News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
ESMA elevates AI and tokenisation oversight to a Union-level supervisory priority from 2027, with direct implications for how EU-regulated firms and their accountants manage digital asset compliance and crypto accounting software governance.
What MFSA FinTech2030's regulatory discussions mean for stablecoin accounting, DeFi accounting, tokenisation and AML frameworks across EU firms
The IRS forums' dedicated digital asset and One Big Beautiful Bill Act sessions are a direct signal to accounting firms handling crypto clients about where IRS enforcement and education attention is heading.
CFTC and SEC press ahead with tokenization under existing authority after the CLARITY Act's Senate defeat, with direct implications for stablecoin accounting, asset classification, and on-chain collateral derecognition.
Breaking down which platforms fit the SEC's new five-year Innovation Exemption for tokenized NMS stocks, and what the classification and accounting questions mean for B2B practitioners.
NYSE and Blockchain.com sign an agreement to bring tokenized US equities and ETFs to 44 million crypto users globally, with significant accounting and regulatory implications for firms and advisers.
ESMA's 2027 Union Strategic Supervisory Priority on AI and tokenization raises concrete compliance, accounting, and disclosure obligations for EU-regulated firms and their auditors.
The White House is reportedly exploring joint ventures with private firms to spread dollar-backed stablecoins globally, with direct implications for stablecoin accounting, Treasury demand, and cross-border compliance.
On-chain verification reveals HTX's September 2026 proof of reserves misrepresented USDS and USDD balances, raising systemic questions about PoR integrity for accounting and audit professionals.
Canada's six largest banks are building a shared digital-dollar network, with direct implications for how accounting firms and CFOs classify, reconcile, and report tokenized bank liabilities under Canadian GAAP.
MoonPay's acquisition of North Capital and its PPEX ATS signals a vertical integration push into regulated tokenized securities infrastructure, with direct implications for accounting, audit, and compliance teams working with digital assets.
Former SEC Acting Chair Mark Uyeda confirms the agency voluntarily dismissed crypto enforcement actions in early 2025 because pursuing them would have undermined its own litigation credibility during a planned policy reversal.
Behavioral detection of pig butchering scams on blockchain is now scalable via machine learning, creating direct AML compliance and accounting obligations for virtual asset service providers and their advisers.
A blocked Senate amendment leaves crypto broker reporting language intact, creating material uncertainty for DeFi accounting, miners, and software developers across the US, Singapore, and Australia.
CME's BCH and UNI futures launch analysed for hedge accounting, fair value hierarchy, and Section 1256 tax treatment
Three APAC and Gulf regulators move simultaneously on tokenization and stablecoin frameworks, creating concrete compliance and accounting obligations for institutional participants
VARA's sweeping Dubai digital asset rulebooks, including a privacy coin ban and FATF-aligned AML rules, set a new compliance baseline that every VASP and its advisers must map against now.
Breaking enforcement analysis of the FBI's action against Huione Group, the largest illicit crypto marketplace ever recorded, and what it means for AML controls, stablecoin oversight, and crypto accounting software compliance frameworks.
RSM Global's analysis of how regulatory and commercial dynamics across the EU, US, UK, UAE, and Asia will shape where digital-asset firms invest and scale, and what that means for multi-jurisdiction crypto accounting and reporting infrastructure.
OSFI's deposit-equivalence ruling clears the path for Canada's bank-led tokenized payment rail, reshaping how finance teams must classify and record CAD tokenized deposits.
White House and Treasury pivot to SEC/CFTC rulemaking and GENIUS Act implementation after the Clarity Act's Senate defeat, with accounting and stablecoin compliance implications for US firms.
CFTC Chair Selig frames mass tokenization, 24/7 markets, and stablecoin collateral as near-term regulatory priorities, raising immediate structural and accounting questions for US financial firms.
BDO's analysis of how US GAAP frameworks (ASC 805 and ASC 280) apply to digital asset treasury companies, and why the operating-vs-passive distinction matters for financial reporting and audit
The House Ways and Means Committee's 38-5 approval of the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act signals real legislative momentum on US crypto tax reform, even as the broader Clarity Act stalls in the Senate — with direct implications for how firms treat staking income and voluntary disclosure obligations.
