Audit letters, penalties, tax investigations, evasion cases and regulator enforcement actions across the crypto sector. — 471 articles
A coordinated takedown dismantled 241 scam domains and 112 servers, exposing the AML and due-diligence obligations that accounting firms and CFOs must reinforce now.
US enforcement action dismantles large-scale crypto fraud server network, with AML and due-diligence implications for accounting firms and digital asset CFOs
How banks and compliance teams can detect and disrupt Bitcoin ATM scams using fiat-side controls and blockchain analytics, with reference to the regulatory crackdown across the US, UK, Australia, and Canada.
Conflict-of-interest scrutiny around the GENIUS Act passage and its implications for stablecoin compliance and digital asset accounting
AML, disclosure, and governance red flags for firms using stablecoin infrastructure tied to politically exposed persons and opaque payment flows
A federal court refuses to undo the January 2025 Gemini-CFTC consent order, leaving the penalty, injunction, and disclosure bar in place despite the regulator's own reversal of position.
A court ruling that a regulator's change of heart cannot retroactively undo a finalised crypto enforcement settlement, with direct implications for how firms and their advisers evaluate litigation-versus-settlement risk.
Copper Markets (Liechtenstein) AG has voluntarily waived its TVTG VT custodian registration, triggering immediate counterparty due diligence, AML reclassification, and IFRS disclosure obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
Enforcement signal: a registered Liechtenstein TVTG custodian voluntarily surrendered its licence in September 2026, with immediate consequences for any firm that books or audits digital asset custody relationships in the EEA
Dutch regulator AFM codifies graduated fines for investment firms that do not voluntarily disclose MiFIR transaction reporting failures, giving firms predictable but firm enforcement benchmarks.
Enforcement signal for crypto accounting and compliance professionals: what the Heart arrest means for AML obligations, asset seizure records, and client risk screening
The Cabinet Office's £38.5m IR35 settlement exposes the gap between reassuring annual disclosures and defensible compliance processes, with direct lessons for accounting firms and CFOs advising engagers.
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
The OCC's first formal debanking report acknowledges crypto restrictions but stops short of naming cases, leaving compliance and banking-access questions unresolved for digital asset firms.
Kalshi's CEO argues that prediction market transparency is itself an enforcement tool, even as insider trading cases multiply and the CFTC-versus-states jurisdiction battle escalates toward the Supreme Court.
Cross-jurisdictional enforcement action against a high-profile crypto founder and what it signals for compliance teams and crypto accounting software users tracking exposed assets
Two leading crypto advocacy coalitions are pressing a state court to rule quickly on the legality of Illinois's 0.2% digital-asset tax, with a decision on the merits potentially arriving as early as March 2027.
Philippine crypto exchange Coins.ph contests reports of BSP license revocation risk tied to alleged offshore gambling transactions, while the regulator has restricted its peso e-wallet operations.
A UK civil lawsuit demands BitMEX return $27 million in Bitcoin on the grounds that the derivatives contracts underlying those funds were unlicensed and therefore unenforceable, with direct implications for how accounting firms, CFOs, and auditors treat crypto derivatives exposure and licensing risk.
The CSSF has publicly flagged Decimal Global Limited as an unauthorised entity operating without any licence to provide investment or financial services in Luxembourg, with direct AML and due-diligence implications for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs.
9/11 judgment creditors assert a legal claim to US-seized Bitcoin tied to a Chinese-Iranian mining pool, raising complex forfeiture, valuation, and accounting questions for practitioners.
South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit extends its crackdown from mobile apps to websites, blocking 27 unregistered foreign exchanges and tightening the AML/licensing squeeze on cross-border crypto platforms.
Two simultaneous US federal moves reshape crypto AML and market oversight: FinCEN drops its CVC mixing proposal while the CFTC invites public comment on a retail crypto transaction framework
A London High Court choice-of-law ruling narrows fraud victims' claim to 61,000 seized BTC and raises pressing accounting and AML questions for UK firms.
A landmark English High Court ruling forces fraud victims to prove ownership under Chinese law, reshaping the accounting, compliance, and civil-recovery implications of the UK's $5bn seized bitcoin estate.
