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A practitioner-focused breakdown of the major crypto AML, licensing, and regulatory shifts surfaced at TRM Labs' Q3 2026 policy roundtable, covering the US, EU, UK, Singapore, and Asia-Pacific.
HMRC's new GfC21 compliance guidelines clarify that no separate VAT rules exist for cryptoassets, and that VAT treatment follows the underlying supply, with significant record-keeping obligations for UK and overseas businesses.
Four concurrent regulatory moves across HK, Thailand, UK, and the US show a clear directional shift toward institutionalising digital assets, with stablecoin accounting and NFT AML obligations as the sharpest near-term pressure points for finance teams.
TRM Labs Guildhall panel shows BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs, and State Street are already deep in digital assets, raising urgent AML, accounting, and regulatory-clarity obligations for compliance and finance teams at firms serving institutional clients.
Mapping the unsettled US and global NFT regulatory grid for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs who need to manage AML, securities, and classification risk today.
Breaking down the mechanics of bait-and-switch NFT phishing contracts, the on-chain money laundering trail, and the AML and accounting obligations they create for firms and auditors.
AML and compliance implications of the BAYC Instagram/Discord hack for accounting firms, CFOs, and digital asset compliance teams tracking NFT fraud typologies
Former CFTC Acting Chair argues the Commodity Exchange Act already gives the agency enough authority to regulate crypto, tokenized assets, and emerging markets, with implications for how US firms structure compliance and accounting today.
H.R. 10357 proposes to extend wash-sale, conversion-transaction, and straddle rules to digital assets, closing the parity gap with securities and reshaping stablecoin and NFT accounting for US firms.
Elliptic's conflict-use report reveals outsized sanctions exposure in pro-Russian crypto activity and a $78M DeFi-driven fundraising record on the Ukrainian side, with direct AML and accounting implications for VASPs and their advisers.
Elliptic's research reveals NFT-related money laundering is smaller than perceived, but mixer exposure and price opacity create real compliance obligations for platforms and their accountants.
Operational and compliance impact of the IRS final Form 1099-DA rules on accounting firms, brokers, and CFOs holding stablecoins or NFTs
Washington state's draft NFT taxability guidance redraws B&O and sales-tax obligations for marketplace facilitators and sellers, with a November 2026 comment deadline and likely multi-state ripple effects.
DOJ enforcement action against an NFT startup founder signals heightened legal and audit risk for accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset clients
DOJ NFT fraud case: accounting, AML, and client-screening implications for firms and CFOs
BDO's global crypto enforcement and compliance outlook: what accounting firms and CFOs must act on now
EU Parliament's post-MiCA policy position on DeFi, staking, NFTs and stablecoins and its accounting and compliance implications for EU firms and CFOs
The European Commission's MiCA review consultation opens every major pillar of the framework to potential amendment, creating near-term uncertainty and compliance planning obligations for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs with EU digital asset exposure.
EU lawmakers have called for a formal regulatory assessment covering DeFi, staking, and NFTs, signalling that MiCA is not the end of the EU crypto rulemaking cycle and that compliance and reporting frameworks for these asset areas remain unfinished.
NFTs sit outside the fair value regime that now covers fungible crypto, which puts them back on the harder path. Classification, royalties, minting costs and the valuation problem.
