News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
FATF's July 2026 targeted update on VASP compliance and Recommendation 15 scorecard: what accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs must act on now
The EU's 21st Russia sanctions package directly targets crypto platforms and introduces a third-country ban mechanism, creating urgent compliance obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs operating in or servicing EU-regulated entities.
FATF's seventh crypto compliance report card reveals an enforcement gap that firms and supervisors must close now
AML and compliance obligations for banks, accounting firms, and CFOs as regulators clamp down on Bitcoin ATM fraud typologies
Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs reports HTX systematically rotating on-chain wallets to evade UK sanctions, raising urgent AML obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
TRM Labs alleges HTX is systematically rotating wallets to evade blockchain screening, raising urgent AML control and counterparty-risk questions for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs with any exposure to the exchange.
The BVI's VASP licensing regime and its implications for accounting firms advising clients on offshore digital asset structuring
Senior regulators in the UAE, UK, and Hong Kong are publicly committing to AI-driven, real-time supervisory models, replacing periodic reporting with continuous monitoring, and this has direct implications for how accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs must structure their AML/CFT compliance and crypto accounting software strategies.
FATF's July 2026 PPP report exposes the crypto industry's shallow integration into AML partnerships and signals where compliance obligations are heading for firms and CFOs.
FATF's call for accelerated crypto AML enforcement and rising stablecoin misuse signals immediate compliance and audit obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
Chainalysis adds automatic token monitoring for the Stable Layer 1 blockchain, expanding AML coverage for stablecoin payment flows via KYT, Reactor, and entity screening.
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.
Reed Smith's Aquarius platform automates MiCA compliance workflows, signalling how legal-tech tools are reshaping regulatory operations for CASPs, accounting firms, and CFOs across the EU and beyond.
Regulatory sandboxes for DLT in financial market infrastructure are moving from concept to live pilots across the EU, UK, Switzerland and Australia, with concrete compliance, accounting, and operational implications for firms and CFOs.
Elliptic's new AI copilot automates crypto compliance alert triage, cutting investigation time from hours to minutes, with direct implications for how accounting firms and CFOs manage on-chain AML workflows.
SWIFT's 24/7 tokenised-asset ledger initiative and its practical limits for accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset positions
Interpol's $123M romance-scam bust shows why transaction monitoring in crypto accounting software is now a front-line AML control
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.
KPMG/ECB digital sovereignty framework: DORA, cloud outsourcing and concentration risk implications for accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset infrastructure
Multi-jurisdiction Asia regulatory sweep: RBI ring-fences banks from crypto, Russia's digital ruble targets September, Dubai leads VASP licensing, Taiwan passes crypto law, and Kazakhstan bets on blockchain infrastructure
Accounting firms and CFOs serving multinationals need to understand the improved but still incomplete interoperability between ISSB Standards and ESRS, and what a credible single-report approach actually requires in practice.
Multi-jurisdiction regulatory sweep across Asia and the Gulf: licensing expansions, new crypto laws, CBDC launches, and OFAC sanctions with direct accounting and compliance implications for firms serving these markets
