News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Practical accounting and tax implications for US accounting firms and CFOs of the seven proposed digital asset tax bills summarised by Forvis Mazars
Practical accounting and audit implications of ASC 350-60's judgment-driven framework for stablecoins, wrapped tokens, and in-scope crypto assets on corporate balance sheets.
Senate procedural filing on the CLARITY Act sets up a September cloture vote, keeping stablecoin and market-structure accounting uncertainty alive for another month at minimum
Senate CLARITY Act delay shifts the legislative timeline to mid-September, keeping stablecoin and market-structure accounting in limbo for accounting firms and CFOs
FASB IAC raises stablecoin cash-equivalent classification threshold and disclosure concerns, with direct implications for US GAAP balance sheet treatment and CFO disclosure strategy
FASB PMAC May 2026 recap: stablecoin cash-equivalent classification, wrapped-token disclosure, and four other active standard-setting streams
OFAC adds four Iran Central Bank crypto addresses; Tether freezes $131M in stablecoins, signalling new enforcement playbook for compliance teams and CFOs
EU 21st Russia sanctions package: 14 crypto platforms designated, new country-wide ban authority, and what compliance teams must do before August 23
Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott confirms a CLARITY Act floor vote before August recess, with 60-vote threshold and stablecoin licensing disputes still unresolved
Bernstein's legislative risk analysis and the accounting, valuation, and DeFi governance implications for US accounting firms and CFOs if the CLARITY Act stalls
OFAC sanctions DPRK IT-worker facilitator: AML, KYC and vendor-screening duties for accounting firms and CFOs
AML and compliance officers at US credit unions face four concrete crypto exposure channels they must map, monitor and document now, with NCUA guidance making visibility a regulatory baseline
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
Visa's stablecoin payout expansion via Zero Hash raises immediate USDC accounting, reconciliation, and balance-sheet treatment questions for accounting firms and CFOs
Shrinking Senate window for the CLARITY Act raises immediate accounting and compliance planning questions for CFOs and accounting firms advising digital asset clients
US-UK FRWG 13th meeting signals coordinated stablecoin and tokenization policy, with GENIUS Act implementation front and centre for accounting firms and CFOs
CLARITY Act stall threatens crypto valuations and resets the regulatory playbook for CFOs and accounting firms managing digital asset exposure
Circle's New York trust charter signals a new compliance baseline for accounting firms and CFOs holding or servicing USDC
BDO's global crypto enforcement and compliance outlook: what accounting firms and CFOs must act on now
BDO frames AML and sanctions best practices for firms with digital asset exposure, with SEC and DOJ enforcement intensifying in 2026
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
OFAC freezes $131M in stablecoins tied to Iran's central bank, raising urgent sanctions-screening and digital asset accounting obligations for US-nexus firms and CFOs
FASB chair confirms existing interim-reporting standards largely cover any SEC semiannual shift, while flagging a new stablecoin cash-equivalents project as the bigger standard-setting watch item for CFOs and accounting firms
