News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
CFTC wash-trading enforcement signals elevated transaction-integrity and audit risk for firms holding or trading altcoins
OFAC designates Shelbit and Aban Tether for IRGC-linked money laundering, raising urgent sanctions-screening and crypto accounting obligations for US firms and CFOs
Bybit's civil action against DPRK/Lazarus and the asset-freeze injunction: accounting, AML, and risk-management implications for US accounting firms and CFOs
Political risk around the CLARITY Act is now a material balance-sheet and planning variable for accounting firms and CFOs holding or advising on digital assets.
Practical accounting and tax implications for US accounting firms and CFOs of the seven proposed digital asset tax bills summarised by Forvis Mazars
An opaque anti-crypto advocacy group is running targeted DC ads against the CLARITY Act just as the Senate reaches its decisive vote window, creating new regulatory uncertainty that accounting firms and CFOs must track.
Practical accounting and audit implications of ASC 350-60's judgment-driven framework for stablecoins, wrapped tokens, and in-scope crypto assets on corporate balance sheets.
Senate procedural filing on the CLARITY Act sets up a September cloture vote, keeping stablecoin and market-structure accounting uncertainty alive for another month at minimum
Legislative stall and SEC pressure on Trump memecoin: accounting and compliance exposure for US firms and CFOs
Senate CLARITY Act delay to September narrows the legislative window and forces accounting firms and CFOs to extend their regulatory uncertainty planning
Senate CLARITY Act delay shifts the legislative timeline to mid-September, keeping stablecoin and market-structure accounting in limbo for accounting firms and CFOs
SEC review of Nasdaq bitcoin options approval and what it signals for crypto market structure, accounting, and compliance obligations for firms and CFOs
FASB IAC raises stablecoin cash-equivalent classification threshold and disclosure concerns, with direct implications for US GAAP balance sheet treatment and CFO disclosure strategy
OFAC sanctions Hamas OTC facilitators and seven TRON addresses: AML screening, counterparty review, and workflow implications for accounting firms and CFOs
FASB PMAC May 2026 recap: stablecoin cash-equivalent classification, wrapped-token disclosure, and four other active standard-setting streams
Regulatory and operational risk: what the EU's 21st sanctions package means for CASPs, accounting firms, and CFOs managing sanctions exposure
OFAC adds four Iran Central Bank crypto addresses; Tether freezes $131M in stablecoins, signalling new enforcement playbook for compliance teams and CFOs
Tri-jurisdictional Trickbot/Conti sanctions create new OFAC/OFSI/EU screening obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs managing crypto-exposed clients
AML and compliance workflow implications of Penlink absorbing Chainalysis blockchain intelligence for firms, CFOs, and enterprise investigation teams
EU 21st Russia sanctions package: 14 crypto platforms designated, new country-wide ban authority, and what compliance teams must do before August 23
Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott confirms a CLARITY Act floor vote before August recess, with 60-vote threshold and stablecoin licensing disputes still unresolved
OFAC sanctions on Nemesis darknet market administrator: AML obligations, blockchain tracing implications, and what accounting firms and CFOs must do now
DOJ enforcement action against an NFT startup founder signals heightened legal and audit risk for accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset clients
Bernstein's legislative risk analysis and the accounting, valuation, and DeFi governance implications for US accounting firms and CFOs if the CLARITY Act stalls
