News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
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.
SEC crypto safe harbor proposal: regulatory and accounting compliance implications for US firms and CFOs
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.
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.
Chainalysis formalises a two-tier evidentiary ontology for blockchain analytics, giving compliance teams, auditors, and courts a shared vocabulary for data quality accountability
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.
