MicroStrategy has yet to adopt the new accounting standard that would have taken the billions of dollars in paper gains from Bitcoin’s 65% price rally into account.
U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Overturn SEC’s Crypto Accounting Policy
Members of Congress are trying to delete the controversial U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accounting bulletin that implies restrictions on companies that want to hold their customer’s crypto assets.
Crypto Accounting and Tax Reporting Platform TRES Raises $11M to Add New Blockchains
TRES currently services clients with combined assets worth $19 billion, helping them manage, monitor and reconcile their digital asset activity across over 100 layer-1 and layer 2-blockchain networks
FASB Confirms ‘Fair Value’ Approach for Corporate Crypto Holdings
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, a U.S. entity that details how companies should report assets on their balance sheet, published a standards update on Wednesday that will let corporations recognize “fair value” changes in crypto holdings.
U.S. SEC’s Knock From Congressional Watchdog May Not Budge Crypto Accounting Policy
As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair keeps chasing non-compliance in crypto, his agency was slammed by the watchdog Government Accountability Office (GAO) for its own compliance failure in issuing crypto accounting standards without treating the policy as a formal rule. So, what now? In practical terms, probably nothing much.
U.S. SEC Messed Up in Handling Contentious Crypto Accounting Bulletin: GAO
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was out of bounds when it issued its controversial “Staff Accounting Bulletin 121,” according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The 2022 guidance, which the industry says threatens crypto investors’ ability to find safe harbors for their assets, should have been treated as a formal rule, the GAO concluded in a report issued on Tuesday.
FASB rules ‘eliminate the poor optics’ that shied firms from crypto: Analyst
“The change should help MicroStrategy and other companies that hold digital assets to eliminate the poor optics that have been created by impairment losses,” said analysts from Berenberg Capital.
FASB Says Crypto Assets Should Be Marked at Current Values
The first U.S. accounting rule specifically for cryptocurrency will say that companies must use a fair-value approach that would demand certain digital assets be measured at what they would trade for in the markets, according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
South Korea Wants Companies to Disclose Crypto Holdings
Companies that issue or own crypto will have to make disclosures in their financial statements from next year onwards, say draft rules.
Chainlink ‘Proof of Reserve’ Proves Little Beyond Data Going In, Coming Out
Projects like TrueUSD and Paxos are turning to Chainlink to give users transparency into their reserves, but their numbers remain difficult to verify.
Chainlink ‘Proof of Reserve’ Proves Little Beyond Data Going In, Coming Out
Projects like TrueUSD and Paxos are turning to Chainlink to give users transparency into their reserves, but their numbers remain difficult to verify.
Chainlink ‘Proof of Reserve’ Proves Little Beyond Data Going In, Coming Out
Projects like TrueUSD and Paxos are turning to Chainlink to give users transparency into their reserves, but their numbers remain difficult to verify.
7,800 jobs at IBM could be replaced by AI within years, suggests CEO
Arvind Krishna, the chief executive of IBM, said roughly 30% of their non-customer-facing positions could be covered by artificial intelligence over a five-year period.
New 1099-DA Reporting Creates More Headaches for Taxpayers
You might think that new tax reporting rules for exchanges should mean less work for the taxpayer, but it’s the opposite, says CPA Kirk Phillips.
U.S. Accounting Board Seeks Crypto Standards Requiring Firms to Report Price Shifts
U.S. accounting standards may be overhauled to specifically factor in crypto accounting, establishing a fair-value approach that would demand certain digital assets be measured at what they’d go for in the markets, according to a change proposed this week by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
U.S. Senate’s Warren Calls for Crackdown on ‘Sham’ Crypto Audits
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and another prominent colleague urged the U.S. auditing watchdog to take action against “sham audits” of crypto companies, citing the contribution of such audits to the recent stresses in the U.S. banking system.
Crypto Sector’s Reserve Reports Can’t Be Trusted, Says U.S. Audit Watchdog
Proof-of-reserve reports routinely touted by crypto firms to assure customers that their financial transactions are in secure hands shouldn’t be trusted, according to the U.S. organization that oversees auditing standards
Lawyers picnic: FTX counsel and advisors rake in $34M in January
Millions have been invoiced from a host of law firms, investment bankers, consultants and financial advisers in FTX’s bankruptcy case.
US lawmakers argue SEC accounting policy places crypto customers at risk
While the bulletin was intended to provide clarity regarding the accounting treatment for digital assets, it has been criticized by both lawmakers and regulators.
Former Accounting Team of FTX US Auditor Armanino Sets Up Shop as The Network Firm
The episode highlights yet another chokepoint for the blockchain industry: It’s become harder for crypto startups to enlist big accounting firms to do audits and asset attestations.