News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Practical accounting and tax implications for US accounting firms and CFOs of the seven proposed digital asset tax bills summarised by Forvis Mazars
FATF's 7th Targeted Update widens the gap between legislation and real enforcement, raising urgent AML, supervisory, and crypto accounting software obligations for firms and CFOs.
Bernstein's legislative risk analysis and the accounting, valuation, and DeFi governance implications for US accounting firms and CFOs if the CLARITY Act stalls
CLARITY Act stall threatens crypto valuations and resets the regulatory playbook for CFOs and accounting firms managing digital asset exposure
BDO's global crypto enforcement and compliance outlook: what accounting firms and CFOs must act on now
FATF publishes DeFi regulatory challenges report: what accounting firms, auditors and CFOs must assess now
Elliptic and Zama partnership shows wallet-level AML screening can coexist with FHE-based confidential DeFi, creating a compliance-by-design template for institutional on-chain finance
FATF's seventh crypto compliance report card reveals an enforcement gap that firms and supervisors must close now
FATF signals that DeFi's centralised elements must be regulated as VASPs, raising immediate AML, onboarding, and crypto accounting software obligations for firms advising digital asset clients.
SEC Commissioner Peirce signals crypto vaults and onchain lending may be securities: accounting, audit, and compliance action points for US firms and CFOs
Law enforcement's conditional CLARITY Act endorsements sharpen the DeFi accountability debate ahead of the Senate's August recess, with direct implications for AML program design and crypto accounting software readiness.
CFTC modernisation push by Phantom and Hyperliquid creates new compliance and DeFi accounting questions for accounting firms and CFOs
EU Parliament's post-MiCA policy position on DeFi, staking, NFTs and stablecoins and its accounting and compliance implications for EU firms and CFOs
The European Commission's MiCA review consultation opens every major pillar of the framework to potential amendment, creating near-term uncertainty and compliance planning obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs with EU digital asset exposure.
A key law enforcement bloc has dropped its opposition to the CLARITY Act, narrowing one political obstacle to US crypto market structure legislation with direct implications for DeFi liability and AML compliance frameworks.
Thailand SEC's 2026-2028 capital market strategy formalises digital assets as a legitimate asset class, opening crypto ETFs, derivatives, tokenized securities, and tightening AML/CFT enforcement simultaneously.
Five on-chain financial crime typologies compliance teams at banks, fintechs, and custodians must embed in their AML/CFT frameworks now
Cross-chain bridges enable large-scale crypto laundering beyond current AML controls, creating urgent compliance exposure for firms handling digital assets
The CLARITY Act faces a narrow July window in the Senate, with unresolved DeFi provisions, ethics concerns, and a presidential veto threat creating real planning uncertainty for firms with US crypto exposure.
EU lawmakers have called for a formal regulatory assessment covering DeFi, staking, and NFTs, signalling that MiCA is not the end of the EU crypto rulemaking cycle and that compliance and reporting frameworks for these asset areas remain unfinished.
Approval phishing is a growing threat that crypto accounting software can help detect through anomaly tracking and reconciliation.
DeFi breaks bookkeeping in a specific way: the wallet is not the position. What a receipt token hides, why gross versus net matters, and the reconciliation that makes it auditable.
