News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
EU DG TAXUD's new two-volume wealth tax study maps regimes across seven jurisdictions and flags compliance gaps, information exchange deficits, and the growing importance of tax administration digitalisation for accounting firms advising high-net-worth clients.
MiCA's 18-month transitional period closed on 1 July 2026 with a final wave of CASP authorizations across Italy, France, Spain, and Malta, leaving any unlicensed operator legally required to wind down EU activities immediately.
Huione Group has become the largest illicit online marketplace ever recorded, with its own unregulated stablecoin USDH designed to evade asset freezes. Accounting firms and compliance teams need to understand the transaction volumes, the USDH exposure risk, and the AML obligations this creates.
ESMA clarifies when a crypto-asset offering outside the ART and EMT categories can be exempt from MiCA white paper requirements, with direct operational impact for CASPs and their advisers
Finansinspektionen expands its 2026 periodic AML/CFT questionnaire to cover company organisation, cross-border service provision, and frozen assets, giving compliance officers and auditors a tighter data-collection brief.
Practical supervisory expectations Malta credit institutions must meet on CFT, CPF and TFS following the MFSA thematic review
Sygnum Europe AG receives CASP authorization under MiCAR from the FMA Liechtenstein, signaling active enforcement of the EU crypto-asset licensing regime in the EEA
The AMF Enforcement Commission sanctioned seven individuals and entities for coordinated market manipulation on Euronext Access; the Paris Court of Appeal upheld the decision against one respondent in June 2026, confirming the regulatory and appellate exposure for firms operating in French equity markets.
AFM flags that the revised DMFSD, effective 19 June 2026, imposes mandatory online-interface requirements on crypto-asset service providers and financial firms, banning dark patterns and one-sided steering in digital client journeys
Coinmetro's Estonian insolvency filing shows how unresolved third-party provider failures and MiCA deadline pressure can combine to force a reorganisation, with direct lessons for accounting firms auditing EU-licensed CASPs.
EU DG TAXUD publishes the 2026 ViDA work programme, giving accounting firms and CFOs a concrete implementation roadmap for phased VAT digitalisation through 2035
First DORA ICT incident report reveals systemic cross-border exposure and AI-driven cybersecurity risks across EU financial entities
MiCA's 18-month transitional grace period expires 1 July 2026, making CASP authorization the only legal basis to serve EU crypto clients, with concentrated authorizations and strict ongoing obligations now live
ESMA's role in the 2025 CCP Global CIDS fire drill and what the published report means for clearing members, auditors, and compliance leads
EU DG TAXUD confirms Cyprus IIR has qualified status under the Pillar 2 Directive regardless of OECD Central Record listing, with direct implications for MNE filing strategies before the 30 June 2026 deadline.
Finansinspektionen's new AML/CFT guidance tightens compliance obligations for money remittance providers operating in Sweden and across the EU, with direct implications for accounting firms and compliance officers advising these businesses.
Dutch prosecutors escalate action against crypto exchange Knaken from asset freeze to formal bankruptcy petition, signalling heightened EU enforcement risk for CASPs and their advisers
MFSA 2025 Annual Report signals tighter EU supervisory discipline: what accounting firms and auditors serving Malta-regulated entities need to know
Sygnum Europe AG secures a MiCAR CASP licence from FMA Liechtenstein on 26 June 2026, signalling how regulated crypto firms are anchoring EU market access through EEA jurisdictions
AMF sanctions Bourse Direct and its CEO for transaction reporting failures and inadequate market abuse surveillance, totalling €850,000, with direct lessons for investment services compliance programmes across the EU
The AMF's 2026 risk cartography flags crypto-asset correction, cyber threats, and geopolitical stress as key concerns for firms operating in France and the EU
AFM's five-year evaluation confirms effective risk-based supervision with crypto oversight intensified, costs rising but contained, and improvement recommendations issued to parliament
CSSF publicly flags tresorwacht.com for fraudulently invoking the names of two Luxembourg-regulated entities, signalling yet another impersonation wave that compliance teams and auditors need to track in their counterparty verification workflows
ESMA's post-transitional enforcement stance: what accounting firms and auditors advising EU crypto-asset service providers must act on now
