News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
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.
Parliamentary inquiry into crypto banking access creates compliance and client-advisory obligations for UK accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset operations.
South Korea's proposed state asset management framework for digital assets and what it means for accounting firms and CFOs operating in or with KR exposure
Chinese prosecutors propose treating mixer and privacy-coin use as money-laundering indicators, raising AML and crypto-accounting obligations for firms with China exposure
Law enforcement's conditional CLARITY Act endorsements sharpen the DeFi accountability debate ahead of the Senate's August recess, with direct implications for AML program design and crypto accounting software readiness.
UK political momentum for a permanent crypto donation ban and what it signals for AML/KYC obligations on accounting firms and CFOs advising crypto-exposed clients
Kenya's CMA moves to procure a blockchain analytics tool, raising immediate AML compliance and record-keeping obligations for accounting firms and CFOs operating in or serving the Kenyan digital asset market.
SEC crypto safe harbor proposal: regulatory and accounting compliance implications for US firms and CFOs
The FCA's Mills Review signals that agentic AI and tokenized settlement infrastructure are converging fast, creating immediate governance, AML, and accounting obligations for UK firms.
Senator Gillibrand's proposed bill to ban elected officials from issuing meme coins raises immediate questions for accounting firms and CFOs tracking US crypto regulatory risk and structuring client disclosures.
FINMA endorses the Federal Council's Banking Act revision, pushing for full adoption of preventive supervisory powers and an end to double leverage at systemically important banks
AFM finds the Dutch AI Act implementation law workable in principle but flags gaps in supervisory task allocation, capacity, and data-sharing that financial firms must track now
The accountability-control gap in AI-driven compliance: why CCOs and MLROs face governance exposure before regulators catch up
Senator Gillibrand's proposed ethics restriction barring elected officials from issuing digital assets signals tightening governance standards that accounting firms and CFOs must track for compliance and client advisory work.
A key law enforcement bloc has dropped its opposition to the CLARITY Act, narrowing one political obstacle to US crypto market structure legislation with direct implications for DeFi liability and AML compliance frameworks.
MFSA opens consultation on transposing EU AML Directive 2025/1 into Maltese law, with direct implications for CASPs, accountants, and compliance teams operating in or passporting into Malta
FINMA's AMLO-FINMA consultation introduces stricter beneficial ownership, embargo, and correspondent banking rules that Swiss financial intermediaries and their advisers must map against current compliance programmes before the 9 June 2026 deadline.
RBI revives banking isolation strategy for crypto, signalling renewed containment risk for firms with Indian banking exposure or cross-border settlement arrangements
Germany's cabinet-approved action plan against organised crime raises the AML compliance bar for financial firms operating in the German market
Chainalysis formalises a two-tier evidentiary ontology for blockchain analytics, giving compliance teams, auditors, and courts a shared vocabulary for data quality accountability
AFM and DNB open public consultation on updated AML and financial market rules for Caribbean Netherlands, closing 28 August 2026
UBS and Nethermind's proofs of concept show that embedding compliance at block-production level, not just in smart contracts, could reshape how regulators and banks treat permissionless blockchains under Basel capital rules.
The AFM and DNB consultation on Caribbean Netherlands rules signals tightening AML/CFT obligations for crypto firms, highlighting the need for robust crypto accounting software to manage compliance.
The revised EU Consumer Credit Directive (CCDII) expands licensing requirements to BNPL and other crypto-related credit products; firms need robust crypto accounting software to manage compliance.
