News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
MFSA enforcement alert on unlicensed MLM-style crypto operator in Malta: compliance and client-facing implications for accounting firms and CFOs
BDO frames AML and sanctions best practices for firms with digital asset exposure, with SEC and DOJ enforcement intensifying in 2026
How coordinated US/UK/EU sanctions and blockchain analytics destroyed a ruble-pegged stablecoin, and what compliance teams must do next
Operational AML and accounting-systems framework for banks and CFOs managing stablecoin financial crime risk across three exposure channels
OFAC designates Hamas OTC network and seven TRON wallets: what accounting firms and CFOs must act on now
MiCA enforcement signal: Binance's Android app pulled from Google Play in parts of the EU, raising counterparty and AML screening obligations for accounting firms and CFOs
EU adds HTX to Russia sanctions list two months after UK, raising urgent screening and audit obligations for accounting firms and CFOs holding or processing digital assets
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.
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
OFAC enforcement action freezing $131M in Iran-linked wallets: AML, recordkeeping, and due-diligence obligations for accounting firms and CFOs handling digital assets
FATF's call for accelerated crypto AML enforcement and rising stablecoin misuse signals immediate compliance and audit obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
CSSF issues formal warning against unlicensed operator consulting-mla.com, signalling heightened AML/KYC gatekeeping risk for firms onboarding Luxembourg-facing counterparties
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.
Bank of Thailand flags abnormal stablecoin flows tied to grey-economy activity, raising urgent AML and recordkeeping obligations for accounting firms and CFOs with Thai exposure
MFSA settles with Everest Network Ltd for VFA shareholding and reporting failures, imposing a €40,560 penalty — a concrete compliance benchmark for crypto accounting and legal teams across the EU.
ASIC's cancellation of CAIP Services' AFS licence for ceasing business is a compliance and licensing wake-up call for Australian firms active in digital asset financial services.
ESMA's common supervisory action on CASP custody resilience raises the compliance bar well beyond MiCA licensing for EU crypto firms and their auditors
Enforcement and compliance implications for accounting firms and CFOs serving French-resident crypto clients whose assets may be stranded on Bitget
Interpol's $123M romance-scam bust shows why transaction monitoring in crypto accounting software is now a front-line AML control
Circle's refusal to burn and reissue stolen USDC raises stablecoin AML governance and crypto accounting software questions for compliance teams and CFOs
