News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
The EU's 21st Russia sanctions package directly targets crypto platforms and introduces a third-country ban mechanism, creating urgent compliance obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs operating in or servicing EU-regulated entities.
EU expands Belarus sanctions to cover all MiCA crypto service providers from 25 August 2026, with immediate implications for CASP ownership screening and AML controls
WebX Tokyo 2026 signals Japan is an on-chain finance builder, not a bystander: AML, stablecoin governance and prediction market blind spots are the three live issues for compliance teams and CFOs across APAC.
FATF's seventh crypto compliance report card reveals an enforcement gap that firms and supervisors must close now
Goldman Sachs CEO breaks from Wall Street peers to back the CLARITY Act, signalling a regulatory inflection point that accounting firms and CFOs must plan for 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.
FATF signals that DeFi's centralised elements must be regulated as VASPs, raising immediate AML, onboarding, and crypto accounting software obligations for firms advising digital asset clients.
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.
CLARITY Act ethics clause bars federal officials from token issuance until 2029, creating new client-screening and disclosure obligations for accounting firms and CFOs tracking US digital asset legislation
Pakistan's FIA launches a dedicated crypto crime unit, signalling a sharper enforcement posture that accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs with Pakistani exposure must factor into AML controls and client onboarding
AMLA chair warns that mass client transfers between CASPs during post-MiCA migration create acute AML windows that compliance officers and CFOs must close now
FMA Liechtenstein Notice 2026-3 clarifies which regulatory authority applies under the CRR for firms operating across the EEA, with direct implications for licensing strategy, capital reporting, and crypto bookkeeping software workflows.
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
FMA Liechtenstein grants a new CASP registration: licensing, AML, and accounting implications for firms and CFOs operating across EEA-adjacent jurisdictions
OFAC enforcement action freezing $131M in Iran-linked wallets: AML, recordkeeping, and due-diligence obligations for accounting firms and CFOs handling digital assets
The BVI's VASP licensing regime and its implications for accounting firms advising clients on offshore digital asset structuring
Senior regulators in the UAE, UK, and Hong Kong are publicly committing to AI-driven, real-time supervisory models, replacing periodic reporting with continuous monitoring, and this has direct implications for how accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs must structure their AML/CFT compliance and crypto accounting software strategies.
FATF's July 2026 PPP report exposes the crypto industry's shallow integration into AML partnerships and signals where compliance obligations are heading for firms and CFOs.
Pakistan's new crypto AML investigation unit creates immediate compliance, documentation, and client-advisory obligations for accounting firms and CFOs operating in or servicing PK-linked digital asset activity.
Parliamentary inquiry into crypto banking access creates compliance and client-advisory obligations for UK accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset operations.
South Korea's proposed state asset management framework for digital assets and what it means for accounting firms and CFOs operating in or with KR exposure
