News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
AMF deregisters AUTOMATA France SAS as a PSAN from 30 June 2026, citing unlicensed crowdfunding and fitness failures, with ordered wind-down obligations and MiCA transition context for accounting firms and CFOs
Tri-jurisdictional Trickbot/Conti sanctions create new OFAC/OFSI/EU screening obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs managing crypto-exposed clients
OFAC sanctions on Nemesis darknet market administrator: AML obligations, blockchain tracing implications, and what accounting firms and CFOs must do now
AFM DORA Update 7 flags ICT register quality gaps and under-reported incidents, with direct compliance actions for Dutch and EU financial firms and their auditors
EU tax enforcement surge: PSD infringement letters to France, Germany and Italy; DAC9 pressure on Belgium, Bulgaria and Cyprus; and a French share-buyback tax referral to the CJEU, all landing in a single July 2026 wave
MiCA enforcement signal: Binance's Android app pulled from Google Play in parts of the EU, raising counterparty and AML screening obligations for accounting firms and CFOs
EU adds HTX to Russia sanctions list two months after UK, raising urgent screening and audit obligations for accounting firms and CFOs holding or processing digital assets
CSSF issues formal warning against unlicensed operator consulting-mla.com, signalling heightened AML/KYC gatekeeping risk for firms onboarding Luxembourg-facing counterparties
EU, US, and UK sanctions against Trickbot/Conti administrator 'Stern' and ransomware enablers trigger OFAC screening, wallet-tagging, and AML obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs.
MFSA settles with Everest Network Ltd for VFA shareholding and reporting failures, imposing a €40,560 penalty — a concrete compliance benchmark for crypto accounting and legal teams across the EU.
ESMA's common supervisory action on CASP custody resilience raises the compliance bar well beyond MiCA licensing for EU crypto firms and their auditors
Binance's failed MiCA application in Greece and its active pursuit of fresh EU and Asia-Pacific licenses signals a regulatory inflection point that accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs serving crypto-active clients must track closely.
Belgium's FSMA names six unauthorized CASPs just after the MiCA transitional deadline, signalling that enforcement is live and that accounting firms and CFOs with EU crypto-exposed clients must verify CASP authorization status immediately.
AFM's €170k penalty against bunq for delayed fraud-complaint responses signals tightening consumer-protection enforcement that compliance teams at payment service providers and their auditors must take seriously.
AFM thematic review finds trading venues have only partial DORA ICT risk framework compliance, with specific gaps in security monitoring, access controls, logging, and group-level policy governance
AFM's thematic review exposes five recurring PEP due-diligence failures at Dutch financial firms, with direct implications for crypto-asset service providers and their compliance frameworks
AFM enforcement action against Euronext Amsterdam for breaching CSDR open-access obligations signals heightened EU market infrastructure scrutiny relevant to firms tracking settlement and clearing compliance
AFM's 2025 SREP market review finds Dutch financial firms have adequate policies on paper but chronic gaps in execution, ICT risk management, and accountability structures, with direct implications for firms using crypto accounting software in regulated environments.
ESMA's €2.145M fine against Moody's Germany signals that reporting data quality and internal controls are live enforcement targets for all CRA-regulated entities in the EU.
The AMF's €1.2m spoofing sanctions against a German derivatives firm have survived every appeal stage, including the Cour de cassation, confirming cross-border jurisdiction over Eurex-listed futures linked to French sovereign bonds.
ESMA signals that prediction market event contracts are already caught by existing EU retail prohibitions, creating urgent product classification and compliance obligations for CASPs and their auditors.
MFSA imposes a €2,400 penalty on a company service provider for missing the 2022 Annual Compliance Return deadline, a live reminder that regulatory filing obligations carry real financial consequences
MiCA's transition window has closed but uneven NCА enforcement capacity across EU member states creates immediate compliance and audit risk for CASPs and their advisers
Four concurrent EU tax enforcement and legislative developments across Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden create immediate compliance pressure for multinationals and their advisers.
