody loss hits the ledger.
A fake recruitment process reportedly led Binance developers to install malware in a $6.3bn theft, so finance teams must treat hiring, key access and ledger controls as one risk surface.
A French bank confirms a cyberattack after on-chain sleuth ZachXBT links it to an alleged $133M crypto theft; what finance teams should check in their own books and controls.
Amundi's tokenized share class on a €22.8bn equity index fund moves tokenization from cash funds into equity index investing, and finance teams need records that can reconcile on-chain and off-chain positions.
A Democratic House flip reshapes who writes US crypto rules, so finance teams should keep stablecoin accounting policies flexible rather than assume the current legislative path holds.
A Democratic Congress shifts US crypto policy toward oversight, so finance teams should plan around stalled market-structure legislation and invest in audit-ready records.
Thailand's SEC move to block Bitget from Dec. 5 turns a licensing story into a concrete records, custody and AML task for finance teams using crypto accounting software.
The CLARITY Act's Senate stall, and why finance teams should keep their digital asset books regulation-agnostic rather than wait for market structure law.
A Democratic Congress shifts US crypto legislation toward consumer protection and accountability, so finance teams need audit-ready records and crypto accounting software before oversight tightens.
The CFTC's first approval of stock perpetual futures in the US creates a new product class that finance teams must be ready to classify, value and reconcile, and it makes crypto accounting software a controls question, not a convenience.
HKMA's Ensemble pilot now settles tokenized deposits against 24/7 tokenized central bank money, and finance teams need ledgers that can handle round-the-clock, two-leg settlement.
Binance's incident report shows a months-long social-engineering chain behind the $6.34B theft, and finance teams should treat it as a control, reconciliation and disclosure case study.
Liechtenstein's FMA guidance on asset-referenced token offers under MiCAR sets a form-based admission route that finance teams must map into stablecoin accounting and controls.
New Jersey rescinded its Coinbase staking order without prejudice, so firms need accounting that handles resumed staking, state-by-state restrictions and lingering legal risk.
Democratic control of Congress reshapes the stalled CLARITY Act outlook, so finance teams need accounting systems flexible enough to absorb whichever market-structure rules emerge.
A Brazilian exchange hack shows why finance teams need accounting records that can handle a theft, a partial freeze and a recovery in near real time.
A federal court has signalled the CFTC may lack authority to allow retail stock perpetuals, so finance teams holding or reporting these positions need record-keeping and contingency plans now.
Elliptic's open Q&A on the $6.43B Binance theft and free blocklist is a prompt for finance teams to screen ledgers, document exposure and tighten controls with crypto accounting software.
