News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Robinhood's FCA crypto registration signals tightening UK licensing norms ahead of the incoming regulatory regime, with direct implications for accounting firms and CFOs advising crypto-active clients.
HMRC expands its approved Pillar 2 software list, giving UK multinationals and their advisers a clearer filing pathway for Domestic and Multinational Top-up Tax returns and the GloBE Information Return.
Tri-jurisdictional Trickbot/Conti sanctions create new OFAC/OFSI/EU screening obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs managing crypto-exposed clients
EU 21st Russia sanctions package: 14 crypto platforms designated, new country-wide ban authority, and what compliance teams must do before August 23
Regulatory licensing milestone: CIMA grants Blockchain.com a full VASP custody licence, with EU MiCA and UK FCA approvals already in place, raising AML and counterparty-due-diligence obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
BDO's midyear global white-collar crime roundup flags AI fraud, crypto misconduct, and rising cross-border enforcement as the top compliance risks firms and CFOs must address in 2026
BDO's global crypto enforcement and compliance outlook: what accounting firms and CFOs must act on now
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
HMRC refreshes its MTD for Income Tax training hub, adding a software-selection video and updated agent sign-up guidance, with key mandatory rollout dates approaching for accounting firms and their clients.
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.
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.
Parliamentary inquiry into crypto banking access creates compliance and client-advisory obligations for UK accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset operations.
HMRC's July 2026 update to digital platform operator registration guidance: compliance obligations, reporting thresholds, and practical steps for accounting firms and CFOs
UK fraud review recommends mandatory judicial training on crypto laundering and AI scams, raising compliance and evidence standards for accounting firms advising clients in dispute or investigation
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.
UK political momentum for a permanent crypto donation ban and what it signals for AML/KYC obligations on accounting firms and CFOs advising crypto-exposed clients
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.
The FCA's Mills Review signals that agentic AI and tokenized settlement infrastructure are converging fast, creating immediate governance, AML, and accounting obligations for UK firms.
HMRC has updated its authorised software list for Pillar 2 Top-up Tax filings, signalling a tightening compliance window for large UK-linked corporate groups and their advisers.
