Crypto Accounting News & Updates

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

SEC review of Nasdaq bitcoin options approval and what it signals for crypto market structure, accounting, and compliance obligations for firms and CFOs

OFAC sanctions Hamas OTC facilitators and seven TRON addresses: AML screening, counterparty review, and workflow implications for accounting firms and CFOs

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

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

OFAC sanctions bitcoin mixer Sinbad used by North Korea's Lazarus Group: AML compliance and client-screening obligations for accounting firms and CFOs

OFAC's near-400-target Russia sanctions wave, crypto dimensions, and the immediate screening and accounting obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs

OFAC sanctions eight Houthi crypto addresses, creating immediate screening and ledger obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs managing digital asset exposure.

OFAC sanctions DPRK IT-worker facilitator: AML, KYC and vendor-screening duties for accounting firms and CFOs

OFAC's Kimsuky sanctions and their AML, counterparty-screening, and crypto accounting software implications for accounting firms and CFOs

OFAC sanctions a Russian national and two entities for converting crypto to fiat on behalf of DPRK-linked IT worker networks, raising urgent screening and due-diligence obligations for accounting firms and CFOs

OFAC sanctions Russian disinformation actors using TRON crypto addresses: AML, counterparty screening, and ledger implications for accounting firms and CFOs

Sanctions enforcement case study: how coordinated US/UK/EU designations and blockchain analytics collapsed a $100B ruble stablecoin, with AML and accounting implications for firms and CFOs

BDO's midyear global white-collar crime roundup flags AI fraud, crypto misconduct, and rising cross-border enforcement as the top compliance risks firms and CFOs must address in 2026

DOJ NFT fraud case: accounting, AML, and client-screening implications for firms and CFOs

Internal controls and audit red flags when a law-enforcement insider steals seized crypto

New York's Kalshi lawsuit escalates the CFTC-state jurisdictional clash over prediction markets, with direct licensing, AML, and client-advisory implications for accounting firms and CFOs.

OFAC sanctions Iranian entities using Bitcoin to charge for Strait of Hormuz passage, raising urgent AML screening and digital asset accounting obligations for accounting firms and CFOs worldwide

Three concurrent US enforcement actions tied to FTX fallout and CFTC prediction-market jurisdiction expose accounting, record-keeping, and AML risks that firms and CFOs must address now.

OFAC sanctions against firms running an Iran-linked Bitcoin insurance scheme in the Strait of Hormuz and what it means for compliance, accounting, and risk teams