CSSF issues a public warning that Domiafx is unsupervised and unlicensed for investment services in Luxembourg, with AML/KYC and onboarding implications for B2B compliance teams.
FSC Korea extends its crackdown on unregistered virtual asset service providers from app stores to the open web, with fresh fee data exposing the scale of the problem.
The D.C. Circuit's Daubert ruling on blockchain analytics evidence raises the evidentiary bar for crypto enforcement and reshapes compliance risk decisions for accounting firms and CFOs.
A critical, undisclosed XRP Ledger inflation vulnerability was patched in secret days before XRPN shareholders voted to take Evernorth Holdings public, raising serious disclosure and governance questions for accounting and compliance teams.
FTC's early-stage sports gambling inquiry targets traditional sportsbooks, not crypto-linked prediction markets, but Kalshi and Polymarket still face CFTC classification battles, a House insider-trading probe, and New York state litigation.
Philippine crypto enforcement: what the BSP's punitive action against Coins.ph means for AML compliance teams, auditors, and CFOs operating in or exposed to the Philippine digital asset market
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.
A landmark darknet enforcement action forfeiting nearly 2,800 BTC in total raises urgent AML, chain-of-custody, and crypto accounting software obligations for US accounting firms and CFOs.
New York's civil settlement with Alex Mashinsky closes the regulatory loop on Celsius, signalling mounting state-level enforcement risk for crypto firms and raising urgent questions about client asset disclosures and platform due diligence for accounting professionals.
State-level enforcement of crypto executive misconduct sets a precedent for fiduciary accountability and client-fund transparency that accounting and compliance professionals must understand.
A suspected supply chain attack through an official Ledger reseller in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines has wiped an estimated $86 million from buyer wallets, raising urgent AML, custody risk, and client advisory obligations for accounting firms and CFOs across Southeast Asia.
Breaking enforcement signal: Treasury's $1B Iran crypto seizure and its AML and accounting implications for US firms
Treasury Secretary Bessent publicly confirms a planned $1 billion crypto seizure as part of an intensifying economic isolation strategy against Iran, with OFAC and stablecoin issuers both playing active roles.
Exchange hot-wallet breach with probable North Korea attribution creates immediate impairment, AML, and custody disclosure obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
State enforcement against a convicted crypto executive sets a clear precedent for fiduciary disclosure and record-keeping obligations that accounting firms and CFOs should factor into their compliance frameworks.
Malta's MFSA penalises an Alternative Investment Fund for failing to file six mandatory annual documents, a reminder that regulatory reporting calendars demand the same rigour as tax deadlines.
Blockchain analytics trace the slow, methodical laundering of the 2016 Bitfinex stolen bitcoin, with implications for AML compliance teams and crypto accounting software workflows.
A fresh Kalshi insider-trading investigation, set against a pattern of CFTC enforcement, signals growing regulatory scrutiny of prediction markets and raises practical compliance and record-keeping questions for accounting and finance professionals.
B2B breakdown of TRM Labs' landmark illicit crypto ecosystem report, covering crime typologies, multi-chain laundering, and what accounting and compliance teams must do next.
Supreme Court prediction-market jurisdiction fight creates live tax, AML, and accounting disclosure risk for firms with event-contract exposure.
A senior Senate Democrat is formally demanding answers from Cantor Fitzgerald's CEO over the firm's custody of Tether's US reserves and its banking and sanctions safeguards, with subpoena power potentially on the horizon if Democrats retake the Senate majority.
The NFL's amicus brief in Flaherty v. KalshiEX could redraw the line between CFTC-regulated derivatives and state gambling law, with direct consequences for how firms account for and report prediction market exposure.
TRM Labs data showing a 32% rise in crypto payments to Chinese chemical vendors selling both grey-market peptides and fentanyl precursors, with compliance implications for VASPs and accounting firms.
Two leading intelligence firms combine cyber and on-chain data to close the gap between ransomware attacks and crypto fund flows, publishing a ransom economy that exceeded $327.8M in one year.
