News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
RL1 cooperative launches with 10 European bank members, CBDC settlement implications for accounting firms and CFOs
Alpaca's $435M capital raise signals tokenized equity infrastructure scaling fast, creating new accounting, custodial, and conflict-of-interest questions for 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.
Cross-chain bridges enable large-scale crypto laundering beyond current AML controls, creating urgent compliance exposure for firms handling digital assets
Two underreported developments show how tokenized deposits and stablecoins are converging into a practical interoperability layer, with direct implications for corporate treasury, bank liquidity, and compliance infrastructure.
UBS and Nethermind's proofs of concept show that embedding compliance at block-production level, not just in smart contracts, could reshape how regulators and banks treat permissionless blockchains under Basel capital rules.
