News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
FSA/NPA joint request for withdrawal delays and address pre-registration creates immediate compliance review obligations for licensed exchanges and their advisers
South African legislative proposal for cross-border crypto transaction rules: AML, reporting, and accounting implications for accounting firms and CFOs
Regulatory briefing for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs on Taiwan's proposed domestic VASP Travel Rule from October 2026
Texas legislative threat to crypto kiosk operators and the AML/KYC compliance and accounting implications for US firms and CFOs
SEC Chair Atkins signals the agency will act unilaterally on crypto rules if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act, raising compliance planning urgency for accounting firms and CFOs.
South Korea's FSC moves toward a consolidated Digital Asset Basic Act while opposition tables a bill to scrap the 2027 crypto income tax — immediate compliance and accounting implications for firms and CFOs with Korean exposure.
CZ's ASEAN crypto-passporting proposal and its compliance and licensing implications for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs
New York AG's CLARITY Act testimony raises AML, KYC, and state-preemption risks that CFOs and compliance teams must map now
Goldman Sachs CEO breaks from Wall Street peers to back the CLARITY Act, signalling a regulatory inflection point that accounting firms and CFOs must plan for now
CLARITY Act ethics clause bars federal officials from token issuance until 2029, creating new client-screening and disclosure obligations for accounting firms and CFOs tracking US digital asset legislation
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.
Parliamentary inquiry into crypto banking access creates compliance and client-advisory obligations for UK accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset operations.
South Korea's proposed state asset management framework for digital assets and what it means for accounting firms and CFOs operating in or with KR exposure
Chinese prosecutors propose treating mixer and privacy-coin use as money-laundering indicators, raising AML and crypto-accounting obligations for firms with China exposure
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.
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
Kenya's CMA moves to procure a blockchain analytics tool, raising immediate AML compliance and record-keeping obligations for accounting firms and CFOs operating in or serving the Kenyan digital asset market.
SEC crypto safe harbor proposal: regulatory and accounting compliance implications for US firms and CFOs
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.
Senator Gillibrand's proposed bill to ban elected officials from issuing meme coins raises immediate questions for accounting firms and CFOs tracking US crypto regulatory risk and structuring client disclosures.
FINMA endorses the Federal Council's Banking Act revision, pushing for full adoption of preventive supervisory powers and an end to double leverage at systemically important banks
AFM finds the Dutch AI Act implementation law workable in principle but flags gaps in supervisory task allocation, capacity, and data-sharing that financial firms must track now
The accountability-control gap in AI-driven compliance: why CCOs and MLROs face governance exposure before regulators catch up
Senator Gillibrand's proposed ethics restriction barring elected officials from issuing digital assets signals tightening governance standards that accounting firms and CFOs must track for compliance and client advisory work.
