News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Reed Smith's Aquarius platform automates MiCA compliance workflows, signalling how legal-tech tools are reshaping regulatory operations for CASPs, accounting firms, and CFOs across the EU and beyond.
Bank of Thailand targets USDT and cash flows in AML crackdown: compliance and accounting implications for firms
MiCA-driven USDT exit: accounting, treasury, and client-portfolio implications for EEA and Swiss firms
FMA Liechtenstein confirms MiCA transition period expired 1 July 2026: TVTG-only registrations lapsed for licensable activities, with direct implications for firms advising or operating in the EEA crypto market
MFSA's 2025 DORA authorisation cycle reveals where financial firms are still failing on ICT governance, third-party oversight, and incident management, with direct implications for crypto accounting software infrastructure and MiCA licence readiness.
France's MiCA transition period ended 1 July 2026: 31 French CASPs are now authorized, unlicensed operators must wind down, and the AMF has shifted from registration gatekeeper to active CASP supervisor with AML obligations on client transfers.
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to a UN-driven Sudan sanctions list amendment effective 29 April 2026, triggering immediate asset-freezing, SECO reporting, and parallel GwG AML obligations
FINMA updates Sudan sanctions list in SESAM database, triggering immediate asset-freeze and SECO reporting obligations for Swiss financial intermediaries, including those handling digital assets.
FINMA relays a UN sanctions committee decision updating the Taliban list in SESAM, triggering immediate asset-freeze and dual-reporting obligations for Swiss financial intermediaries including VASPs.
FINMA supplements its 2023 AML risk analysis guidance after reviewing 30-plus banks and FinIA institutions, flagging persistent gaps in country/client exclusions and methodology, with direct implications for Swiss compliance frameworks.
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to updated Taliban sanctions list following a UN committee decision, triggering immediate asset-freezing and reporting obligations under Swiss law
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to act on the 16 June 2026 Syria sanctions update: freeze assets, report to SECO, and file AML suspicious activity reports where required
SECO updates the ISIL/Al-Qaida UN sanctions list effective 31 March 2026, triggering immediate asset-freeze, reporting and AML obligations for Swiss financial intermediaries
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to an updated UN sanctions list covering Taliban-linked entities, requiring immediate asset freezes, prohibition enforcement, and dual reporting to SECO and MROS.
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to updated Russia sanctions obligations under Annex 8, effective 16 June 2026, including asset freezing and dual SECO/MROS reporting duties
FINMA updates Iran sanctions list effective 14 April 2026: Swiss financial intermediaries must screen against the revised SESAM database, freeze affected assets, and report to SECO and MROS under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to a June 2026 Myanmar sanctions list update requiring immediate asset freezes and dual reporting to SECO and the Money Laundering Reporting Office
FINMA alerts Swiss financial intermediaries to updated Russia sanctions under the Ukraine Ordinance, requiring immediate asset freezes and dual SECO/MROS reporting as of 1 April 2026.
Neon Exchange AG has voluntarily surrendered its TVTG registration in Liechtenstein, effective 25 June 2026, signalling a live compliance checkpoint for accounting firms and CFOs tracking licensed VASP counterparties in the EEA.
Kaiser Partner Privatbank AG becomes the latest institution to receive MiCAR Art. 60 authorization in Liechtenstein, signaling growing regulatory momentum for traditional banks entering crypto-asset services in the EEA.
Kaiser Partner Privatbank AG's MiCAR Article 60 authorization signals that traditional private banks in Liechtenstein are now live as regulated crypto-asset service providers, with direct implications for compliance teams and accountants serving EEA clients.
Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG receives CASP authorization from the FMA Liechtenstein under MiCAR, signaling continued regulatory buildout in the principality for EU-passportable crypto-asset services.
Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG receives a CASP licence under MiCAR from the FMA Liechtenstein on 22 June 2026, signalling continued regulatory consolidation ahead of the MiCA transitional deadline.
