News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Belgium's FSMA names six unauthorized CASPs just after the MiCA transitional deadline, signalling that enforcement is live and that accounting firms and CFOs with EU crypto-exposed clients must verify CASP authorization status immediately.
ASIC's prosecution of a Brisbane CPA and SMSF auditor for alleged misappropriation of nearly $5 million signals serious professional-conduct and fiduciary risk for accounting firms managing client funds and superannuation accounts
ASIC secures $925,000 in Federal Court penalties against RM Capital and SMSF Club for conflicted remuneration breaches, with compliance reporting orders and a pending appeal, signalling heightened oversight risk for AFS licensees and their authorised representatives.
ASIC's escalating prosecution of a former AFS licensee director signals rising regulatory risk for firms that lack defensible client records and compliant digital asset accounting systems
Revolut's USDT delisting under its CySEC-issued MiCA CASP licence signals a firm compliance inflection point for accounting firms and CFOs managing stablecoin exposures in EU and UK portfolios
FINMA's enforcement action against Wendelspiess Partners AG exposes systematic conduct failures, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and suitability breaches affecting over 400 clients, with CHF 83m in assets now facing total loss.
Neon Exchange AG has surrendered its TVTG registration in Liechtenstein, a compliance signal for firms tracking active crypto service provider authorisations in the EEA region.
FMA Liechtenstein confirms AQL AG's asset management license has lapsed after a voluntary surrender, effective 25 June 2026, a compliance signal for firms reviewing EEA counterparty authorisation status.
Liechtenstein FMA confirms AQL AG's insurance mediation licence has lapsed after the firm voluntarily surrendered it, signalling a tighter licensing environment that accounting firms serving EEA-regulated clients must track.
Norway's tax authority recorded a sharp rise in criminal convictions and sentence severity in 2025, signalling a materially higher enforcement risk for firms and advisers operating in the Norwegian market.
Skatteetaten publicly defends its statutory right to copy business devices during tax audits, signaling heightened enforcement risk for firms with digital-first record-keeping in Norway
AFM's €170k penalty against bunq for delayed fraud-complaint responses signals tightening consumer-protection enforcement that compliance teams at payment service providers and their auditors must take seriously.
AFM and BFT joint inspection finds Dutch audit firms aware of Russia sanctions risk but lacking robust controls, client-screening depth, and fraud-risk disclosures in audit opinions
AFM thematic review finds trading venues have only partial DORA ICT risk framework compliance, with specific gaps in security monitoring, access controls, logging, and group-level policy governance
AFM's thematic review exposes five recurring PEP due-diligence failures at Dutch financial firms, with direct implications for crypto-asset service providers and their compliance frameworks
AFM enforcement action against Euronext Amsterdam for breaching CSDR open-access obligations signals heightened EU market infrastructure scrutiny relevant to firms tracking settlement and clearing compliance
AFM's 2025 SREP market review finds Dutch financial firms have adequate policies on paper but chronic gaps in execution, ICT risk management, and accountability structures, with direct implications for firms using crypto accounting software in regulated environments.
Dutch appellate court upholds AFM disciplinary ruling against external auditor for deficient statutory audits and audit-file manipulation, confirming a three-month register suspension
ESMA's €2.145M fine against Moody's Germany signals that reporting data quality and internal controls are live enforcement targets for all CRA-regulated entities in the EU.
ASIC's $20.5M penalty proceeding against ASX over misleading CHESS replacement disclosures signals heightened scrutiny of DLT project governance and market announcements for listed entities and their advisers.
The AMF's €1.2m spoofing sanctions against a German derivatives firm have survived every appeal stage, including the Cour de cassation, confirming cross-border jurisdiction over Eurex-listed futures linked to French sovereign bonds.
The AMF sanctions commission issued a formal warning to a French asset manager and its president for multiple professional obligation failures, later reinforced on appeal by the Conseil d'État in 2023, with non-anonymous publication ordered for three years.
AMF deregisters AUTOMATA France SAS as a PSAN from 30 June 2026, citing unauthorised crowdfunding activity and fitness failures, with ordered wind-down obligations now in effect
The AMF Sanctions Commission fined an unnamed investment services provider EUR 220,000 for five professional obligation failures covering order record-keeping, best-execution policy, and client incident disclosure, covering conduct between 2014 and 2016.
