News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Sony Bank's OCC no-objection letter opens a new chapter for bank-issued dollar stablecoins and forces accounting firms and CFOs to revisit stablecoin accounting classification, reserve audit requirements, and payment-rail risk.
EU Parliament's post-MiCA policy position on DeFi, staking, NFTs and stablecoins and its accounting and compliance implications for EU firms and CFOs
India's Union Budget 2025-26 expands the VDA definition to cover crypto assets and mandates third-party reporting from April 2026, with parallel changes to TDS, the updated-return window, and individual income tax slabs that directly affect payroll and global mobility costs.
FINMA replaces Circular 2015/2 with a formal LiqO-FINMA ordinance effective 1 January 2027, with operational and reporting implications for Swiss banks, securities firms, and their accounting teams.
ESMA's new supervisory action on CASP custody resilience creates immediate audit and compliance obligations for EU-licensed crypto firms and their advisors
UK stablecoin licensing framework finalised: AML, reserve, and accounting obligations for firms and CFOs
KPMG/ECB digital sovereignty framework: DORA, cloud outsourcing and concentration risk implications for accounting firms and CFOs managing digital asset infrastructure
Presidential decree reshapes Kazakhstan's licensed crypto infrastructure, with direct implications for cross-border accounting, AML obligations, and digital asset reporting for firms and CFOs operating in or entering Central Asia.
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.
ESMA selects Etrading Software as the EU's first OTC derivatives Consolidated Tape Provider, reshaping transparency obligations and data management requirements for accounting firms, auditors, and CFOs active in EU financial markets.
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.
The FCA's finalised stablecoin regime and its two-tier architecture create distinct accounting, capital, and compliance obligations for firms issuing or integrating stablecoins in the UK, with MiCA divergence adding a second layer of complexity for cross-border operations.
FINMA's April 2026 guidance signals tighter supervisory expectations on digital fraud controls and AML frameworks for Swiss banks, with direct implications for compliance teams and their advisers.
Standard Chartered becomes the first global bank to offer institutions direct USDC access, raising immediate questions around stablecoin accounting treatment, custody classification, and audit trail requirements.
AFM is accepting early CCDII licence applications now, ahead of the 20 November 2026 implementation date, with buy-now-pay-later providers among the newly captured firms.
Chainalysis extends AML monitoring and transaction screening to Robinhood Chain, adding automatic token support and KYT alerts for compliance teams
AMF 2025 annual report signals MiCA authorisation pressure, asset tokenisation as a Paris priority, and tightening cyber resilience expectations for crypto-asset service providers in France and the EU
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.
