News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Chainalysis adds automatic token monitoring for the Stable Layer 1 blockchain, expanding AML coverage for stablecoin payment flows via KYT, Reactor, and entity screening.
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.
KPMG/ECB digital sovereignty framework: DORA, cloud outsourcing and concentration risk implications for accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset 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.
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.
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 PIOB is recruiting IESBA members for 2027 terms, with implications for how global ethics standards that underpin crypto financial reporting are shaped.
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 launches post-implementation surveys on NOCLAR and the Restructured Code, signalling potential standard updates that accounting firms and auditors need to track
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
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.
IAS 28 amendments expand the fair value option to more companies ahead of the mandatory IFRS 18 effective date, creating a one-time transition election that CFOs and auditors must assess now
Event-driven continuous wallet rescreening closes the post-onboarding AML gap that manual periodic checks cannot cover at scale
A practical framework for embedding blockchain analytics into institutional AML workflows across all three lines of defense
ESMA's Tier 1 recognition of India's CCIL under EMIR expands EU clearing access and signals deepening regulatory equivalence between the EU and India, with immediate implications for EU clearing members and their compliance and reporting obligations.
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.
A practical due-diligence framework for compliance teams and auditors evaluating the rigor of blockchain analytics data quality before relying on it for AML, sanctions, or enforcement work
IFAC's 2026 IES Handbook consolidates all eight International Education Standards into one reference, signalling renewed global expectations for professional accountancy competence that CPD leads and firm training heads need to track now.
EU DG TAXUD publishes the 2026 ViDA work programme, giving accounting firms and CFOs a concrete implementation roadmap for phased VAT digitalisation through 2035
Switzerland and Belgium sign a protocol amending their bilateral double taxation agreement: what accounting firms and CFOs with cross-border CH-BE exposure need to track before ratification.
IFAC's revised Statements of Membership Obligations tighten quality management and professional education benchmarks, raising the compliance bar for accounting firms worldwide
