News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Regulatory intelligence for EU accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs: what Bridge's MiCA EMT authorisation and the growing ESMA register mean for client due diligence, stablecoin accounting, and AML obligations
EU 21st Russia sanctions package: 14 crypto platforms designated, new country-wide ban authority, and what compliance teams must do before August 23
Sanctions enforcement case study: how coordinated US/UK/EU designations and blockchain analytics collapsed a $100B ruble stablecoin, with AML and accounting implications for firms and CFOs
Accounting and stablecoin classification implications of BlackRock's first European UCITS tokenized MMF launch on public Ethereum
BDO's global crypto enforcement and compliance outlook: what accounting firms and CFOs must act on now
How coordinated US/UK/EU sanctions and blockchain analytics destroyed a ruble-pegged stablecoin, and what compliance teams must do next
Operational AML and accounting-systems framework for banks and CFOs managing stablecoin financial crime risk across three exposure channels
RL1 cooperative launches with 10 European bank members, CBDC settlement implications for accounting firms and CFOs
CZ's ASEAN crypto-passporting proposal and its compliance and licensing implications 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.
EU MiCA revision targeting non-EU stablecoin issuers: licensing, accounting, and AML implications for accounting firms and CFOs
MiCA-driven USDT exit: accounting, treasury, and client-portfolio implications for EEA and Swiss firms
EU Parliament's post-MiCA policy position on DeFi, staking, NFTs and stablecoins and its accounting and compliance implications for EU firms and CFOs
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.
EU officials are considering MiCA 2.0 revisions targeting non-EU stablecoin issuers, driven by the US GENIUS Act, with accounting and CASP compliance implications for firms and CFOs
The FCA's finalised stablecoin regime and its two-tier architecture create distinct accounting, capital, and compliance obligations for firms issuing or integrating stablecoins in the UK, with MiCA divergence adding a second layer of complexity for cross-border operations.
Revolut's USDT delisting under its CySEC-issued MiCA CASP licence signals a firm compliance inflection point for accounting firms and CFOs managing stablecoin exposures in EU and UK portfolios
AMF 2025 annual report signals MiCA authorisation pressure, asset tokenisation as a Paris priority, and tightening cyber resilience expectations for crypto-asset service providers in France and the EU
Three simultaneous regulatory moves, NYDFS-EBA stablecoin MOU, Hong Kong VATP and advisory licensing, and CFTC perpetual futures approvals, are reshaping the cross-border compliance obligations of stablecoin issuers, VASPs, and digital asset firms in 2026.
ESMA's first post-deadline MiCA register update adds 37 CASPs including Standard Chartered, reshaping EU crypto licensing obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
Five on-chain financial crime typologies compliance teams at banks, fintechs, and custodians must embed in their AML/CFT frameworks now
AML and compliance obligations triggered by the Huione Guarantee marketplace processing over $11 billion in USDT, with implications for transaction screening, SAR filing, and sanctions exposure at regulated firms globally
A five-stage blockchain risk maturity framework helps financial institutions benchmark AML/CFT readiness and build toward strategic digital asset capability
Huione Group has become the largest illicit online marketplace ever recorded, with its own unregulated stablecoin USDH designed to evade asset freezes. Accounting firms and compliance teams need to understand the transaction volumes, the USDH exposure risk, and the AML obligations this creates.
