News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Operational AML and accounting-systems framework for banks and CFOs managing stablecoin financial crime risk across three exposure channels
FATF publishes DeFi regulatory challenges report: what accounting firms, auditors and CFOs must assess now
Four distinct privacy-blockchain models and what each means for compliance workflows, risk controls, and crypto accounting software at institutional firms
Elliptic and Zama partnership shows wallet-level AML screening can coexist with FHE-based confidential DeFi, creating a compliance-by-design template for institutional on-chain finance
OFAC designates Hamas OTC network and seven TRON wallets: what accounting firms and CFOs must act on now
FATF's July 2026 targeted update on VASP compliance and Recommendation 15 scorecard: what accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs must act on now
The EU's 21st Russia sanctions package directly targets crypto platforms and introduces a third-country ban mechanism, creating urgent compliance obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs operating in or servicing EU-regulated entities.
FATF's seventh crypto compliance report card reveals an enforcement gap that firms and supervisors must close now
AML and compliance obligations for banks, accounting firms, and CFOs as regulators clamp down on Bitcoin ATM fraud typologies
Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs reports HTX systematically rotating on-chain wallets to evade UK sanctions, raising urgent AML obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
FATF signals that DeFi's centralised elements must be regulated as VASPs, raising immediate AML, onboarding, and crypto accounting software obligations for firms advising digital asset clients.
TRM Labs alleges HTX is systematically rotating wallets to evade blockchain screening, raising urgent AML control and counterparty-risk questions for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs with any exposure to the exchange.
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
The BVI's VASP licensing regime and its implications for accounting firms advising clients on offshore digital asset structuring
Senior regulators in the UAE, UK, and Hong Kong are publicly committing to AI-driven, real-time supervisory models, replacing periodic reporting with continuous monitoring, and this has direct implications for how accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs must structure their AML/CFT compliance and crypto accounting software strategies.
FATF's July 2026 PPP report exposes the crypto industry's shallow integration into AML partnerships and signals where compliance obligations are heading for firms and CFOs.
FATF's call for accelerated crypto AML enforcement and rising stablecoin misuse signals immediate compliance and audit obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
Chainalysis adds automatic token monitoring for the Stable Layer 1 blockchain, expanding AML coverage for stablecoin payment flows via KYT, Reactor, and entity screening.
EU, US, and UK sanctions against Trickbot/Conti administrator 'Stern' and ransomware enablers trigger OFAC screening, wallet-tagging, and AML obligations 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.
Elliptic's new AI copilot automates crypto compliance alert triage, cutting investigation time from hours to minutes, with direct implications for how accounting firms and CFOs manage on-chain AML workflows.
Interpol's $123M romance-scam bust shows why transaction monitoring in crypto accounting software is now a front-line AML control
