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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.
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
The BVI's VASP licensing regime and its implications for accounting firms advising clients on offshore digital asset structuring
Alpaca's $435M capital raise signals tokenized equity infrastructure scaling fast, creating new accounting, custodial, and conflict-of-interest questions for firms and CFOs.
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.
Protos reports that MetaMask parent Consensys engaged a developer it describes as a suspected North Korean mole, who a security analyst claims had been listed on a public tracking page since September 2025. Consensys says its investigation found no misappropriation of assets or data.
FATF's call for accelerated crypto AML enforcement and rising stablecoin misuse signals immediate compliance and audit obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
US-UK joint stablecoin and tokenization recommendations create cross-border accounting and compliance obligations for firms and CFOs
Stablecoin governance reversal causes $23M depeg: accounting, audit, and counterparty risk implications for firms and CFOs
Chainalysis adds automatic token monitoring for the Stable Layer 1 blockchain, expanding AML coverage for stablecoin payment flows via KYT, Reactor, and entity screening.
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.
Transatlantic regulatory alignment on stablecoins and tokenized assets creates immediate compliance, accounting, and audit preparation requirements for accounting firms and CFOs
Reed Smith's Aquarius platform automates MiCA compliance workflows, signalling how legal-tech tools are reshaping regulatory operations for CASPs, accounting firms, and CFOs across the EU and beyond.
ECB selects 36 PSPs for 2027 digital euro pilot: accounting and infrastructure implications for EU firms and CFOs
Regulatory sandboxes for DLT in financial market infrastructure are moving from concept to live pilots across the EU, UK, Switzerland and Australia, with concrete compliance, accounting, and operational implications for firms and CFOs.
Elliptic's new AI copilot automates crypto compliance alert triage, cutting investigation time from hours to minutes, with direct implications for how accounting firms and CFOs manage on-chain AML workflows.
SWIFT's 24/7 tokenised-asset ledger initiative and its practical limits for accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset positions
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
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.
KPMG/ECB digital sovereignty framework: DORA, cloud outsourcing and concentration risk implications for accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset infrastructure
EU officials are considering MiCA 2.0 revisions targeting non-EU stablecoin issuers, driven by the US GENIUS Act, with accounting and CASP compliance implications for firms and CFOs
Multi-jurisdiction Asia regulatory sweep: RBI ring-fences banks from crypto, Russia's digital ruble targets September, Dubai leads VASP licensing, Taiwan passes crypto law, and Kazakhstan bets on blockchain infrastructure
Accounting firms and CFOs serving multinationals need to understand the improved but still incomplete interoperability between ISSB Standards and ESRS, and what a credible single-report approach actually requires in practice.
Multi-jurisdiction regulatory sweep across Asia and the Gulf: licensing expansions, new crypto laws, CBDC launches, and OFAC sanctions with direct accounting and compliance implications for firms serving these markets
Blockchain analytics vendor selection is not just about cluster count: accounting firms, auditors, and compliance teams need to interrogate data quality across three distinct analytical claims before relying on any provider's intelligence for AML or sanctions work.
Switzerland's SIF sets out where Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 stand today, what is already in force, and what accounting firms and CFOs serving multinational clients must track next.
Standard Chartered becomes the first global bank to offer institutions direct USDC access, raising immediate questions around stablecoin accounting treatment, custody classification, and audit trail requirements.
CARF goes live in Norway from 1 January 2026: what the automated exchange of crypto data means for accountants and CFOs advising Norwegian clients
Chainalysis extends AML monitoring and transaction screening to Robinhood Chain, adding automatic token support and KYT alerts for compliance teams
How ground-truth labeling and ML-driven scaling shape the AML screening infrastructure that compliance teams and auditors rely on
The accountability-control gap in AI-driven compliance: why CCOs and MLROs face governance exposure before regulators catch up
Outgoing IASB Chair warns that over-automating accounting work risks eroding the professional judgment on which high-quality financial reporting depends, with direct implications for how firms train and supervise junior staff.
The PIOB is recruiting IESBA members for 2027 terms, with implications for how global ethics standards that underpin crypto financial reporting are shaped.
IAASB and IESBA launch a joint User Advisory Group, giving financial statement users a formal seat at the global standard-setting table for the first time
IESBA's new proportionality guide explains how the Code of Ethics scales its requirements for smaller practices, with direct implications for how accounting firms document independence and ethics compliance.
IESBA adds a single overarching firm culture and governance requirement to the global ethics Code, with practical implementation guidance to follow outside the Code itself
IESBA launches post-implementation surveys on NOCLAR and the Restructured Code, signalling potential standard updates that accounting firms and auditors need to track
IVSC proposes IVS 107 Quality Controls as a new General Standard in its IVS Exposure Draft, targeting stronger governance and transparency in private credit valuations ahead of a January 2028 effective date.
Digital asset risk under BSA/AML regimes does not require a new framework, but it does require rethinking the underlying data environment and compliance tooling
The Investment Association's inaugural tokenized-funds practice note reframes how fund accountants, auditors, and CFOs must think about NAV calculation, reconciliation workflows, and embedded AML/KYC compliance under a DLT model.
Four major financial centres are building robust crypto licensing regimes to attract regulated digital asset activity, with direct implications for accounting firms and compliance teams advising crypto-active clients.
Dubai's VARA has published one of the most detailed crypto regulatory frameworks globally, with direct implications for VASP licensing, AML/CFT obligations, and asset segregation, plus a firm prohibition on privacy coins that accounting firms and compliance teams must absorb immediately.
Three simultaneous regulatory moves, NYDFS-EBA stablecoin MOU, Hong Kong VATP and advisory licensing, and CFTC perpetual futures approvals, are reshaping the cross-border compliance obligations of stablecoin issuers, VASPs, and digital asset firms in 2026.
DAC9 formalises the GloBE Information Return in EU law, creating a central filing option and mandatory information exchange that MNE groups and their advisers must plan around now
