Crypto Accounting News & Updates

CFTC wash-trading enforcement signals elevated transaction-integrity and audit risk for firms holding or trading altcoins

FSB enforcement sweep on unlicensed Moscow crypto exchange offices: AML, licensing, and counterparty-risk implications for accounting firms and CFOs

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

FSC Korea crypto enforcement signal: what accounting firms and CFOs with Korean digital-asset exposure must assess now

AMF deregisters AUTOMATA France SAS as a PSAN from 30 June 2026, citing unlicensed crowdfunding and fitness failures, with ordered wind-down obligations and MiCA transition context for accounting firms and CFOs

Licensing and compliance implications of Bitget's Japan exit for accounting firms and CFOs managing Japanese crypto client books

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

FATF's 7th Targeted Update widens the gap between legislation and real enforcement, raising urgent AML, supervisory, and crypto accounting software obligations for 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

FSA Japan tightens crypto fraud prevention rules: AML, KYC, and accounting implications for firms and CFOs with Japan-facing digital asset exposure

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