News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
The PIOB is recruiting IESBA members for 2027 terms, with implications for how global ethics standards that underpin crypto financial reporting are shaped.
IESBA's new proportionality guide explains how the Code of Ethics scales its requirements for smaller practices, with direct implications for how accounting firms document independence and ethics compliance.
IESBA launches post-implementation surveys on NOCLAR and the Restructured Code, signalling potential standard updates that accounting firms and auditors need to track
Digital asset risk under BSA/AML regimes does not require a new framework, but it does require rethinking the underlying data environment and compliance tooling
Four major financial centres are building robust crypto licensing regimes to attract regulated digital asset activity, with direct implications for accounting firms and compliance teams advising crypto-active clients.
IAS 28 amendments expand the fair value option to more companies ahead of the mandatory IFRS 18 effective date, creating a one-time transition election that CFOs and auditors must assess now
The OUSD consortium model redistributes stablecoin reserve yield across 140+ partners, threatening Circle's USDC revenue base and forcing accounting firms to reassess stablecoin reserve economics in client portfolios.
Event-driven continuous wallet rescreening closes the post-onboarding AML gap that manual periodic checks cannot cover at scale
A practical framework for embedding blockchain analytics into institutional AML workflows across all three lines of defense
ESMA's Tier 1 recognition of India's CCIL under EMIR expands EU clearing access and signals deepening regulatory equivalence between the EU and India, with immediate implications for EU clearing members and their compliance and reporting obligations.
EU DG TAXUD's new two-volume wealth tax study maps regimes across seven jurisdictions and flags compliance gaps, information exchange deficits, and the growing importance of tax administration digitalisation for accounting firms advising high-net-worth clients.
Sanctions, accounting treatment, and cross-border compliance implications of the Russian digital ruble's confirmed September 2026 launch, contrasted with the EU sanctions posture and the near-certain US digital dollar ban
A practical due-diligence framework for compliance teams and auditors evaluating the rigor of blockchain analytics data quality before relying on it for AML, sanctions, or enforcement work
IFAC's 2026 IES Handbook consolidates all eight International Education Standards into one reference, signalling renewed global expectations for professional accountancy competence that CPD leads and firm training heads need to track now.
EU DG TAXUD publishes the 2026 ViDA work programme, giving accounting firms and CFOs a concrete implementation roadmap for phased VAT digitalisation through 2035
Switzerland and Belgium sign a protocol amending their bilateral double taxation agreement: what accounting firms and CFOs with cross-border CH-BE exposure need to track before ratification.
IFAC's revised Statements of Membership Obligations tighten quality management and professional education benchmarks, raising the compliance bar for accounting firms worldwide
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.
The OECD Digital Government Outlook 2026 provides a framework for understanding how governments are digitizing, which indirectly affects crypto accounting software adoption for compliance.
