News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
IVSC proposes IVS 107 Quality Controls as a new General Standard in its IVS Exposure Draft, targeting stronger governance and transparency in private credit valuations ahead of a January 2028 effective date.
FMA Liechtenstein grants a new CASP registration two days after the MiCA transitional period closed, signalling active post-transition enforcement and compliance benchmarks for accounting firms and auditors serving digital asset clients in the EEA.
ASIC charges a permanently disqualified SMSF auditor who continued signing off on 56 entities and fabricated 47 audit reports, exposing the compliance risk for accounting firms relying on third-party auditors
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.
ASIC's $20.5M Federal Court penalty against ASX for misleading CHESS replacement disclosures sets a precedent for market operator disclosure standards and signals heightened regulatory scrutiny of technology project updates in Australia.
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
The Investment Association's inaugural tokenized-funds practice note reframes how fund accountants, auditors, and CFOs must think about NAV calculation, reconciliation workflows, and embedded AML/KYC compliance under a DLT model.
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.
Dubai's VARA has published one of the most detailed crypto regulatory frameworks globally, with direct implications for VASP licensing, AML/CFT obligations, and asset segregation, plus a firm prohibition on privacy coins that accounting firms and compliance teams must absorb immediately.
Thailand SEC's 2026-2028 capital market strategy formalises digital assets as a legitimate asset class, opening crypto ETFs, derivatives, tokenized securities, and tightening AML/CFT enforcement simultaneously.
Three simultaneous regulatory moves, NYDFS-EBA stablecoin MOU, Hong Kong VATP and advisory licensing, and CFTC perpetual futures approvals, are reshaping the cross-border compliance obligations of stablecoin issuers, VASPs, and digital asset firms in 2026.
ASIC's DDO stop orders against Stratfund expose how TMD deficiencies in private credit funds create acute regulatory and compliance risk for accounting firms and CFOs advising on alternative investment structures
ASIC's rolling Federal Court enforcement against Australian Fiduciaries and 30+ related entities signals serious risks for accounting firms and auditors serving SMSF clients exposed to complex managed investment scheme structures
ASIC's escalating enforcement action against Melbourne adviser Ferras Merhi, covering asset freezes, travel restraints, winding-up orders and the conduct allegations that accounting firms and compliance officers need to track
ASIC's successful continuous disclosure action against Rex Airlines signals tightened accountability for listed entity boards and raises record-keeping questions relevant to firms advising ASX-listed clients.
ASIC's escalating Federal Court action against Ferras Merhi signals heightened regulatory scrutiny of superannuation advice models, conflicted remuneration, and AFSL oversight failures across Australian financial services firms.
ASIC Report 833 exposes systemic trustee oversight failures across $305 billion in superannuation platforms, with enforcement already underway and more to come
ASIC's cancellation of Capital Guard's AFS licence over a fake Macquarie bond scheme signals heightened scrutiny of fixed-income investment fraud and raises immediate compliance questions for accounting firms and auditors serving retail financial services clients.
ASIC's rolling Federal Court orders against a former fund director illustrate how regulators use asset freezes and travel restraints as live enforcement tools, with direct implications for how accounting firms and auditors assess going-concern risk and document AML exposure in Australian fund structures.
ASIC's criminal prosecution of BBY's former Executive Chairman for alleged client money misuse signals continued regulatory pressure on Australian financial services firms and their senior officers.
ASIC convenes its first capital markets modernisation roundtable, signalling that DLT, tokenised assets, and AI-driven trading are now regulatory priorities for Australian financial services firms and their advisers
ASIC's June 2026 industry letter makes cyber resilience a live licensing obligation for all Australian financial services firms, with AI-accelerated threats and the FIIG Securities court outcome raising the compliance bar immediately.
The MiCA VASP transition period closed on 1 July 2026: EU authorization is now a hard legal requirement, and non-compliant providers face immediate operational restrictions with direct consequences for their clients.
SARS activates the interest calculation method for Global Minimum Tax liabilities from 1 July 2026, creating an immediate compliance obligation for multinationals and their advisers in South Africa.
