Crypto Accounting News & Updates

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

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

WebX Tokyo 2026 signals Japan is an on-chain finance builder, not a bystander: AML, stablecoin governance and prediction market blind spots are the three live issues for compliance teams and CFOs across APAC.

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.

Bank of Thailand targets USDT and cash flows in AML crackdown: compliance and accounting implications for firms

MiCA-driven USDT exit: accounting, treasury, and client-portfolio implications for EEA and Swiss firms

Thailand SEC's 2026-2028 capital market strategy formalises digital assets as a legitimate asset class, opening crypto ETFs, derivatives, tokenized securities, and tightening AML/CFT enforcement simultaneously.

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

A five-stage blockchain risk maturity framework helps financial institutions benchmark AML/CFT readiness and build toward strategic digital asset capability