News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
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.
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.
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.
A federal court's Daubert ruling validating blockchain analytics as admissible expert evidence raises the bar for forensic-grade data standards that accounting firms and CFOs must understand.
ASIC's cancellation of CAIP Services' AFS licence for ceasing business is a compliance and licensing wake-up call for Australian firms active in digital asset financial services.
ESMA's common supervisory action on CASP custody resilience raises the compliance bar well beyond MiCA licensing for EU crypto firms and their auditors
ESMA's new Q&A on CASP custody scope clarifies which newly issued crypto-assets require authorisation, with direct compliance and recordkeeping consequences for accounting firms and CFOs operating under MiCA.
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.
Senate Democrats demand hearings on Trump's crypto conflicts as CLARITY Act vote looms, creating a direct legislative-risk flashpoint for accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset compliance strategies
The CLARITY Act's legislative trajectory and what it means for digital asset accounting, compliance, and financial crime risk frameworks at accounting firms and CFOs
DOJ moving to drop charges against BitClub's alleged $722M mastermind raises serious questions about US crypto enforcement consistency, audit trails, and client-facing compliance obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
Enforcement and compliance implications for accounting firms and CFOs serving French-resident crypto clients whose assets may be stranded on Bitget
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
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
SEC and CFTC leadership vacancies create regulatory uncertainty that accounting firms and CFOs must factor into digital asset compliance planning now
EU Parliament's post-MiCA policy position on DeFi, staking, NFTs and stablecoins and its accounting and compliance implications for EU firms and CFOs
FMA Liechtenstein confirms MiCA transition period expired 1 July 2026: TVTG-only registrations lapsed for licensable activities, with direct implications for firms advising or operating in the EEA crypto market
MFSA's 2025 DORA authorisation cycle reveals where financial firms are still failing on ICT governance, third-party oversight, and incident management, with direct implications for crypto accounting software infrastructure and MiCA licence readiness.
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.
India's Union Budget 2025-26 expands the VDA definition to cover crypto assets and mandates third-party reporting from April 2026, with parallel changes to TDS, the updated-return window, and individual income tax slabs that directly affect payroll and global mobility costs.
