News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Dubai's VARA hits 50 licensed VASPs, but the operational gap and cross-jurisdictional comparison carry the real compliance and onboarding implications for accounting firms and CFOs serving the UAE market.
State-level crypto ATM bans accelerate across the US and Canada signals a federal crackdown, raising VASP licensing, AML, and operator liability questions for accounting and compliance teams
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan has enacted the country's first comprehensive crypto and stablecoin licensing law, creating mandatory VASP authorisation, stablecoin reserve requirements, and serious criminal penalties for unlicensed operation.
Vertical integration in prediction markets is accelerating M&A interest while simultaneously raising CFTC jurisdiction, antitrust, and state-gambling-law conflicts that compliance teams need to track.
A GBP 150 million UK class action against Binance over unregulated retail derivatives sales signals escalating litigation risk for crypto platforms and the compliance gaps that enable it
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.
OFAC's SDN list now includes identified on-chain addresses, raising the compliance bar for every firm that touches crypto assets
Bill C-15 creates immediate planning obligations for Canadian accounting firms advising businesses on capital gains, foreign affiliate income, trust reporting, and SR&ED credits
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
TIGTA finds IRS cannot centrally track all 1,124+ federal tax information data-sharing agreements, raising governance and FTI protection concerns for tax practitioners and compliance teams
The FCA has finalised its crypto regulatory framework, setting clear authorisation, market integrity, and consumer protection rules that UK-facing accounting firms and auditors must now build into their compliance programmes.
Practical compliance briefing: what the FCA's final crypto rules and 2027 authorization deadline mean for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs advising UK crypto businesses
IRS disputes CP53E errors exist while AICPA collects practitioner examples of erroneous notices sent to taxpayers who owed nothing
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
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.
FINMA publishes updated Hamas/PIJ sanctions under SR 946.231.09, requiring Swiss financial intermediaries to freeze assets and report affected relationships to SECO immediately
Switzerland and Croatia have signed a DTA amendment implementing OECD minimum standards on treaty abuse and automatic information exchange, with parliament ratification still pending in both countries.
Norway's tax authority criminally charges deduction fraud facilitators after 5,000+ targeted audits uncover NOK 1.9 billion in false claims, with crypto deductions explicitly in scope
CSSF flags hautfortpartners.com as operating without authorisation in Luxembourg, a due-diligence alert for accounting firms and CFOs vetting counterparties
Germany's cabinet-approved action plan against organised crime raises the AML compliance bar for financial firms operating in the German market
Practical supervisory expectations Malta credit institutions must meet on CFT, CPF and TFS following the MFSA thematic review
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.
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
