News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Approval phishing is a scalable, infrastructure-reusing scam that compliance teams can systematically detect and disrupt using on-chain intelligence and coordinated law enforcement protocols.
Regulated crypto firms do not need a novel governance model: the three-lines-of-defense framework from traditional finance already meets what regulators expect globally, and firms that ignore it face personal liability.
The FCA has finalised its crypto regulatory framework, setting clear authorisation, market integrity, and consumer protection rules that UK-facing accounting firms and auditors must now build into their compliance programmes.
Practical compliance briefing: what the FCA's final crypto rules and 2027 authorization deadline mean for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs advising UK crypto businesses
HMRC's TRS risk-of-harm exemption process: what it means for trustees, agents, and compliance teams managing beneficial ownership disclosures
HMRC publishes its Economic Crime Supervision Handbook, setting out how it supervises UK businesses for AML compliance and what firms can expect during supervisory engagement
